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Bill C-525 is the Conservatives' Latest Salvo Against Union Workers

Dave Coles | Posted 06.07.2013 | Canada Politics
Dave Coles

The Conservatives have launched another salvo in their war against working people. Bill C-525 needs to be seen in the context of the government's low-wage strategy. It's the latest step in the Conservatives' bid to reduce workers' power to the benefit of the business class.

Tim Hudak Takes a Page Out of the U.S. Labour Policy Playbook

Dave Coles | Posted 05.27.2013 | Canada Politics
Dave Coles

While Hudak claims to be promoting "worker choice," attacking unions' financial security is designed to weaken a civil society critic and empower big business. I'd bet Hudak's Republican lobbying firm knows a little something about that.

Sunny Freeman

Why Is No One Willing To Say This Tory Bill Is Legal?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sunny Freeman | Posted 05.27.2013 | Canada Business

Critics of a controversial bill requiring unions to disclose in-depth financial details are calling on its supporters to produce a constitutional expe...

The Worst Thing You Can Call a Union Leader? A Boss

Yves Engler | Posted 05.02.2013 | Canada Politics
Yves Engler

Why do the most right-wing politicians and corporate news outlets always use the term "union boss"? Because the worst thing they can think of is to say the leader of a labour organization acts like a capitalist? Strangely, one of the main reasons workers seek to unionize is to protect themselves from the arbitrary power of bosses.

Mr. Poilièvre, the End Does Not Justify the Means

Celine Hervieux-Payette | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Politics
Celine Hervieux-Payette

Dear Mr. Poilièvre: Everyone knows how little empathy the government, including yourself, has towards unions. In reality, Bill C-377 is your way of attacking a workers freedom of association. As a Senator, I refuse to take advice from someone who is against a firearms registry but is in favour of creating a registry of union data.

Labour President Says Harper Majority Sharpens Union Opposition

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.24.2013 | Canada Politics

TORONTO - The head of a major labour group says changes brought in by the Harper government dealing with working Canadians is galvanizing union opposi...

Exploding Debt, Chinese Invasions .. And Mark Carney

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 12.25.2012 | Canada Business

It's been a year of ups and downs for Canadian business. On the downside, the economy grew sluggishly, the long-running housing boom turned to bus...

Controversial 'Anti-Union' Bill Passes House

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.12.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - With his private-member's bill on union finances now before the Senate, Conservative MP Russ Hiebert says he's confident it can withstand a c...

A Canadian Super-Union Is Born

CP | Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.15.2012 | Canada Business

The union that will soon become the largest in Canada's private sector will seek to double its size by organizing new workplaces and opening up its ra...

Rachel Mendleson

Future Of Canada's Unions At Stake In Auto Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 09.14.2012 | Canada Business

One of the most intense rounds of auto-sector contracts talks in recent memory could become a defining moment in the struggle of Canada’s labour mov...

Think Unions Are Outdated? A New Generation Disagrees

Morna Ballantyne | Posted 11.03.2012 | Canada Business
Morna Ballantyne

Our research has uncovered a new generation of Canadians willing to sign up to the new union project. We've found that a majority (53 per cent) of younger Canadians under the age of 30 say they would join a union if given the opportunity. That's the highest level of any demographic we asked.

Marching In Solidarity

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.03.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - Thousands of people took to the streets in downtown Toronto on Monday to celebrate in annual Labour Day festivities.The theme of this year's...

What Does Labour Day Mean to You?

Carole Kanchier | Posted 11.02.2012 | Canada
Carole Kanchier

Labour Day is so much a part of our culture that we rarely pause to consider its purpose and meaning. Labour Day is often more associated with fairs and a long weekend, than its original meaning -- a celebration of workers. How has the meaning and structure of work changed since the late 19th-century?

Sink Or Swim Time For Canada's Unions

CP | Michelle McQuigge, The Canadian Press | Posted 10.06.2012 | Canada Business

TORONTO - It took a global war to galvanize Canada's workers to begin organizing themselves into unions in the 1940's.Nearly 70 years later, experts s...

Rachel Mendleson

'A Male Version Of Margaret Thatcher'

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 06.19.2012 | Canada

The head of one of the world's largest labour organizations has some harsh words for Stephen Harper. For the past few days, Philip Jennings, gener...

Rachel Mendleson

Why Unions Are Starting To Fight For Non-Unionized Workers

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 05.26.2012 | Canada Business

In a bid to reinvent themselves amid flagging influence and a less-than-friendly political atmosphere, unions are increasingly focusing their attentio...

CAW: Tough Year Ahead For Canada's Unions

CP | Craig Wong, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.04.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Lockouts at two major industrial plants in central Canada — an Alcan smelter in Quebec and a locomotive plant in London, Ont. — may signa...

Will Canada's Largest Unions Consolidate?

The Huffington Post Canada | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 12.21.2011 | Canada Business

In the face of diminishing power and a hostile economic climate, two of Canada’s largest labour unions are considering joining forces and rebuilding...