INDEX 2014

FEBRUARY 2014

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February 5, 2014 - No. 1

No to the Hydro Rate Hikes!
• Nation-Wrecking to Pay the Rich
• Liberal Government Cover-Up - Edith Cohen
• Privatization Is a Retrogressive Scam
• Government and Public Agencies in the Service of Private Interests
• Liberal Drive to Privatize Power Production Threatens Canadian Control of Water - Charles Boylan

February 14, 2014 - No. 2

Health Care Is a Right!
• No to Attacks on Seniors' Care Workers and Residents!
• Stop the Layoffs at New Horizons!
• Privatization of Seniors' Care

Justice for Babine Forest Products Mill Workers, Their Families and Community!
• No to Impunity -- Bring Owners of Babine Forest Products to Account for Deaths, Injuries and Material Destruction - Charles Boylan
• Justice Demands Trial Under Westray Act, Bill C-45
• Westray Act Wins Widespread Approval Across Canada
• Call for Fully Independent Review of Babine Mill Disaster - Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
• 2004 Weyerhaeuser Sawmill Death -- Private Prosecution by Union, Then Stay of Charges

February 27, 2014 - No. 3

Stop the Layoffs at New Horizons!
• All out for March 2 Rally and March in Campbell River
• Spirited Campaign Underway
• Stop Wrecking Seniors' Care! - Interview, Barbara Biley, HEU Regional Vice President
• Stand with New Horizons Seniors and Workers! - Interviews with Workers

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MARCH 2014

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March 17, 2014 - No. 4

Healthcare Is a Right! End the Privatization of Seniors' Care in BC!
• The Clash of Rights and the Necessity for People's Empowerment
• Lively Rally and March in Campbell River to Support New Horizons Seniors and Workers
• Private Owners' Callous Disregard for Seniors' Well-Being and Health Care Workers Rights - Barbara Biley
• Sunridge Place Latest Target of Park Place Seniors' Living
• Health Care Worker Layoffs at Residential Care Facilities on Vancouver Island - Excerpts from Hansard, BC Legislature

March 24, 2014 - No. 5

Standing Up for Empowerment!
• Truckers' Strike at Port Metro Vancouver Defends Right to a Livelihood - Normand Chouinard
• Mass Demonstration Resists State Violence of Anti-Worker Legislation
• BC Federation of Labour Statement of Solidarity
• Letter to the Editor

Keeping Our Forests Public and Sustainable
• Time for a New Direction for the Forest Industry
• Community Forums in Prince George and Mackenzie
• Forest License Rollovers -- All Over Again? - Peter Ewart

March 31, 2014 - No. 6

Organized Struggle for Empowerment and to Exercise Control over the Economy
• Determined and United in Action, Vancouver Truckers Achieve Settlement
• Initial Details of Vancouver Truck Drivers' Agreement
• "Truckers Are Not Slaves!" - Normand Chouinard, Intermodal Driver
• "We're Determined to Win a Decent Livelihood" - Interview, Harmen Shergill, Director, United Truckers Association

Keeping Our Forests Public and Sustainable
• Collapse of Public Authority in BC Forest Sector
• Overharvesting -- Who Is Watching Our Forests? - Peter Ewart

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APRIL 2014

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April 18, 2014 - No. 7

Sorting Out a Way Forward for the Forest Industry
• Forestry Forums Affirm the Need for People's Empowerment to Uphold the Public Interest

"Renewing Our Woods; Keeping Our Forest Public and Sustainable"
• Province-Wide Movement Is Needed to Govern Our Forests and Keep Them Public and Sustainable - Introductory Remarks by Peter Ewart, Stand Up for the North Committee
• Successful Forums in Prince George, Mackenzie and Williams Lake - Charles Boylan

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MAY 2014

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May 27, 2014 - No. 8

BC Teachers' Strike
• Stand with Teachers Against Government Assault on Public Education
• Job Action Stepped Up
• Rotating Strikes Begin Monday, May 26 - BC Teachers' Federation
• Metro Vancouver Rallies Support Public Education

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JUNE 2014

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June 17, 2014 - No. 9

Unite with Teachers in Defence of Their Rights and Public Education!
• All Out to Support Teachers and Public Education!
• Denounce State-Organized Attacks
• Widespread Support from Parents and Students
• Notice Given to Escalate to Full-Scale Strike on June 17 - British Columbia Teachers' Federation

June 18, 2014 - No. 10

BC Teachers' Strike
• Oppose Liberal Government Attacks on Public Services and Public Sector Workers
• Federation of Labour Statement of Solidarity

June 23, 2014 - No. 11

Develop the Struggle in Defence of the Rights of BC Teachers and Public Education!
• All Together for Public Education Rally
• Government's Insidious Manoeuvre -- A Further Assault on Teachers and Public Education - Barbara Biley
• Call for Mediation - BC Teachers' Federation
• The Fight to Provide Rights with a Guarantee: Teachers' Working Conditions Are Students' Learning Conditions
• Class Composition: A Major Consideration for K-12 Education - Interview,
Stephanie Koropatnick, Vice President, Special Education Association of BC

June 30, 2014 - No. 12

Broad Support for Teachers' Defence of Their Rights and Public Education 
• Fight Together with Teachers for Rights and Increased Investments in Social Programs and Public Services!
• Teachers Take Firm Stand in the Face of Government Intransigence
• The Need for a New Direction in How Government Spends Public Funds
• Recent Actions in Support of Teachers
• Teachers Speak Out