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INDEX 2018
JANUARY 2018
January 18,
2018
January 25,
2018
FEBRUARY 2018
February 1,
2018
February 8, 2018
February 15, 2018
February 22, 2018
MARCH 2018
March 1, 2018
March 8, 2018
International Women's Day 2018
All Out to Fight for Empowerment on International Women's Day!
Interviews with Working Women
• Nathalie Soullière,
Construction Worker and Member of Electrical Workers' Union
• Magali
Giroux, Member of Montreal Local of Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Nathalie Savard,
President, Union of Health Care Workers in
Northeastern Quebec
• Manon Castonguay,
President, USW Local 6486, CEZinc Refinery in
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
For Your Information
• History of
International Women's Day - Janice Murray
Nova Scotia Liberals Hand Over Decision-Making in Education to Private
Interests
• Nova Scotians Speak Up
- Kevin Corkill
Ontario Education Unions'
Annual General Meetings
• Teachers and Education
Workers Must Speak in Their Own Name - Laura Chesnik
• Anti-Social Aims
Behind Program to Eliminate Local Decision-Making
- Enver Villamizar
University Workers
Affirm Their Right to Say No!
• York University
Academic Workers on Strike
• Carleton Workers Say No! to Attacks on Defined Benefit
Pensions
March 15, 2018
March 22, 2018
March 29, 2018
APRIL 2018
April 5, 2018
April 12, 2018
April 19, 2018
April 26, 2018
April 28, Day of Mourning for Workers
Killed or Injured on the Job
• Affirm the Right to Healthy and
Safe Working Conditions!
Workers Speak Out in Defence
of Their Rights
• Doug Finnson, President, Teamsters
Canada Rail Conference
• Peter Page, Executive Vice
President, Ontario Network of Injured Workers' Groups
• Simon Lévesque, Health and Safety
Director, FTQ-Construction
• Nathalie Savard, President, Union
of Health Care Workers in Northeastern Quebec
• Geneviève Royer, High School
Remedial Teacher
• Denis St. Jean, National Health and
Safety Officer, Public Service
Alliance of Canada
• Lui Queano, Organizer, Migrante
Ontario
• Mike Cartwright, Occupational
Health and Safety Committees of the Hospital Employees' Union and the
BC Federation of Labour
• Bill McMullan, Care Aide,
Vancouver Island
• Samantha Cartwright, Care Aide,
Prince George
• Quebec Truck Drivers to
Commemorate Fellow Workers Who Died on the Job
- Normand Chouinard, Quebec Trucker
For Your Information
• Fatalities and Injuries at Work in
Canada and Internationally
• Asbestos-Related Deaths -
Peggy Askin, Past President, Calgary and
District Labour Council
MAY 2018
May 1, 2018
May 8, 2018
Trudeau
Government Forces CP Workers to Vote on Rejected Offer
• Canadian Pacific
Railway and Trudeau Government in Cahoots to Create Impasse for Workers
• Liberal Concoction to
Violate Workers' Rights - Pierre
Chénier
No Way to Run an Economy
• Two Steel Plants Close
in Hamilton
Workers in Montreal Resist
Anti-Social Offensive
• Crane Operators
Protest Irresponsible Changes to Training Requirements
• Transportation
Workers Prepare to Strike Against Deterioration of Working Conditions
and Privatization of Services
Resistance in British
Columbia
• "Open Mic" Meeting on
Kinder Morgan in Prince George
• Hotel and Food Service
Workers in Prince George
• Vancouver Safeway
Workers
May 15, 2018
May 22, 2018
May 29, 2018
JUNE 2018
June 5, 2018
June 12, 2018
Minister of Transport Tables Report of Railway Safety Act Review Panel
• Workers Are Determined
to Hold Rail Monopolies and Government to Account
Workers'
Fight
for
Working
Conditions
that
Uphold Their Dignity
• Iron Ore Company
Workers in Labrador and Sept-Îles Ratify New
Collective
Agreements
• CP Rail Workers to
Vote on Tentative Collective Agreements
• York University
Administrators Refuse to Budge in Mediation with CUPE 3903
• York Professors Call
on University to Settle Strike
June 19, 2018
Canada Post Attempts to Divide Postal
Workers
• Arbitration Fails to
Resolve Decades of Injustice Suffered by Rural
Suburban Mail
Carriers - Louis Lang
Quebec Construction
Commission Declares Crane Operators Are Engaged in
Illegal Strike
• Stand with Quebec
Crane Operators and Construction Workers Fighting for Their Rights and
the Rights of All! - Pierre Chénier
• Interview, Richard
Goyette, Labour Lawyer and Former Director General, FTQ-Construction
• Information about
Diploma of Vocational Studies in Crane Operation Training
June 26, 2018
Unacceptable
Actions of Quebec Government
• Crane Operators Back
on the Job: the Fight Continues
• Stand in Support of
the Crane Operators!
• Our Security Lies in
the Defence of the Rights of All!
• Might Makes Right
• Militant Demonstration
of Crane Operators in Montreal
• Vocational Teachers
Say Quebec Premier Must Reverse Decision
Letter to the Editor
• The Crane Operators
Are Right
Coming Event
• Support Locked-Out
MANA Workers: SHAME -- Five Long Years
JULY 2018
July 3, 2018
July 12, 2018
July 19, 2018
SEPTEMBER 2018
September 3, 2018
Labour Day 2018
• The Dignity of the
Working Class Is Found in Its Defence of the
Rights of
All - Workers' Centre of CPC(M-L)
September 6, 2018
• Hamilton
Steel
Summit Not Likely to Sort Anything Out
September 13, 2018
Postal Workers
Stand United
• Hold Canada Post to
Account!
For Your Information
• State of Negotiations
between CUPW and Canada Post
Burnt By Phoenix Pay System
• Federal Public Service
Workers Demand: Fix the Pay System
Now! -
Peggy Askin
• PSAC Campaigns for a
Fix to Phoenix Pay System
Wrecking of Canada Must
Not Pass!
• Spirited Picket in
Calgary to Oppose Greyhound Bus Shutdown and
Explore Solutions
• Remarks by Nicole
Montford at Calgary Picket to Oppose
Greyhound
Shutdown
September 20, 2018
Casino Workers'
Strike Continues in BC
• Workers Fight for
Improved Wages and Working Conditions - Brian Sproule
September 27, 2018
Workers Speak Out During Quebec
Election Campaign
• The Dignity of Labour
- Editorial, Chantier politique
• The Role of Citizens
in this Election - A Montreal Construction Worker
• It's Up to Us to
Become the Decision-Makers - Claude Moreau,
Maintenance Mechanic, Saint-François-d'Assise Hospital,
Quebec City
• Defend Our Public
Services and Keep Them In-House - Robin Côté, President,
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2541 (Alma)
• Stop the Cuts, Invest
in Health Care and Improve Working Conditions to Keep
and Attract
Personnel - Félix-Olivier Bonneville, Vice-President,
Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS-CSN)
• Support Outaouais
Nurses, Auxiliary Nurses and Respiratory Therapists
- Petition, Outaouais Health
Care Professionals Union (FIQ-SPSO)
OCTOBER 2018
October 4, 2018
Workers Across
the Country Fight for Their Rights
• Workers from Across
Canada Help D-J Composites Workers in Newfoundland Block Entrance to
Scabs
• Quebec Liquor Board Workers
Vote for New 18-Day Strike Mandate
• Railway Workers' Fight
for Their Health and Safety and that of the Public
• Ontario Injured Workers
Decry Measures Taken on Their Backs
For Your Information
• Reverse WSIB's Premium
Rate Reduction for Employers - Ontario Network of Injured
Workers Groups
• Workers' Organizations
Denounce Premium Reduction
October 11, 2018
Growing Demands
to Increase Investments in Health Care and Keep the
System Public
Ontario
• Mass Rally to Rebuild
and Improve Public Health Care
Quebec
• Health Care Workers
Fight for Immediate and Long-Term Demands, Against the Wrecking of the Sector -
Interview, Jeff Begley, President of the Federation of Health and Social
Services
• Health Professionals
Protest Cutbacks and Deteriorating Working Conditions
• Shortage of Nurses
Driven by Neo-Liberal Agenda
Manufacturing Yes!
Nation-Wrecking No!
• Talks Suspended
Between ABI Workers and Alcoa-Rio Tinto Cartel
October 18, 2018
Workers Across the Country Defend the
Dignity of Labour and the Rights of All
Key Issues
Remain Unresolved at Post Office
• Canadian Union of
Postal Workers Issues 72-Hour Strike Notice - Louis Lang
Fight of Airline Workers
for Air Transport Safety
• Canadian Airline
Pilots Step Up Campaign for Fatigue Reduction Measures
Right to Health Care in
Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotians in
Action to Defend What Belongs to Them by Right - Kevin
Corkill
Fight Against the
Anti-Social Offensive in Quebec
• Public Service Unions
Warn Government Against Cutting Public Sector
Jobs - Pierre Chénier
Right to a Livelihood in
Ontario
• Day of Action Says No! to Ford Government's Threats to
Rescind Bill 148
Education Support Workers
in Northern Alberta Defend Their Rights!
• Striking Education
Support Workers in Living Waters Catholic School District Reach
Agreement - Peggy Askin
Forestry Workers in
Northern BC Uphold the Dignity of Labour
• Northern BC Sawmill
Workers Strike Against Anti-Labour Concessions
October 25, 2018
Postal Workers
Begin Rotating Strikes
• All Out to Support
Postal Workers' Just Demands
Pensions Are a Right!
• Make Defeat of Bill
C-27 the First Step to Real Pension Security
for All - Ottawa
Committee for Pension Security
Quebec
Workers Defend Rights and Public Services
• Demonstration Outside
National Assembly in Defence of Public Sector Workers and Public
Services
• Outaouais Nurses
Continue to Organize in Defence of Their Rights
• Montreal Transit
Maintenance Workers Fight for Working Conditions and Quality of Life
- Gleason Frenette, President, Montreal Transit Union
(STM-CSN)
New Brunswick Workers
Fight for Their Rights and the Rights of All
• Need for Wage
Increases to Improve Workers' Living Conditions and Defend the People's
Right to Public Services - Interview, Daniel Légère,
President,
CUPE New Brunswick
• WorkSafe NB Task
Force's Anti-Worker Recommendations on Workers' Compensation System
- Interview, Patrick Colford, President, New Brunswick
Federation of Labour
Letter to the Editor
• Re: Workers' Forum
Article on Pilot Fatigue
NOVEMBER 2018
November 1, 2018
BC Forestry
Workers Step Up Fight for the Dignity of Labour
• Firm Opposition to
Anti-Labour Concessions in Northern and Southern Interior
Lockout at Bécancour
Aluminum Smelter
• Aluminum Workers Fight
for Their Dignity and Rights
Quebec Liquor Board
Workers' Fight for Modern Working Conditions
• Unannounced Strike
Against Unjust Disciplinary Measures and for
Meaningful Negotiations
Rotating Strikes at Post
Office
• Postal Workers Ready
to Strike When Called
For Your Information
• Data on Nova Scotia's
Economy and Workforce
November 8, 2018
November 15, 2018
November 22, 2018
November 29, 2018
Post Office --
No to Liberal Back-to-Work Legislation!
• Postal Workers Treated
Like Criminals by Trudeau Government - Louis Lang
• Canada Post Not the
Workers Has Been Withholding Social Assistance
Cheques - Canadian
Union of Postal Workers
• Renewed Attacks on
Postal Workers: We Take It Personally! - Pierre Soublière
• Postal Workers Demand
Justice as Trudeau Meets with Corporate Calgary
• Photo Review: Postal
Workers' Rotating Strikes and Occupations
General Motors to Close
Auto Plant in Oshawa, Ontario
• Unifor Local 222 Holds
Press Conference on Oshawa GM Plant Closure
• Unifor Calls on
General Motors to Allocate Product to Oshawa - Unifor
Quebec Construction
Workers Uphold Their Rights
• Opposition to the
Police Regime Against Construction Workers
- Pierre Chénier
Alberta Workers Oppose
Anti-Labour Laws
• Local 110 Insulators
Rally at Alberta Legislature - Peggy Askin
• Anti-Worker Labour
Laws Must Be Repealed -
K.C.
Adams
• Alberta Boilermakers
and Operating Engineers Fight to Overturn Anti-Worker Labour Laws
DECEMBER 2018
December 6, 2018
Workers' Comp Is a Right! Ontario Week
of Action
• Injured Workers Reject
Neo-Liberal Mantra that Ontario Is "Open for Business"
at Their Expense
Locked-Out ABI
Workers Show What Needs to Be Done
• Just Stand to Hold
Quebec Government and Hydro-Québec to Account Wins Broad Support - Chantier politique
Opposition to
Criminalization of Workers' Struggles at the Post Office
• National Day of Action
in Support of Postal Workers and Their Opposition to Back to Work
Legislation -- Photo Review
Defend the Rights of
Migrant Workers and the Rights of All
• Landed Status Now!
Care Workers Organize - Peggy Morton
• Caring for the
Caregivers -- Interim Reforms
Workers' Fight for Safe
Working Conditions
• Important Health and
Safety Resolution from the Mining Sector - André Racicot,
President, USW Local 9291
• Resolution on the
Inspection Service of the Labour Standards, Pay Equity, and Workplace
Health and Safety Board - Quebec United Steelworkers
Growing Sleep Deprivation
Among Transportation Workers
• Transportation Workers
Need a Guarantee of Health Care for Work-Related
Illness -
Normand
Chouinard
December 13, 2018
The Rights of
Unemployed Workers Must Be Recognized and Upheld
• Seasonal Workers in
Quebec and New Brunswick Demand Adequate Employment Insurance
Benefits - Pierre Chénier
Interviews
• Line Sirois,
Coordinator, Action Chômage Côte-Nord
• Fernand Thibodeau,
Spokesperson, Action Committee on Employment Insurance for Seasonal
Workers in New Brunswick
Opposition to Back-to-Work
Legislation
• Postal Workers and
Allies Take Action Against Bill C-89
Ontario Injured Workers
Demand Justice
• Spirited Actions
Affirm "Workers' Comp Is a Right"
December 20, 2018
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