E-mail: ontario@cpcml.ca • Website: www.cpcml.ca

INDEX 2019

JANUARY 2019

January 17, 2019

• Join the Work of Workers' Forum in 2019 to Build the Independent Voice of
the Working Class!

January 24, 2019

GM Threat to Close Oshawa Auto Plant
• This Must Not Stand!
• Fraudulent Talk About Canada and the Rule of Law

Imposed Arbitration at the Post Office
• Postal Workers Continue the Fight for Their Rights - Louis Lang

Quebec Workers Continue Fight for Rights
• Workers Mark First Anniversary of ABI Aluminum Smelter Lockout
• Crane Operators, Allies and Experts All Say No! to Irresponsible New Regulations

January 31, 2019

Ontario Workers Demand Anti-Worker Legislation Be Scrapped
• Construction Workers Defend Their Right to Organize
• Renewed Disgraceful Attack Against Workers in Precarious Jobs
• Opposition to Abrogation of Environmental Protection

British Columbia
• Ramada Hotel Workers in Prince George Rally for a Better Contract

Northwest Territories
• Public Service Workers Persist in Fight for Dignity of Labour

Britain
• Jaguar Land Rover Eliminates 5,000 Jobs
• Glasgow Women Win Important Battle

FEBRUARY 2019

February 7, 2019

Tragic Deaths of Three Rail Workers
• Urgent Need for a Rail Safety Regime that Serves the Employees and Public

Lockout at the ABI Smelter in Bécancour, Quebec
• Support for Locked-Out Workers Keeps Coming In

Ford Government's Anti-Social Offensive Deepens Crisis in Health Care
• The Need for a Human-Centred Health Care Delivery System
• Advisory Committee Report Turns Its Back on Ontario's Hospital Capacity
Crisis - Ontario Council of Hospital Unions
• Health Care Union Calls for Immediate Action to Address Staffing Needs in Long-Term Care Facilities

Crisis in Quebec Health Care System
• Unresolved Issues in Health Care and Social Services

Discussion on How to Fund Social Programs and Other Economic Issues
• Part One -- The Necessity for a Motive of Production and Work Consistent with
the Modern Social Conditions

February 14, 2019

Challenges Facing the Workers in Quebec
• Attempts by the Ruling Elite to Dismantle Workers' Collective
Defence Organizations - Pierre Chénier
• Horne Copper Smelter Workers Resist Unjust Disciplinary Measures by Glencore

Northwest Territories
• Public Service Workers Call Off Strike Action and Enter Binding Mediation

United States
• Los Angeles Teachers Resolutely Defend Right to Education

February 21, 2019

What It Means to Be "Open for Business"
• Workers Reject the Ruling Elite's Politics of Being "Open for Business"
• Destruction of Manufacturing Continues in Ontario

Lockout at Aluminerie de Bécancour Inc.
• Support for ABI Workers Continues as Alcoa/Rio Tinto Cartel Abruptly Breaks off Negotiations

Municipal Workers in Quebec Stand Up for their Rights and Dignity
• Public Sector Employers Create Impasse for Workers

Interview
• Maintenance Workers at Montreal Transit Corporation Demand a Negotiated Contract Which Is Acceptable to Them - Gleason Frenette, President, Montreal Transit Union

Defending the Rights of Migrant Workers
• National Day of Action Calls for Health Care for All

Condemn Canada's Support for U.S.-Backed Coup in Venezuela
• Statement - Canadian Union of Postal Workers

February 28, 2019

Unacceptable Moves to Do Away with Collective Agreements
• Alcoa's Unacceptable Demand to Run the ABI Smelter Without a Union
• Workers Demand Arbitration and Intervention by Quebec Premier - Interview,
Clément Masse, President, United Steelworkers Local 9700
• The "Legal" Termination of Collective Agreements -- Australian
Example - Pierre Chénier

Transportation
• Railway Workers' Courageous Struggle to Affirm the Human Factor
• Concerns of Railway Workers - Lyndon Isaak, President,
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference

MARCH 2019

March 7, 2019

Ontario Workers and Youth Oppose Ford Government's Offensive
• Anti-Worker Bill 66 at Second Reading

Alcoa/Rio Tinto's Manipulation of "Force Majeure" to Achieve Its Anti-Worker Aims
• Workers Demand Legault Government Make Alcoa/Rio Tinto Meet Its Commitments on Energy Contract - Pierre Chénier
• Locked-Out ABI Workers to Discuss and Vote on Offer

Quebec Construction Workers Defend Safety Standards
• Workers Call for Release of Report on Crane Operator Safety

Our Security Lies in the Fight for the Rights of All
• Coalition of Migrant Care Worker Groups and Allies Continue the Landed Status Now! Campaign - Peggy Morton

Federal Public Service
• Day of Action Holds Government to Account for Phoenix Pay System

March 14, 2019

ABI Workers Reject Alcoa's Dictated Contract and Back- to-Work Protocol
• 90 Per Cent Turnout, 82 Per Cent Rejection of Company Contract at
Membership Meeting
• Workers Want a Negotiated Contract Not One-Sided Company Dictate
• The Workers' Demand for an Alternative to Dictate - Pierre Chénier

Letter to the Editor
• A Lockout Is Not a "Force Majeure" - Montérégie Metallurgical Worker

BC Rail Tragedy and Other Train Derailments
• Canadian Pacific's Reckless Move
• Rail Workers Defend Their Rights and Safety - Peggy Askin
• Arbitrator Issues Cease and Desist Order to CP Rail - Teamsters Canada
Rail Conference
• Growing Number of Rail Accidents

New Brunswick Criminalizes Workers' Just Claims
• Provincial Government and Court of Queen's Bench Declare Nursing Home Workers' Strike Illegal - Interview, Simon Ouellette, Communications Representative,
CUPE Maritimes

March 21, 2019

Alcoa Must Pay for Its Reserved Preferential Rate Energy Block!
• All Out for ABI Workers' Energy March!

Ontario Bill 48, Safe and Supportive Classrooms Act, 2019
• Ontario Teachers Oppose Moves to Change Governance Structure of Ontario College of Teachers

March 28, 2019

Resistance Building to Ford Government's Anti-Social Offensive in Ontario
• Students and Educators Take Up Their Social Responsibility
• Petition from Ontario High School Students
• Working People Reject Ford's Campaign to Make Ontario Education Open for Business Profit - K.C. Adams
• Teachers and Students Resist the Ford Government's Anti- Social
Offensive - Enver Villamizar
• Anti-Democratic Nature of Government Attacks on Education
• Government Proposed Changes in K-12 Education

APRIL 2019

April 4, 2019

Quebec Premier Demands ABI Workers Make More Concessions
• All Out to Defend the Rights and Dignity of ABI Workers!
• Locked-Out Workers' Energy March Declares Forcefully: "The Lockout Is Not a
‘Force Majeure'; ABI Must Pay What It Owes!"
• Union Submits Counter-Offer to Alcoa/Rio Tinto Cartel

Resolute Actions Against Untenable Conditions in Health Care
• Quebec Nurses' "No Mandatory Overtime" Day of Action on April 8
• Nova Scotians Demand a Modern Health Care System Fit for Human Beings

April 11, 2019

Lockout at the ABI Smelter in Bécancour, Quebec
• Steelworkers Launch Global Campaign to Force Alcoa to Negotiate a Collective Agreement Acceptable to the Workers

• Quebec Premier Legault Blames ABI Workers for Causing Government Cutbacks to Social Programs
• Alcoa in Australia and Its Global Campaign Against the Working Class

The Fight for Proper Working Conditions in Health Care
• Quebec Nurses Hold Successful "No Mandatory Overtime" Day of Action
• The Neo-Liberal Logic of Permanent Exceptionalism to Criminalize the Struggles of Quebec Public Sector Workers - Pierre Soublière
• Interview - Éric Tremblay, President, Health Care Professionals Union of East Montreal

The Fight for Proper Working Conditions in the Trucking Industry
• March 21 -- Fifth Anniversary of Vancouver Truckers' Strike

Defending the Rights of Injured Workers
• Coming Events

April 18, 2019

Regulatory Changes in Quebec Crane Operator Training
• Expert Panel Report Does Not Respect Safety Demands of Those Who Do the Work

New Brunswick Public Sector
• Workers Step Up the Fight for Fitting Wages and Working Conditions
• Interview - Simon Ouellette, Communications Representative, CUPE Maritimes

Letter to the Editor
• Re: History of Alcoa

April 25, 2019

April 28, Day of Mourning for Workers Killed or Injured on the Job
• Affirm the Right of All Workers to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions!
• The Anti-Social Offensive Endangers the Health and Safety of Workers
• Smash the Silence on Workplace Injuries and Death
• The Situation Facing Migrant Workers
• Join the Organized Fight for Safe and Healthy Working Conditions; Smash
the Silence!
• Actions Across the Country in Defence of Workers' Rights

For Your Information
• Data on Workplace Fatalities and Injuries in Canada and Internationally

MAY 2019

May 2, 2019

Quebec Minister of Labour Intervenes on Behalf of Global Monopoly
• Alcoa and Government Reject Negotiations with Locked-Out ABI Workers
• Unacceptable Move by Government to Impose Concessions Demanded by
Alcoa on ABI Workers
• Alcoa and Quebec Government Work in Tandem to Attack Workers' Rights
• False Concessions and Real Concessions

Strike at Glencore's Brunswick Smelter in Belledune, New Brunswick
• Workers Stand Up for Their Rights and Dignity

The Fight for Working Conditions in Health Care Acceptable to Those Who
Do the Work
• Nurses Step Up Their Fight Against Mandatory Overtime and Other
Pressing Issues

April 28 Day of Mourning
• Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living
• Under-Reporting of Job-Related Injuries and Deaths - Nick Lin
• Day of Mourning -- Photos

Read and Subscribe to TML Weekly
• Coverage of May Day and the Fight to Defend Public Health Care in Ontario

May 9, 2019

Lockout at Glencore's Smelter in Belledune, New Brunswick
• Struggle Continues Against Glencore's Anti-Worker Concessionary Demands
• It's Our Turn -- No Concessions!
• Resistance to Arrogant Actions of Glencore

Sit-Ins and Occupations by New Brunswick Nursing Home Workers
• Militant Action in Defence of Workers' Rights

100th Anniversary of the Halifax General Strike
• A Militant Tradition of Workers' Struggles in the Atlantic Provinces - Tony Seed

May 16, 2019

Mass Family Solidarity March with Locked-Out ABI Workers
• All Out May 25 to Support the ABI Workers -- Their Fight is Our Fight!
• ABI Workers and Allies Present Their Case to Alcoa Shareholders at Pittsburgh Annual Meeting
• Discussion of the Alcoa/Rio Tinto-Government Dictated Contract and Back-to-Work Protocol at ABI - Interview, Alexandre Fréchette, President, Alma Aluminum Workers' Union, United Steelworkers Local 9490

Lockout at Glencore's Smelter in Belledune, New Brunswick
• Workers Demand Withdrawal of Reckless Concessionary Demands

36th Annual Ontario Injured Workers' Day
• Province-Wide Actions Build Momentum for June 1 and "Workers' Comp Is a Right!" Campaign

100th Anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike
• Canadian Workers' Proud History of Organized Resistance and Defence
of Rights

May 23, 2019

Preparations Intensify for Mass Family Solidarity March with Locked-Out ABI Workers
• All Out to Make the May 25 March in Trois-Rivières a Grand Success!
• ABI Workers Mobilize Public Opinion to Support Their Just Cause
• We All Have Common Cause with the ABI Workers - André Jacob, Director, Education and Organization, Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Quebec Region

Vale Breaks Off Contract Talks with Steelworkers at Voisey's Bay in Labrador
• Company Refuses to Address Health, Safety and Other Concerns

Injured Workers Fighting for Their Dignity and Rights
• Interview - Peter Page, Executive VicePresident, Ontario Network of Injured
Workers Groups

The Fight for Airport Workers' Health and Safety
• Working Conditions at Toronto's Pearson Airport Must Improve!

May 30, 2019

Powerful Family Solidarity March with Locked-Out ABI Workers
• ABI Workers, Families and Allies Demand an End to Alcoa/Rio Tinto/
Quebec Government Dictate

JUNE 2019

June 6, 2019

Opposition to Ontario Government's Anti-Social Offensive
• Proper Investments Required So Workers Can Provide Citizens with the Services They Need- Interview, Jason Fraser, Paramedic and Chair of CUPE's Ambulance Committee of Ontario
• Injured Workers Refuse to Be Silenced or Deterred in Fighting for Their Rights

Montreal Transit Maintenance Workers Uphold the Dignity of Labour
• Bitter Fight for a Favourable Collective Agreement - Interview, Gleason Frenette, President, Montreal Transit Union

Brunswick Smelter Workers Enter Seventh Week of Lockout
• Steelworkers and Allies Hold Vigorous Mass Rally in Support of Glencore Workers in Belledune

Canadian Workers Support Mining Workers in Idaho
• BC and U.S. Steelworkers Rally at Hecla Mining's Annual General Meeting

U.S. Alcoa and Arconic Workers Voting to Strike
• Workers Defend Their Rights and Dignity Against Unacceptable Demands Which Favour Narrow Private Interests - Pierre Chénier

June 13, 2019

BC Forest Industry
• The Need to Resolve the Crisis in a Manner that Favours the People
• Clash of Rights
• Return of the Forestry Sector Downturn
• Organized Forestry Workers Defend Their Rights

Challenging State-Organized Repression of Workers' Rights
• Government's Use of Heavy-Handed Tactics to Strip Workers of Their Rights - Interview, Daniel Légère, President, New Brunswick Federation of Labour

The Fight in Quebec for Acceptable Working Conditions in Health Care
• Paramedics Demand Government Respect Commitments Made During Last Negotiations - Interview, Jean Gagnon, Representative, PreHospital Sector of Health and Social Services' Federation

June 20, 2019

Alberta Government Holds Rights of Workers in Contempt
• Resounding No! To Legislated Attacks on Public Sector Workers
• Using What Is Legal Against What Is Just Shows Contempt for Rule
of Law - Peggy Morton
• Nurses' Union Appeals Labour Board Decision

For Your Information
• Section of the Collective Agreements the Government Is Violating
• Kenney Government's Blue Ribbon Panel

Lockout of Aluminum Workers in Becancour, Quebec
• United Steelworkers Files Complaint with International Labour Organization Against Quebec Government
• Arguments of the United Steelworkers
• Unacceptable Comments from Quebec Premier and Labour Minister

June 27, 2019

Opposition to Anti-Social Offensive in Alberta
• Growing Resistance to Bill 9 and Kenney Government's Contempt for Workers and the Rule of Law - Peggy Morton
• Information Pickets -- No!to Bill 9, the Public Sector Wage Arbitration Deferral Act
• Alberta Teachers' Association to Launch Legal Challenge of Bill 9 - Cory Hare, Managing Editor, ATA News

Quebec Workers Defend Their Rights
• Municipal Workers and Retirees' Constitutional Challenge to Anti-Worker Pension Act
• Continued Opposition to Changes in Crane Operator Training that Endanger Workers and the Public

JULY 2019

July 18, 2019

Lockout Lifted at ABI Smelter in Bécancour, Quebec
• ABI Workers Return to Work with Their Heads High
• Workers' Resistance an Invaluable Asset of the Working Class Movement for Its Rights and Dignity
• Shameful Anti-Worker Actions of the Quebec Government
• New Collective Agreement Ratified

Growing Opposition to the Anti-Social Offensive in Alberta
• Workers Express a Resounding No!to Bill 9 and the Dictate of the Kenney Government - Peggy Askin

Forestry Industry in British Columbia
• Workers on Strike to Defend Their Rights
• Note to Readers

NOVEMBER 2019

November 13, 2019

Alberta Government Steps Up Brutal Anti-Social Offensive
• Kenney Government's Wrecking Ball - Peggy Morton
• Mounting Popular Resistance in Alberta to Anti-Social Measures - Peggy Askin

For Your Information
• Omnibus Bill 21 -- A Broad Assault on the People of Alberta
• Some of the Measures Taken in Bill 21

November 20, 2019

Over 3,000 Canadian National Railway Workers On Strike
• All Out to Support the Just Demands of CN Rail Workers!

Glencore Empire Announces Closure of Belledune Lead Smelter in New Brunswick
• Manufacturing Yes! Nation-Wrecking No!
• An Act Meant to Intimidate the Working Class
• Decision to Close Smelter Should Not Be in the Hands of Global Private Interests
• Reaction of Local Officials and Politicians
• Glencore Global Cartel

November 27, 2019

BC Forestry Workers' Strike Approaches Six Months
• Steelworkers Leadership Group Unanimously Rejects Proposal by Western Forest Products
• Nanaimo Rally Supports "No Concessions" Stand of Forestry Workers - Barbara Biley

Vancouver Transit Workers Defend Their Rights and the Public Transit System
• Bus Drivers and Maintenance Workers Reach Tentative Agreement - Anne Jamieson and Brian Sproule
• SkyTrain Workers Vote in Favour of Job Action

For Your Information
• Greater Vancouver Transit System

University of Northern BC Faculty Strike
• Appropriate Compensation and Working Conditions for Professors, Librarians, Lab and Contract Workers Demanded
• Letter to University of Northern British Columbia, Board Chair - Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations

Quebec Public Sector Negotiations
• Workers Speak Out About Their Concerns and Needs - Interview, Jeff Begley, President, Federation of Health and Social Services (FSSSCSN)

DECEMBER 2019

December 4, 2019

Albertans Mobilize Vigorously Against Kenney Government's Stepped Up
Anti-Social Offensive
• Community Builders Stand Against Kenney's Wrecking - Peggy Askin

Ontario Educators Say No! to Government Dictate
• Workers Hold One-Day Province-Wide Strike - Mira Katz
• Elementary Teachers on Phase One Of Work-to-Rule

British Columbia
• UFCW and Taxi Associations Launch Legal Challenges Against Uber
and Lyft - Anne Jamieson

Workers' Fight to Hold Quebec Government to Account For Anti-Worker Measures
• Government's Unacceptable Position on Training Standards for Crane
Operators - Pierre Chénier
• Changing the Reality on the Ground - Interview, François Patry, President, National Brotherhood Of Carpenters, FTQ-Construction Local 9

December 11, 2019

32nd Congress of the Quebec Federation of Labour
• Quebec Workers' Movement Rises to Challenges Posed by the
Times - Pierre Chénier

Interview
• Urgent Need to Improve Wages and Working Conditions of Seniors' Residences Employees - Sylvie Thomassin, Union Delegate, Quebec Union of Service
Employees FTQ

No to Nation-Wrecking!
• Lowe's Companies Inc. Shutters 34 Stores Across Canada
• Lowe's' Stalking of RONA and the Failure of Canada's Political Institutions and Leaders To Defend Nation- Building - K.C. Adams

Fix Workers' Comp Now!
• Ontario Injured Workers Hold Spirited Rally at Ministry of Labour

British Columbia
• Tentative Agreement Reached for SkyTrain Workers

December 19, 2019

Ontario Federation of Labour Holds Biennial Convention
• Ontario Workers Seek to Strengthen Resistance To Ford Government's Anti-Social Offensive - Steve Rutchinski
• OFL's Responsibility to Develop the Protest Movement and Take It
Further - Workers' Centre of CPC(ML)

Quebec Government's Unacceptable, Irresponsible and Provocative Offer
• Public Sector Workers Demand Significant Negotiated Improvements to Wages and Working Conditions - Pierre Chénier

Interviews
• Latest Offer Does Nothing to Make Up For 20 Years of Losses - Jeff Begley, President, Federation of Health and Social Services (FSSSCSN)
• The Need for More Staff and Improved Wages And Working Conditions - Natalie CrytesVeillette, Quebec Union of Service Employees, Local 298, FTQ

Telecommunications Workers on Strike at Ledcor Technical Services in BC
• Standing Up for Rights Against Precarious Work - Brian Sproule

Interview
• Gino Ocampo, IBEW Local 213 Picket Captain
• Note to Our Readers

WORKERS' FORUM: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022

For previous years, write to office@cpcml.ca.

This website is operated by the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist)
Please report any technical problems to webmaster@cpcml.ca