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CUPE hospital workers strike vote now completed - 85% overall result

The last of the strike votes for CUPE hospital workers across Nova Scotia have now been tabulated.

CUPE local wins holiday pay issue

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that part-time employees are entitled to holiday pay for statutory holidays even when they aren’t scheduled to work.

Journal de Québec, a long dispute

This documentary tells the story of 252 Quebec City newspaper employees and how their alternate daily paper replaced traditional picket lines.

BC Paramedics - new talks for new deal

The BC Ambulance Service agrees with paramedics on one thing – the provincial model is the only option for a viable and sustainable ambulance service in B.C.

Canadians want action on climate change

A new poll clearly shows the Harper government is not acting on the wishes of the Canadian public on climate change. The poll of 1502 respondents was conducted from November 30 to December 2, 2009 by Léger Marketing. It revealed that 74 per cent of Canadians strongly agree or agree that Canada should take on more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets.

CUPE supports fired Mexican electrical workers

CUPE continues to be concerned about the Mexican government’s treatment of electrical workers and its refusal to negotiate with their union.

Conservative government lost

Conservative government “lost, confused, and prone to wander.”

CLC and AFL-CIO delegation pledge support as Mexican electricity workers' union continue to fight for their rights

On Friday December 4, 2009, tens of thousands of laid-off Mexican electrical workers and their supporters again took to the streets of the capital to protest the Mexican government’s sudden liquidation of the government-owned Central Light and Power Company (Luz y Fuerza Central) the night of Oct. 10 and the government’s interference with the union Sindicato Mexicano de Electrisistas (SME). http://cupe.ca/privatization-watch-november-2009/privatization-force-unions-Calderón. The Calderón government claims it took the step because the company was inefficient and losing money; opponents say the government is seeking to privatize the LFC and to break the powerful independent Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) which represented the company’s 44,000 active employees and 22,000 retirees.

Creston Library talks bound for mediation

CRESTON – Talks are off to a shaky start for a first contract at the Creston & District Public Library. After meeting with the employer for the first time this week, CUPE National Representative Lee-Anne Halifax said the two sides appear to be “miles apart.”

CUPE begins strike preparation schools for hospital workers

(New Glasgow) – The Canadian Union of Public Employees will begin a series of strike preparation schools for hospital workers across the province today.