Watch Nova Scotia’s Premier talk out of both sides of his mouth about fairness

Published October 4, 2014

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has a funny idea about what fairness means. Back in the spring, McNeil said he didn’t like the idea of a third party resolving a labour dispute with health workers. That’s what the bargaining table is for, he said. Fast-forward to the fall, and McNeil is a big fan of […]

Tony Clement’s anti-union talking points don’t stand up to reality

Published March 28, 2014

The Conservative government, facing a constitutional challenge over its budget implementation bill for gutting collective bargaining rights of federal public sector workers, has some creative talking points to defend the draconian provisions. The 9-page internal Questions and Answers document about the “modernization” of collective bargaining, prepared for Treasury Board president Tony Clement, was released to PressProgress […]

Booya! This union just clobbered Target in the video outreach department

Published March 20, 2014

Target Corp., third-largest retailer in the United States, is making a big play in Canada. Following its $1.8 billion deal in 2011 to take over up to 200 Zellers leases, the company plans to have 133 locations in Canada by the end of the year. The discount retailer is likely busy these days, trying to figure out how to […]

Rights at work: who wants to go back to 1946?

Published February 27, 2014

The Globe and Mail’s editorial board is pleading with Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak to pursue his idea of allowing union members to opt out of paying for activities not directly related to collective bargaining. The conservative-minded newspaper chimed in with an editorial on Thursday after Hudak renounced the most controversial part of his […]

Canada’s latest labour minister just like the old one

Published February 6, 2014

That was fast. Just as news broke Wednesday that the union representing 3,000 workers at Canadian National Railway Co gave strike notice, meaning a strike could begin as early as Saturday, the Conservative government served notice it would be tabling back-to-work legislation. Labour Minister Kellie Leitch stood in the foyer of the House of Commons to […]

The real story behind latest Conservative attack on labour

Published January 30, 2014

The Conservative government’s ongoing attack on unions — “a key driver in the creation of the middle class” — has reached a new milestone. Bill C-525, the anti-union private member’s bill tabled by a Conservative backbencher and backed enthusiastically by Stephen Harper and his cabinet, cleared a major legislative hurdle Wednesday night, when the bill passed Second Reading in the House […]

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