Tag: union movement

Cadillac Fairview: Merry Christmas, you’re fired!

Published December 21, 2013

Cadillac Fairview makes a hefty profit as the owner and operator of malls and office buildings across the country. The company earned nearly $1 billion in profit last year alone. But Cadillac Fairview isn’t willing to pay fair wages to the cleaning staff. Just a few months before Christmas, 150 of them lost their jobs […]

Shhh! Don’t utter the word “strike”

Published December 5, 2013

Has the Progressive Conservative government in Alberta outdone the federal Conservatives when it comes to the rights of workers? New labour laws in Alberta don’t just strip the right of members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees to arbitration. Going forward, provincial employees also “won’t even be able to talk about a strike or […]

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