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“We are experiencing chronic understaffing, inmate overcrowding, poor inmate living conditions, and the lack of necessary staff training and modern equipment to keep the community, inmates, and staff safe" - Dan Sidsworth, OPSEU/NUPGE
Commentary by New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees (NBU/NUPGE) President Susie Proulx-Daigle that was published in the Telegraph Journal.
“People, once diagnosed, have to process so much information about their health and the management of this chronic disease that it’s hard to know where to start. Information can be overwhelming,” - Lesa Nordick, Northern Region Director with MAHCP.
UCN announced it is suspending six programs in Thompson and four offered in The Pas, with five of the 10 being one-year certificate programs and the other two-year programs.
“It would be great if the CFIB concentrated on how to help its relatively small membership get a pension plan, or perhaps support the idea to enhance the Canada Pension Plan so that our seniors can retire with security and dignity." - Debbie Bovyer, President PEIUPSE.
Join the LabourStart campaign to get striking Labatt workers in Newfoundland back to work.
The walkers and their supporters hope to gain support for the federal government to fund a national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
"We believe that this bill would be at odds with reasonable consumer expectations of privacy for their medical and financial affairs. Other evidence, including from the Canadian Bar Association, also raises this concern.” - Ron Sanderson, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.
“Her work is a gift to every member of the labour movement and we are honoured to recognize her dedication and commitment.” - James Clancy, NUPGE National President.
OPSEU/NUPGE is determined to continue its fight for the right of part-time workers in the 24 Ontario colleges to be represented by our union.
"We value the partnerships we have formed over the years with Aboriginal workers and Aboriginal communities," Clancy says.
The Lough Erne Declaration is clearly a step forward in campaign to curb tax evasion through tax havens.
"While HSAA has no interest in adding to the stress of our members, the constant change in programs, service delivery and governance undermine our ability to credibly provide reassurance to our members." - Elisabeth Ballermann, HSAA President.
