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“The main reason we’re here today is to tell the politicians we want everyone lifted out of poverty,” said OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas.
Office and clerical members working for IWK receive wage and other improvements in new collective agreement.
"We demanded the premier and health minister reverse their decision, but it fell on deaf ears," Walker said. "We plan to raise it again—but with a new government."
“Coming from a small-town, I can tell you first-hand how I’ve seen communities hit hard when jobs are lost,” says Gawronsky
In a wide-ranging interview Clancy laid out the systematic attack that conservatives have waged against unions since 1980 and how these attacks have driven down the wages and well-being of working people.
“We are calling on the employer to live up to their public comments and return to the bargaining table,” stated Furlong.
"The money is there to continue funding the Health Accord. This is more about the Harper government's right wing ideology than cost cutting." NUPGE President James Clancy.
“This sham of a consultation was never designed to be more than just that, after all, the process was announced only AFTER the legislation was passed.” - HSABC President, Reid Johnson.
"You can’t expect front line services to remain intact or improve when resources are continually dwindling.” - MGEU President Michelle Gawronsky.
As Canadian women proved in 1981 by lobbying for inclusion of equality provisions in the Charter, women uniting together can create change.
Despite a mandate to represent all major companies in Canada's wireless industry, the three smaller ones say the CWTA has consistently failed to act on, and thwart, measures to increase the competitiveness of the industry.
This is the day we recognize the valuable and vital service members of the union's Administrative Services Component provide to British Columbians and their communities.
