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PEI government issues lay-off notices to 200 seasonal highway maintenance workers.
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"We presented the government with concrete proposals that would produce hundreds of millions of dollars in new annual revenues and savings,” says Walker. “Government negotiators showed no interest in these proposals."
"We want the people of Newfoundland and Labrador to be aware that LPNs are a highly qualified and vital part of the nursing team and our health care system,” said Furlong.
AGO CEO received a 293 per cent increase in three years while workers must fight to negotiate a fair collective agreement.
Tentative agreement reached for NSGEU members at the Cape Breton Regional Police Services.
The list of strikes against the environment is significant in this budget.
First contract reached for MGEU/NUPGE WRHA interpreters.
The federal budget will increase income inequality, decrease the quality of life for Canadians and slow economic recovery.
During the LRB hearings, UFCW Canada argued that Mexico and its consulate in Vancouver colluded with the operators of a B.C. agriculture operation to bust the union at Sidhu & Sons Nursery where the workers voted to unionize.
"We need an investment in our justice system combined with strategic reforms if we are to fix the damage that has been done over the last decade.” - Darryl Walker, BCGEU President.
The New Brunswick Union of Public and Private Employees (NBUPPE/NUPGE) response to the 2012-2013 Budget.
“After a long and difficult round of negotiations an agreement has been reached our members can be proud of." - Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President.
"If this Budget passes, it will hurt people, slow our economy, and sharply increase income inequality in this province."
Toronto (28 March 2012) - The provincial budget tabled by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is a shameful disaster that fails Ontario on multiple fronts, the President of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/NUPGE) says.
“Music therapy is one of the therapies that is the first to go when health authorities look for cost savings,” said HSABC President Reid Johnson. “It’s seen as a ‘frill service,’ but the value of the therapy proves otherwise.”
