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A recent presentation by MGEU President Lois Wales, to the Adult Corrections Capacity Review Committee on behalf of Manitoba's correctional officers, underlined the overcrowding issues in provincial jails.
Families for Sisters in Spirit, have organized marches and rallies in major Canadian cities on Valentine's Day, to recognize missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls.
“I want to make this clear in the simplest way I can: this is more than a problem – this is already a crisis and it’s only getting worse.” - Lois Wales, MGEU President.
"It’s difficult to hear the health CEOs crying poor when they can afford to spend millions on consultants. And I’m disappointed they would treat their employees – the very heart of the health system – with such disrespect."
Rather than spending wildly on no-strings attached corporate tax cuts, Harper could have provided tax refunds to corporations after they actually created jobs; instead, job-killers like Caterpillar take our tax money and run.
By James Clancy
National President
National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
“It’s important that health employers recognize the sacrifices that workers have had to make in previous rounds of bargaining and that we reach a fair deal that compensates these losses.”
Burnaby (08 Feb. 2012) - Unions representing 43,000 B.C. health care workers met with employers and government to begin negotiations for a new collective agreement yesterday.
“… no other essential services legislation is as devoid of access to independent, effective dispute resolution processes to address employer designations of essential service workers." - Justice Dennis Ball.
"On behalf of the 340,000 NUPGE members, we offer deepest condolences to the families of all the victims of this terrible accident," said James Clancy, NUPGE National President.
“We are ready to get to the bargaining table to negotiate collective agreements that reflect the value of the vital services our members provide to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador.”
“Education is one of the most effective economic investments we can make in rural communities, but the B.C. government has failed to make post secondary education a priority,” says BCGEU President Darryl Walker.
“Workers in this sector deserve to receive decent wages and respect for the important work they do n their community.”
Overcoming the oppression of slavery and the inequity of racism, Black Canadians have achieved excellence in every walk of life.
This week the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU/NUPGE) was in the print and broadcast news talking about workplace bullying.
