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OPSEU backs bill introduced in Ontario legislature by NDP Leader Andrea Horwath to declare May 7 as Child and Youth Mental Health Awareness Day.
'The results show that employment security was key for our members, but they have also said that when we are at the table in two years they will want us to negotiate a wage increase.' - Darryl Walker.
Canada’s cultural diversity strengthens the country socially, politically and economically.
In a letter sent to Premier Campbell, BCGEU President Darryl Walker urged the government to legislate targets and timelines to reduce poverty and end homelessness
Workers at Mirabel-area farm go union with UFCW Canada after Quebec Labour Relations Commission strikes down 40-year-old labour code regulation as unconstitutional
It went unnoticed in the salacious cloud surrounding the Jafferlena scandal, but the Harperites again showed their enduring contempt for parliamentary procedure by suddenly forcing a vote on the Canada-Colombia Free Trade deal last week.
NUPGE is calling for legislation that requires health and safety training for youth before they enter the workforce.
Misleading study fails to take inflation into account when comparing data over nearly half a century.
Public employees 'buy houses, cars, groceries and clothes. They spend (their salaries) at small businesses and restaurants.' Joan Jessome.
NUPGE president James Clancy says Canada should support and advance the idea of a global tax on financial institutions at G8 and G20 meetings at Huntsville in June.
