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University of Toronto professor crunches numbers from 41,666 Statistics Canada interviews.
'This is extremely timely as hospitals have been dealing with this problem for quite some time.' - PEIUPSE.
What will re-elected Campbell government do with proposal to radically dismantle public services?
'The effort to end homophobia cannot be separated from the struggle to extend respect and dignity to all human beings everywhere.' - James Clancy, NUPGE national president.
'The employer has agreed to arbitrate this issue, which was what the union proposed at the bargaining table in December.'
'There is much work to do.... I hope to continue this work on your behalf.'
NDP again asks Parliament to pass legislation that would lay a foundation for a national child care system.
Workers face wide-range of health and safety concerns as well as attacks on job security, wages and benefits.
'Public services represent an investment in our common good... in our communities... in each other.'
Abuse of casual workers is the key issue. The LCBO makes more than $200,000 a year per worker ($1.6 billion) yet casual workers earn less than $20,800 a year.
'The province wants to cut back their vacation no matter how many hours they work or how many years they’ve devoted to Manitobans.'
AbitibiBowater granted permission under the Companies’ Creditors Agreement Act (CCAA) to suspend payments on its unfunded pension liabilities.
OPSEU urging members to join workers rallies planned by CLC and other groups in major centres in the coming months.
Similar programs are already operating in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
'Successive Canadian governments, including the current Harper administration, have refused to ratify three key Conventions or to explain their failure to do so.' - NUPGE, CTF, CPA, UFCW Canada.
