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Recent amendments to PEI's Occupational Health and Safety Act General Regulations, now require specific employer precautions to protect the hearing of workers in every workplace in PEI.
'Violence is far less likely between equals. . .therefore, equality and respect of all people is a crucial concept. . .women have not yet achieved equality, and this must be redressed.' - Witness at the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women, 1993
Canada is ignoring the plight of the people of Colombia by negotiating a free trade agreement with the Uribe government.
Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace
'Pension assets represent deferred wages and should be deployed in the interests of active and retired members.'
(Oct 26, 2007) -- 'Union activity is an integral part of democratic civil society. Our problems are social and economic, but the solution remains political.'
Business community lobbying aggressively for privatization in Nov. 7 election campaign
Conference to provide a forum for the labour and human rights communities to explore labour rights as fundamental human rights
(Oct 11, 2007) -- 'Lost jobs, stagnating wages, historic gap between rich and poor. These are the types of trends that can pull a country apart at the seams.'