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OPPOSING UNFREE LABOUR: A NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN FOR MIGRANT WORKER RIGHTS
Yesterday, a new organization, the Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights – Canada (CMWRC), called on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to end the practice of tying migrant workers to specific employers. They’re kicking off the campaign, MoVE – Mobility, Voice and Equality for Migrant Workers – with five press conferences across the country. They’re asking people who support the campaign to email Trudeau.
Workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP), the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP), and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) all sign contracts saying they may only change employers with permission. But, the process is incredibly difficult and lengthy. Read more!
STRIKING OVER GRIEVANCES WHEN THE CONTRACT'S UP
By Dan DiMaggio
When a contract expires, the no-strike and binding arbitration clauses are no longer in effect. That means unions that keep working without a contract can strike over grievances that happen after contract expiration, as several Communications Workers locals at AT&T have done this year.
CWA Local 4322 members in Dayton, Ohio, struck May 6 and 7 after a member was sent home for losing a $6 tool. “The company was obviously using this as a harassment technique,” said Chief Steward Jeff Mitchell, “because that kind of discipline for losing a tool had never been heard of before.” Read more!
COLLECTIVE ACTION DELIVERS: CANADA POST CUTS HALTED
By David Bush and Doug Nesbitt
Canada Post management has just suspended its program of cutting home mail delivery in favour of “community mailboxes”.
This is a huge victory and it’s worth celebrating.
It all started nearly two years ago when Canada Post’s management surprised everyone with a plan to eliminate all home mail delivery over five years, slash 8000 jobs, and raise postal fees. When the NDP introduced a motion to stop this, it was defeated and the Harper majority stood up in the House of Commons and cheered on the cuts. Read more!
NEW COUNTRY, NEW JOB - NEW RISKS
By Karl Flecker
Daniel is suffering from a repetitive strain injury. Working at Costco, stocking shelves, moving large boxes of everything he never eats, he jokes, is not what he planned to do with his European based training in logistics management. New to Canada, he realized a survival job was likely necessary until his credentials could be recognized. No one told him it would take so long, cost so much and despite his training and experience, still leave him without a job in his field. Manually moving foodstuffs has left him injured with no choice but to keep working or lose the income he needs to stay afloat. Read more!
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