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LABOUR MARKET CHALLENGES FACING SYRIAN REFUGEES IN SASKATCHEWAN
With a new Prime Minister elected in 2015 came the promise of admitting 25 000 refugees to Canada. While the original target was to have these refugees settled in Canada by the end of the year, the deadline was extended to ensure the process was done properly. These delays, of course, came amidst backlash from conservative leaders like Saskatchewan Premier, Brad Wall. As more Syrian refugees now begin to arrive there are still citizens with many questions and concerns about the refugees’ futures in Canada. Read more!
BOYCOTT SCAB CHIPS
By Gerard Di Trolio
Right now, scabs are the secret ingredient in Covered Bridge Potato Chips made near Hartland, New Brunswick.
After members of UFCW 1288P began their strike for a first contract on January 5, Covered Bridge turned to scab labour.
Workers are seeking their first collective agreement with Covered Bridge after voting to unionize in December 2013. Read more!
TIME FOR CANADA'S LABOUR MOVEMENT TO THINK AND ACT GLOBALLY
By Gerard Di Trolio
South Korea has seen the the largest crackdown on labour and civil rights since the end of the military dictatorship in the late 1980s. Protests led by the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) against reforms that would weaken labour protections were repressed by police. The KCTU leader Hang Sang-gyun has been charged with organizing illegal rallies and sedition. Read more!
QUEBEC'S PROPOSED DEAL WITH PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS: A HOLLOW VICTORY FOR UNIONS?
By Robert Green
Prior to the holidays, teachers, parents and students in Quebec received some hopeful news: the Common Front, consisting of unions representing over 400,000 of the province’s half a million public sector workers, had overcome their final hurdle and arrived at an agreement on salaries. Read more!
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