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CAMI STRIKE CAN RENEW FIGHT AGAINST NAFTA
by Gerard Di Trolio and Doug Nesbitt
The strike at the CAMI Automotive plant in Ingersoll, Ontario is of major importance to the labour movement. The 2,800 members of Unifor Local 88 have walked off the job in a battle for wages but crucially for job security. It’s the first GM strike in Canada since 1996 and first legal strike at CAMI since 1992.
Earlier this year some 400 jobs were lost as GM moved Terrain assembly to a plant in Mexico, leaving only the Equinox line at the plant. The union is fighting for contract language that will secure production. Read more!
LABOUR FOR SWANSON
On October 14 voters in Vancouver will elect a new City Councillor in a by-election.
Upon hearing that Geoff Meggs was to take up a position with the newly elected BC NDP Provincial Government it was clear that an opportunity for a progressive to be elected to city council had presented itself. Read more!
BEYOND $15: AN INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN ROSENBLUM
Kevin Brice-Lall interviewed Jonathan Rosenblum, author of Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists and the Revival of the Labor Movement. Rosenblum was the campaign director of the first successful $15 fight in the country, the historic SeaTac Airport workers campaign, which he directed for the Service Employees International Union.
PENSION BATTLE IN HAMILTON IS ON TO OTTAWA
By Brad Walchuk
The pension battled heated up in Hamilton at a major rally at the local Steelworkers Hall on Friday afternoon, but it’s been a hot issue since the US Steel Canada (formerly Stelco) entered into bankruptcy protection in September 2014. In fact, the new unofficial slogan of the influential USW Local 1005 is ‘CCCA is Legalized Theft,’ which often appears on banners and shirts worn by union members and their allies. Read more!
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