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Strong Woman Labour Leader Wins Nellie Award
The MFL congrtulates Sister Hart-Kulbaba: On this 100 year anniversary of some women winning the right to vote and hold political office in Manitoba, Susan Hart-Kulbaba, the MFL’s first woman President and long time labour leader and social activist, was awarded the prestigeous ‘Nellie Award’ by the the Nellie McClung Foundation today, in recognition of…
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Unions Happy to See the Back Side of C-377
The Federal Government made good on an important election promise today by moving to repeal Harper’s anti-union Bills, C-377 and C-525. The Canadian Labour Congress released this statement to mark the occasion today: Good sense prevails: Government moves to repeal C-377 and C-525 Canadian unions are pleased that the federal government has tabled legislation to…
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Landmark Westray Ruling Gives Jail Time to Supervisor for Health & Safety Negligence
Canadian Labour Congress NEWS RELEASE: Canada’s health and safety laws have more clout today, following a landmark court ruling in Ontario that saw, for the first time, a manager held criminally responsible and sentenced to prison for actions that resulted in the deaths of four workers under his watch. Unions worked for years to convince…
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CEOs earn your annual salary by lunch time on day 4 of the new year
The CCPA released an important new report today looking into CEO compensation in Canada, relative to the rest of us, and the findings are appauling: According to the CCPA: January 4, 2016 TORONTO – On the first working day of the New Year, Canada’s highest paid 100 CEOs are seriously power lunching: by 12:18 pm…
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CFIB Way Off Base On Pensions
Response to Elliot Sims editorial in the Winnipeg Free Press entitled Manitobans don’t want the CPP tax hike (published Dec 21/15) Elliot Sims couldn’t be more wrong when he argues “Manitobans don’t want the CPP tax hike” (Dec 21, 2015). CPP contributions are not a tax. They are savings put aside in return for a…