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I would like to encourage you to take a look at these interesting articles and video clips, which have recently appeared in various media across the country.
The most obvious dose of legal reality is there is already a legislative requirement for financial disclosure to union members in every jurisdiction in the country.
This critique is focused on the gradual shift away from the occupational knowledge base or skill base of Public Service positions; a shift that has seen the tendency to de-value the particular and sometimes unique professional or occupational character of the jobs...
CUPE Local 675 challenged the legislation for violating the right to collective bargaining, a right protected under the guarantee of freedom of association in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The bill overrode wage increases that had previously been negotiated in the collective agreement with no opportunity to renegotiate. (This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external Web sites.)
In a recent issue of Toronto Life Magazine, Tony Keller provides an important wake-up call that appears to be going unheeded, and takes a close look at the challenges facing Canadians' retirement security. (This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external Web sites.)
(This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external Web sites.) I worked for Environment Canada, our federal environmental department, for several years before our current Conservative leadership (under Stephen Harper) began decimating environmentalism in Canada.
The last few weeks have consisted of a litany of the reduction of essential services in Canada. Food and safety inspection, water quality controls, environmental standards and board agency services were all targets under the 2012 Federal Budget announced in March.
Watch the March 17th broadcast of Dale Goldhawk's show, for a long-view look at what kind of bureaucracy Canada can afford, how it might be transformed, and how it will affect the "givens" of our everyday services.
Congratulations to our colleagues at the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) on their timely analysis of the projected economic impact of the Conservative government’s budget plans. We look forward to working together with CAPE and the other bargaining agents in the days and weeks ahead. (This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external Web sites.)
If you were headed for a brawl — maybe you would call it the “fight of your life” — you might want to look for a tough friend to back you up as you head for that showdown in the schoolyard.
Unless you believe that contracting a flesh-eating disease is a reasonable way to lose weight, it is difficult to interpret what is presently happening to Environment Canada as a mere budget cut. (This link will take you to an external website. Please note some employers may restrict access to external websites.)
It has been announced that 776 positions will be eliminated at Environment Canada. Senior scientists and their support staff will be reassigned to other government jobs, resulting in the outright cancellation or downsizing of programs such as ozone research, aircraft-based measurements, solar radiation monitoring, climate adaptation, air toxics research, and air quality research and monitoring.
OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.
While doing salmon-genetics research at the Pacific Biological Station on Vancouver Island, federal fisheries scientist Kristi Miller discovered that a virus may be killing large numbers of Fraser River sockeye before they reach their spawning grounds.
Outspoken union advocate Dr. Elaine Bernard was in Toronto Tuesday, speaking to delegates at the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.
Citizen writer, Don Butler, is to be commended for the depth of his examination and reporting of the recent decision of the Public Service Labour Relations Board (PSLRB) in ordering Health Canada (HC) to reinstate Lambert while rejecting the grievances of Chopra and Haydon, all three whistleblowers fired simultaneously on 14 July 2004.