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Sunday 1 August 2010, 08:12:40

Top news stories from Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador 365 days on the line [The Telegram] 2010-07-31

Quebec Port lockout in Canada ends [ITF] 2010-07-29

New campaign calls for action on Guatemalan migrant abuse [UFCW] 2010-07-28

SEIU-UNITE HERE Settlement Reached [Beyond Chron] 2010-07-28

Security operation or political theatre? [The Star] 2010-07-25

Other labour news from Canada

Ontario IATSE, Mirvish return to bargaining table [The Hollywood Reporter] 2010-07-31

Ontario Laid off Vale workers may return to work [The Star] 2010-07-31

Saskatchewan Casino Strikers Return to Work [Maple Gambling] 2010-07-31

Newfoundland and Labrador NAPE makes another home care deal [CBC] 2010-07-31

Quebec Gatineau firefighters ratify labour deal [CBC] 2010-07-31

Public campaign denounces migrant worker program managed by IOM [UFCW] 2010-07-31

Ontario Union 'unsuccessful' in convincing Vale layoffs unnecessary [Northern Life] 2010-07-31

Newfoundland and Labrador Union Encouraged by Province's Response to Voisey's Bay Strike [USW] 2010-07-31

Pension reform crucial [The Free Press] 2010-07-31

Manitoba Lack of local workers on Wuskwatim Dam project riles union [The Journal of Commerce] 2010-07-31

Tentative Deal Reached for Bell Aliant Employees [VOCM] 2010-07-31

Nova Scotia Pride in Nova Scotia [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-30

Nova Scotia CUPE and the Municipality of the County of Kings sign new collective agreement [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-30

Nova Scotia CTV to lay off 26 in Halifax, union says [Chronicle Herald] 2010-07-30

British Columbia CUPE BC opposes Enbridge tanker plans to navigate off coast [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-29

Alberta using ‘immoral’ incentives to deny WCB benefits, charges labour group [Safety Reporter] 2010-07-29

Feedback from civil servants latest info to be scrubbed by Tories [The Star] 2010-07-29

Newfoundland and Labrador Action Plan of Solidarity Developed to Help Voisey Workers [VOCM] 2010-07-29

PSAC Warns of Funding Cut to the most important non-governmental international development institution [PSAC] 2010-07-29

Ontario Fight the wage freeze! Working people are not the problem! [OPSEU] 2010-07-29

British Columbia B.C. NDP urges province to act against homophobia [NUPGE] 2010-07-29

OPSEU supporting threatened Colombian activist [OPSEU] 2010-07-29

British Columbia Celebrate our diversity, support BCNU at Pride [BCNU] 2010-07-29

UN passes Human Right to Water and Sanitation resolution [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-29

Quebec Terrebonne white collar workers “in concert” at the Île-des-Moulins [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-28

Rise UP for Your Rights Conference 2010: taking back our future [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-28

Quebec Héma-Québec — Trois ententes de principe entérinées [Rue Frontenac] 2010-07-28

Equal opportunity at work is the latest Tory target [NUPGE] 2010-07-28

Call for Support for Threatened Colombian Rights Activist [OPSEU] 2010-07-28

Ontario OPSEU takes message directly to Ontario premier [NUPGE] 2010-07-28

Manitoba Rally For Public Pensions [MFL] 2010-07-28

British Columbia Work overload and other issues need addressing [BCGEU] 2010-07-28

On lance une nouvelle campagne pour mettre fin à la violation des droits des travailleurs migrants du Guatemala [TUAC] 2010-07-28

Appeal Court Rules Against U.S. Steel in Attempt to Delay Investment Canada Case [USW] 2010-07-28

Ontario Labour talks go down to the wire at US Steel [The Spectator] 2010-07-28

Ontario St. Marys Cement union and management reach tentative deal [The News Advertizer] 2010-07-28

Ontario Vale plans about 150 layoffs for Sudbury [Canada.com] 2010-07-28

British Columbia Western Forest Products reaches deal with unions [The Sun] 2010-07-28

Newfoundland and Labrador Hibernia union asks for a conciliator [The Telegram] 2010-07-28

Ontario GM pulls out of Canada's former auto capital [CBC] 2010-07-28

Ontario Vale plans 150 layoffs in Sudbury [The Windsor Star] 2010-07-28

Ontario Vale lays off 18 in Sudbury shortly after strike ends [TheSpec.com] 2010-07-28

SEIU, Workers United and UNITE HERE Settle Dispute [SEIU] 2010-07-28

From Civil War to Labor Vision [Huffington Post] 2010-07-28

SEIU and Unite Here end 18-month feud [Washington Post] 2010-07-28

Nike pays $1.5 million to relief fund for laid-off workers [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-27

Le SCEP se bat contre la fermeture de la raffinerie Shell de Montréal [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-27

CEP lucha para continuar las operaciones de la refinería de petróleo de Shell en Montréal [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-27

Ontario Agreement puts an end to strike action at tank makers [The Northern Echo] 2010-07-27

British Columbia Foresty-based pilot program hugely successful: USW [Houston Today] 2010-07-27

British Columbia Western, workers reach new agreement [The Times-Colonist] 2010-07-27

Air Canada pilots say they still face age restrictions [The Star] 2010-07-27

Saskatchewan Details released about new collective agreement between Sask. Gaming Corp. and PSAC [The Leader-Post] 2010-07-27

Ontario Back-to-work process continues at Vale [The Star] 2010-07-27

Saskatchewan Casino Regina workers back deal, set to return [The Star-Phoenix] 2010-07-27

Hiring prison-farm workers not an option: union [CBC] 2010-07-27

Saskatchewan Casino Regina to reopen Tuesday [CBC] 2010-07-27

Stop the violence: Stolen Sisters campaign [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-26

Paul Moist calls for end to human rights violations in Philippines [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-26

Ontario Fight to stop the casualization of work at McMaster University [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-26

CEP Fights to Keep Shell’s Montréal Oil Refinery Operating [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-26

Talks Fail Between Vale, Steelworkers in Efforts to Resolve Labrador Strike [ICEM] For more info 2010-07-26

Quebec Fighting Austerity? The Public Sector and the Common Front in Quebec [The Bullet] 2010-07-26

Ontario A broken system in need of change [Hamilton Spectator] 2010-07-26

From Polanyi to Pollyanna: The False Optimism of Global Labor Studies15 [Global Labour Journal] 2010-07-26

CAW 25th Anniversary Song Contest! [CAW] 2010-07-26

Double Dip? [SEIU] 2010-07-26

Know Your Rights: Bill 68 and the 'Permanent Recession' [SEIU] 2010-07-26

Support Requested for Petition Calling for End to Violence Against Aboriginal Women [ONA] 2010-07-26

Employers overestimate literacy in the workplace [NUPGE] 2010-07-26

Nova Scotia Should Nova Scotia burn trees for power generation? Hearings begin today [Forest Talk] 2010-07-26

University and college teachers group alarmed over review of employment equity law [CAUT] 2010-07-26

The Long-Form Census Controversy and the Arts [ACTRA] 2010-07-26

Quebec Débardeurs: vote unanime [Rue Frontenac] 2010-07-25

British Columbia Greenpeace co-founder was 'the real deal' [The Sun] 2010-07-25

British Columbia Hundreds block downtown Vancouver corridor to protest Hyatt's treatment of workers [The Province] 2010-07-25

Manitoba Winnipeg Casino Workers to Vote on CAW Representation [CAW] 2010-07-25

Nova Scotia $46 Million Poultry Plant Good News for CAW Members [CAW] 2010-07-25

Recensement : les petits jeux politiques auront de graves conséquences [AFPC] 2010-07-25

Long form census: playing political games will have consequences [PSAC] 2010-07-25

Au-delà du recensement : les autres enquêtes de Statistique Canada qui ont été touchées [AFPC] 2010-07-25

Beyond the census: other Statistics Canada surveys that have been cut [PSAC] 2010-07-25

British Columbia Servisair avoue que d’importants retards de vol ont eu lieu à l’aéroport international de Vancouver en raison du lockout visant les superviseurs du ravitaillement en carburant [AFPC] 2010-07-25

British Columbia Servisair admits major flight delays at Vancouver International Airport due to lockout of refueling supervisors [PSAC] 2010-07-25

L’accès à l’égalité en milieu de travail : la plus récentre cible des conservateurs [AFPC] 2010-07-25

Equal opportunity in the workplace is the latest Conservative target [PSAC] 2010-07-25

Reception for the Families of the Cuban 5 Political Prisoners [USW] 2010-07-25

Ontario Mill workers vote for strike action [The Chronicle-Journal] 2010-07-25

Ontario Provincial speech worries local union leaders [TB News] 2010-07-25

Ontario Mine Mill, First Nickel settle [The Star] 2010-07-24

Ontario Strike at Massey Centre for Women over [Inside Toronto] 2010-07-24

Quebec Port de Montréal: Le travail reprend [SRC] 2010-07-24

Ontario Injured, laid-off workers passed over at Xstrata for recall [The Star] 2010-07-23

Quebec Montreal port labour lockout looks set to end [BBC] 2010-07-23

Saskatchewan Health provider unions disappointed in SAHO’s unfair tactics [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-23

Quebec Agreement with the Montreal Municipal Housing Bureau [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-23

Ontario CUPE 4186 concludes Early Learning Program agreement [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-23

Quebec Lockout ends at Port of Montreal [CUPE] For more info 2010-07-23

British Columbia BC’s Legal Service Society members serve 72 hour strike notice [BCGEU] 2010-07-23

After the Fall - What’s Next for the Census? [PEF] 2010-07-23