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Saturday 4 February 2012, 19:09:01

Top news stories from Canada

Toronto, union negotiate under midnight deadline [CBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Toronto : négociations au point mort entre la Ville et le syndicat [SRC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Caterpillar closing part of a coordinated attack on unions [The Star] 2012-02-04

Ontario Race to the bottom? No a forced march, double time to the bottom [The Digital Journal] 2012-02-04

Ontario CAW Outraged at Closure Announcement at Electro-Motive in London [CAW] 2012-02-04

Other labour news from Canada

Quebec La FTQ rencontre le comité d'experts [SCFP] 2012-02-04

Quebec Victoire finale contre Remstar pour les ex-employés de TQS à Québec [SCFP] 2012-02-04

Ontario CUPE countdown: key deadline looms as city & union talks continue [City News] 2012-02-04

New Brunswick 2 months into lockout, Acadian Lines employees pick up work [CBC] 2012-02-04

More disputes likely between unions, corporations after Cat [The Sun] 2012-02-04

Toronto’s talks with CUPE not just a local matter [The Globe and Mail] 2012-02-04

Newfoundland and Labrador NAPE serves notice to kickstart talks [CBC website] 2012-02-04

Newfoundland and Labrador cafeteria workers set strike date [CBC website] 2012-02-04

Nova Scotia Library workers approve contract [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-04

Nova Scotia City council cancells meeting in midist of transit strike [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-04

Nova Scotia Bus driver talks about stress [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-04

Taxpayers left holding the bag in London plant shutdown [CLC] 2012-02-04

Steelworkers Contribute $45,000 to Fund for Burns Lake Families [USW] 2012-02-04

Conservatives, Liberals Fail Electro-Motive Workers [USW] 2012-02-04

Government should seize Caterpillar assets [CEP] 2012-02-04

New Brunswick Un syndicat forestier salue les mesures d’aide du Nouveau-Brunswick [SCEP] 2012-02-04

New Brunswick Forestry union applauds N.B. aid package [CEP] 2012-02-04

Ontario City to impose contract rather than lock out workers [The Globe and Mail] 2012-02-04

Workers blamed for every recession [The Star] 2012-02-04

Ontario City labour troubles threaten hockey season [The Star] 2012-02-04

Ontario Toronto labour disruption: What you need to know [The Star] 2012-02-04

Newfoundland and Labrador Cuts at paper mill unnecessary: union [The Western Star] 2012-02-04

New Brunswick Nadeau Poultry accused of pressuring staff to protest [CBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Donations buoy locked-out Electro-Motive workers [The Herald] 2012-02-04

Nova Scotia Union files U.S. claim over NewPage pensions [The Chronicle-Herald] 2012-02-04

Caterpillar shifts south at start of ‘race to the bottom,’ critics warn [iPolitics] 2012-02-04

Governments should seize Caterpillar assets [CEP] 2012-02-04

Ontario Rob Ford’s 'final offer' [NOW] 2012-02-04

Ontario City has offered ‘take it or leave it’ deal: CUPE Local 416 [City News] 2012-02-04

Ontario Threat from city 'won't provoke' CUPE to strike: Ferguson [The Sun] 2012-02-04

Ontario Caterpillar shutdown: U.S. company bails from London, Ont.’s Electro-Motive Diesel plant [The Star] 2012-02-04

Ontario Industrial heartland faces tough slog as locomotive plant closure hits [The Free Press] 2012-02-04

Manitoba MGEU moves to dismiss Sinclair inquiry comish [The Sun] 2012-02-04

Ontario A London job-killer? [The Free Press] 2012-02-04

Ontario Cat workers: Brave stand against weak mockery [The Free Press] 2012-02-04

Ontario Fermeture de l'usine d'Electro-Motive à London [SRC] 2012-02-04

'Jobs,' 'budget' excuses can't cloak real reason for GOP war on workers [MSNBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Caterpillar to Close Assembly Factory in Ottawa [NYTimes] 2012-02-04

Labour supporters are cleverer than Tories [Daily Mirror ] 2012-02-04

Ontario Vale calls back workers on day of miner's funeral [CBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario City, union far apart as deadline nears [CBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Electro-Motive plant shut by U.S. owner [CBC] 2012-02-04

Ontario Caterpillar pulls plug on London plant [The Globe and Mail] 2012-02-04

Newfoundland and Labrador NAPE Serves Notice to Bargain [VOCM] 2012-02-04

Nova Scotia Transit strike hits Halifax [CBC] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia Transit staff man their strike stations [Metro] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia Province plans to stay out of transit strike [Metro] 2012-02-03

Newfoundland and Labrador Corner brook firefighters accept deal [CBC website] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia Sides digging in heels [Metro] 2012-02-03

Air Canada offshore airline would 'outsource' flying: union [The Times-Colonist] 2012-02-03

Quebec Placement syndical : la FTQ-Construction entre contestation et obstruction [SRC] 2012-02-03

Newfoundland and Labrador Firefighters Ratify Agreement [VOCM] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia driver charged for striking picketers [CBC website] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia Public transit slams to halt in HRM [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-03

Saskatchewan Suspicious timing for SaskTel's out-of-province work [CEP] 2012-02-03

CAW Urges Set up of Ontario Long Gun Registry [CAW] 2012-02-03

Ontario Oshawa Calls for Exemption from European Trade Deal [CAW] 2012-02-03

Alberta Northern Gateway pipeline will hurt consumers and harm Canada’s already weakened manufacturing sector [AFL] 2012-02-03

Ontario Union exaggerating progress in talks: Holyday [CP24] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia HRM, transit union at impasse as strikers hit picket lines [Metro] 2012-02-03

Ontario Toronto labour fight: As lockout date looms, CUPE reports ‘significant progress’ [The Star] 2012-02-03

Ontario Toronto union optimistic as talks reach 'sensitive stage' [CTV] 2012-02-03

Ontario Border services agents back on job in Windsor [CBC] 2012-02-03

Ontario Airport security union asks Raitt to intervene [CP24] 2012-02-03

Nova Scotia man accused of driving into picket line [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-02

Nova Scotia Live: Halifax transit workers strike [Chronicle Herald] 2012-02-02

Ontario Oshawa public garbage pick-up remains public [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Canada shows EU private firms our water is on offer: Moist and Barlow [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Ontario Teaching Assistants at University of Toronto set strike deadline [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Ontario Labour Leadership Squabbles in Ontario [The Bullet] Image 2012-02-02

Quatrième manifestation contre l’exclusion de travailleurs devant le consulat du Mexique à Vancouver [TUAC] 2012-02-02

Northwest Territories Parsons outré par l'offre initiale du gouvernement des T.N.-O. [AFPC] 2012-02-02

Northwest Territories GNWT opening offer an insult says Parsons [PSAC] 2012-02-02

Le projet de pipeline Gateway n’est pas viable, selon une affirmation d’un syndicat de l’énergie devant l’ONE [SCEP] 2012-02-02

Gateway pipeline unsustainable, energy union tells NEB [CEP] 2012-02-02

Ontario Premier McGuinty Urges Caterpillar to Show Flexibility [CAW] 2012-02-02

With Trade Deal, Will Canada Give EU 'Right to Profit' on Water? [The Tyee] 2012-02-02

Quebec Seize emplois perdus à la Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Quebec TVA suspend le président du syndicat pour trois mois [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Quebec Université de Sherbrooke: Le SEESUS signe [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Ontario Contrived austerity crisis covers Liberals’ move to cut and privatize health services [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Ontario Teaching Assistants at University of Toronto set strike deadline [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Ontario Les employés de la Ville de Kawartha Lakes passent de l’optimisme à la déception [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Ontario Les intervenants en service d’aide sociale à l’enfance demandent au ministère d’accroître les services et le personnel [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Ontario Les libéraux invoquent une crise d’austérité artificielle pour réduire et privatiser les services [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Le Canari : nouvelles du congrès sur la santé et la sécurité [SCFP] 2012-02-02

Le SCFP célèbre le Mois de l’histoire des Noirs [SCFP] 2012-02-02

CUPE celebrates Black History Month [CUPE] 2012-02-02

Ontario City of Toronto offers union workers annual raises, while seeking concessions [The Star] 2012-02-02

Ontario EMC train free after one week, still sitting [London Community News] 2012-02-02

Thetford Asbestos Mine in Canada May Close [Today's Legal News] 2012-02-02

Ontario EMC and CAW face off in court over blockade [London Community News] 2012-02-02

Public service cuts could reach 50,000: union [The Sun] 2012-02-02

Ontario A month on the line at Cat [The Free Press] 2012-02-02

Ontario Labour Minister called in as airport chaos looms [The Digital Journal] 2012-02-02

Anti-turbine group to boycott CAW union [The Sun-Times] 2012-02-02

The NDP needs a bold voice for workers [The Star] 2012-02-02

Nova Scotia Le transport en commun paralysé par une grève à Halifax [SRC] 2012-02-02

Newfoundland and Labrador Layoffs Begin at Corner Brook Mill [VOCM] 2012-02-02

TCRC - CP Negotiation Bulletin No. 4 [Teamsters] 2012-02-02