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NEW DEMOCRATS CALL FOR BOOST TO URBAN ABORIGINAL PROGRAMS
Aboriginal Friendship Centres key to supporting increased population OTTAWA – With new data showing almost half of Canada’s aboriginal population lives in cities, New Democrats are calling for an immediate renewal of funding for Canada’s Aboriginal Friendship Centres, which provide support to the urban aboriginal population. “The Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study (UAPS) reiterates the importance of culturally appropriate services for urban-dwelling First Nations, Métis and Inuit,” says New Democrat MP Megan Leslie (Halifax), Critic for Urban Aboriginal Issues. “A vast number of services available for these urban-dwelling aboriginals are channeled through Aboriginal Friendship Centres, but the government has not made a commitment to renew the funding for these vital services.” The long-term sustainability of Friendship Centres requires increases to the funding levels that were established over a decade ago, funding levels which have remain unchanged, says Leslie. "Friendship Centres were not included again in the latest federal budget, and the government is throwing away an opportunity to invest in the long-term economic and social roles these Centres play in the communities they serve. The Centres provide a vast array of programming, all of which are being threatened due to crumbling physical infrastructure, obsolete technological systems and lack adequate funding to hire enough staff members." MP Niki Ashton (Churchill), New Democrat Critic for Post-secondary Education, Literacy and Youth, says Friendship Centres provide links with life-long learning opportunities, and are a nexus of services for a much larger population. “Friendship centres have provided vital supports for aboriginal people, particularly for aboriginal youth,” says Ashton. “Aboriginal youth are best served by culturally appropriate educational programs, provided by culturally appropriate organizations, something that Aboriginal Friendship centres provide on a daily basis.” Please take a moment to look at the following link to Irene Mathyssen's website, regarding garnering support for Bill C-476, which her office has asked to be circulated. http://irenemathyssen.ca/node/1047 McQuaig: Public better than private on pensions
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nov. 13th in Toronto: Lessons from Bolivia: Building a Global Movement for Climate Justice ------------------------------------------------------------------------Ontario Coalition for Social Justice (OCSJ) e-news - November 2, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Province's deal sets expensive precedent? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ President's Commentary: The top ten reasons to expand the Canada Pension Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ODRT Workshop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labour’s CPP campaign gaining support ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Targeted Email Campaign In Support of UWOFA Bargaining ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We did it! "Fox News North" has dropped their bid for forced access to our cable fees!------------------------------------------------------------------------- Liberals vote in favour of scab labour - again ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRISTMAS EVE DEATHS OF FOUR WORKERS PRODUCE FIRST ONTARIO PROSECUTION UNDER CRIMINAL CODE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Worried Canadians want improved CPP: poll ------------------------------------------------------------------------- G20 defendant Alex Hundert found to have breached ‘no demonstration’ condition for speaking at a university panel event ------------------------------------------------------------------------- More One-Day Hotel Strikes To Come, Union Says ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hepburn: Time for McGuinty to fix health-care mess ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [OHC] Coalition releases report on drug plan-would save billions part 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "NO PLACE TO GO" MENTAL HEALTH BED CUTS AFFECT YOU ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unions rally in Brantford for reinstatement of ban on replacement workers ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Combating Climate Change Through Sustainable Development and Just Transition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pilgrimage to Freedom: Breaking the Chains of Indentureship Thanksgiving Weekend - October 10, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labour Day Message 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Toronto Community Mobilization Network ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Petition to the Ontario Government ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHSC 2009 Annual Report now available online ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFCW Canada and Mexico's Federal District unite efforts to protect migrant workers in Canada, as well as their families ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Migrant Morkers March to Canada's Embassy in Mexico City ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ontario Health Coalition's open letter to the Premier August 11, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statement by the Canadian Labour Congress on G20 Summit Police Actions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The CAW is turning 25 this year and what better way to celebrate our two and a half decades than by a song? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Census long-form debacle; G20 austerity measures repeat mistakes of 1930s -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM LABOUR COUNCIL Communications * Rally for Civil Rights * City Council Rejects Selling Toronto Hydro * Support Massey Centre Workers * Star Op-Ed on Corporate Tax Cuts -------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Minister is in Denial Refuses to Re-evaluate Draconian Hospital Cuts ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Water’s Service Failures Indicative of Problems Suffered Under Privatized Utilities -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Georgetti says Good News on Jobs Undercut by Losses in Manufacturing Sector ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Travers: Changing Canada, one backward step at a time ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Windsor city council shutting down municipally operated child care ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Now is not the time to pull the plug on unemployed Canadian workers - CLC president responds to Statistics Canada job numbers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canada: Communication between Employers and Employees during Collective Bargaining ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 million Ontario workers face wage freeze ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Health Action Assembly & Conference on Health Funding and Sustainability Saturday, November 6 & Sunday, November 7, 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A humanitarian catastrophe of terrifying proportions is unfolding in Pakistan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Campaign victory for Guatemalan migrants ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charges laid in scaffolding accident that killed 4 workers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International trade unions to adopt historic resolution on climate change ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------‘Green economy’ way of future ENVIRONMENT: Auto workers and the factories they work in should re-tool to green technology, group says ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debriefing Report on Financial Literacy Task Force meetings, April 6th, Vancouver ________________________________________________ URGENT MEMO SENT ON BEHALF OF SID RYAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Georgetti says best way to eliminate federal deficit is to put 1.5 million unemployed Canadians back to work ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rising employment number masks devastated job market ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ontario Health Coalition Democratic Public Hearings on Small, Rural and Northern Hospitals ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The OFL and the CLC are co-sponsoring an exciting one-day Pension Summit in Toronto on Saturday, March 27, 2010. There will be really interesting panels and guest speakers. For more detailed information, go to: http://ofl.ca/uploads/misc/OFL-CLC_pension_summit_March_27.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coke discourages screenings of labour documentary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public sector Unions in Canada and Europe alarned by proposed trade deal. More... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Activists, doctors call for moratorium on Ont. hospital cuts and closings (Ont-Hospital-Cuts) By Keith Leslie THE CANADIAN PRESS More,,, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------H.S.T. The McGuinty Tax Grab More... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Case for E.I Reform Statscan - The increase was led by part-time work and among private sector employees. More... --------------------------------------------------------------- Canadian Labour Online is the Canadian Labour Congress' Newsletter. In this issue: Really... Wouldn't you rather have a pension? Canadian Labour attends G-20 Summit - meets with Prime Minister; No Free Trade with Colombia; Abousfian Abdelrazik speaks out; Canadian, African unions sign HIV & AIDS advocacy agreement; Shiny and new. Click here to view the English version. |
ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS WITH WOMEN IN THE UNIONS
The London Women’s History Group chaired by Jane Bigelow is working with university students in Rebecca Coulter’s course, Oral Histories, Women’s Histories, to record interviews with feminists who were active in the London women’s movement from about 1960 to 2000. Please help us identify women in the union movement who should be approached for interviews. These are women who might have chaired or played important roles in women’s committees or caucuses, provided leadership in union locals, bargained for pay equity or conditions particularly important to women, organized for and with other women in shared causes such as universal child care, sexual harassment policies, fair employment practices and opposition to free trade. If you have women to recommend, please provide their names and, if possible, contact information and email your suggestions to coulter@uwo.ca. It would be helpful if you could include a brief note about each woman’s contributions. Thank you for your help. Patti Dalton, President LDLC. MESSAGE FROM LABOUR COUNCIL Communications
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interesting article about VALE’s Environmental Plans: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCESSIBILITY FOR ONTARIANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT ALLIANCE UPDATE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fanshawe's Social Science Speakers Series is hosting a presentation by Linda McQuaig March, 18/10 at 2pm. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CETA UPDATE: Canadian environmental, labour, student and cultural groups demand consultation on Canada-EU trade talks as more EU demands emerge --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUILDING COMMUNITY CAPACTY TO FACILITATE THE HEALTHY & EQUITABLE SOCIO-ECONOMIC INTEGRATION OF RACIALIZED COMMUNITIES IN ONTARIO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Legislation Lost:The 36 bills that died. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is this year’s second OSSTF/FEESO email update to members active with local Labour Councils or issues. It includes the message from the CLC regarding support for Haiti, information on the CLC campaign to stop Bill C-391, the passing of Bill 168, and upcoming municipal/trustee elections in fall 2010. A copy of the OFL action plan approved at last November’s OFL convention is also attached. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windsor city council shutting down municipally operated child care ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ask our leaders to develop a new Canadian plan to invest in meeting the Millennium Development Goals of halving poverty and disease by 2015. Take action now by clicking the link below to add your name to our urgent petition: http://www.one.org/international/actnow/canada/o.pl?id=1378-4183702-CNeQ6Tx&t=3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Labour Start: Act Now Campaigns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gun Control ALERT: C-391 still active despite House prorogued ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Canada/Brazil: Tell Vale that divide and conquer won't work ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unity Project Article in London Free Press ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USW 9511 Ratify Contract with DriveTest ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OSSTF to celebrate “Student Voices for Attawapiskat” at Awards Presentation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Retirement Security for Canadians: Layton Announces Plan... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESSAGE FROM LABOUR COUNCIL Communications · Respect and Solidarity · Strike Support Meeting · Haiti the full story · Toronto budget · Retirees and MP’s TRANSIT WORKERS, DIGNITY AND THE POLITICS OF PRIVATIZATION Toronto’s transit workers are just the latest victim. Last year autoworkers bore the brunt of media ridicule and contempt. Then municipal workers – specifically those who collect our garbage – felt the rage whipped up daily by columnists and talk radio hosts. At one time it was teachers, the favourite target of the common sense revolution. Although the focus is often on public sector workers, the attacks aren’t just about them. Today, miners in Sudbury and steelworkers in Nanticoke are locked in bitter strikes to defend pensions and benefits, while relentless outsourcing undermines the jobs of manufacturing and knowledge workers in the private sector. To read the full statement RESPECT and SOLIDARITY, or to download the flyer for circulation click here www.labourcouncil.ca/respectandsolidarity.pdf. **************************** STRIKE SUPPORT MEETING FEBRUARY 23RD It’s time to re-establish our collective ability to win labour disputes in Toronto. Employer demands for concessions have put Infinity Rubber workers on the picket line facing strikebreakers in south Etobicoke. Last summer, locked out Cadillac Fairview employees were terminated, and are still fighting justice. These are no ordinary times – we need to build our capacity to respond to this new employer offensive. We are asking every union to have someone attending this special meeting of the Labour Council Strike Support Committee. Tuesday, February 23rd, 5:30pm. in the Labour Council 4th floor Boardroom. **************************** SOLIDARITY WITH HAITI There has been an overwhelming response by Canadians in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. People from all walks of life are making donations to a number of reputable aid agencies are trying to assist those in need. But whether rebuilding will bring about a better society for the people of Haiti is an open question. Labour needs to apply a critical analysis to our solidarity work in this area. As reconstruction funds accumulate, pressure builds to expropriate what remains of Haiti's public services and collectively-owned land. Without a commitment for democracy and social justice in Haiti influence, the poverty and suffering will continue for decades to come. To read the Labour Council statement click here www.labourcouncil.ca/haitisol.pdf. To read Naomi Klein’s view http://www.naomiklein.org/main **************************** CITY OF TORONTO BUDGET Big business lobbyists are royally upset that the City of Toronto has not sold off public assets or drastically cut staff to meet the 2010 budget crunch. While the front page of the Toronto Sun heaps scorn on the Miller administration, the increase in residential rates still keeps Toronto with the lowest property tax level for homes in the GTA. Stay tuned for a massive battle between now and when City Council votes on the final budget. **************************** RETIREES ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS Over 150 retirees turned out for the Toronto Pension Forum last Thursday to exchange views with Peggy Nash, NDP MP Wayne Marston, and Liberal MP's John McCallum and Ken Dryden. Retirees from a number of unions packed the CAW 112 hall to ask tough questions about what could be done to protect retirement security. For more on the CLC pension campaign, go to www.canadianlabour.ca |
Good Morning Sisters and Brothers,
I write to you to ask for support for the CAW Local 302 workers at Longworth Retirement Residence , a Sifton Properties Long Term Care Facility and Retirement Home, as they struggle to achieve a fair and equitable collective agreement.
In February, Sifton Properties was named as one of "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies". In addition, they were honoured with the London Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Corporate Icon Award.
Despite these prestigious awards this employer has chosen to hide behind Bill 16, the Public Service Wage Restraint Act and refuses to bargain a fair wage for this group of front line health care workers. Much like the Extendicare group that we continue to struggle with, this employer continues to take the unacceptable position of applying the wage freezes of legislation that does not apply to the private sector.
The workers in this home are among the lowest paid front line health care workers in the Region.
Please join us once and again in a fight back as we continue our struggle to improves that lives of front line health care workers that work to improve the lives of those they care for.
A loud strong message needs to be sent that "Corporate Greed is Unacceptable!!" This corporation has not only walked away from negotiations but is trying to force our Members to conciliation rather than negotiate a fair settlement. Please do your best to attend an information picket on Wednesday August 11th to stand behind our fellow brothers and sisters who work at this long term care facility.
INFORMATION PICKET - LONGWORTH RETIREMENT RESIDENCE
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 2010
FROM 1 PM UNTIL 4 PM
600 LONGWORTH ROAD, LONDON, ONTARIO
Matt Dumas (on behalf of Jim Pound)
Administrative Assistant
Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW)
London Area Office
140 Pine Valley Blvd.
London, ON. N6K 3X3
Tel: 519.691.2481
Fax: 519.649.7355
I write to you to ask for support for the CAW Local 302 workers at Longworth Retirement Residence , a Sifton Properties Long Term Care Facility and Retirement Home, as they struggle to achieve a fair and equitable collective agreement.
In February, Sifton Properties was named as one of "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies". In addition, they were honoured with the London Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Corporate Icon Award.
Despite these prestigious awards this employer has chosen to hide behind Bill 16, the Public Service Wage Restraint Act and refuses to bargain a fair wage for this group of front line health care workers. Much like the Extendicare group that we continue to struggle with, this employer continues to take the unacceptable position of applying the wage freezes of legislation that does not apply to the private sector.
The workers in this home are among the lowest paid front line health care workers in the Region.
Please join us once and again in a fight back as we continue our struggle to improves that lives of front line health care workers that work to improve the lives of those they care for.
A loud strong message needs to be sent that "Corporate Greed is Unacceptable!!" This corporation has not only walked away from negotiations but is trying to force our Members to conciliation rather than negotiate a fair settlement. Please do your best to attend an information picket on Wednesday August 11th to stand behind our fellow brothers and sisters who work at this long term care facility.
INFORMATION PICKET - LONGWORTH RETIREMENT RESIDENCE
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 11, 2010
FROM 1 PM UNTIL 4 PM
600 LONGWORTH ROAD, LONDON, ONTARIO
Matt Dumas (on behalf of Jim Pound)
Administrative Assistant
Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW)
London Area Office
140 Pine Valley Blvd.
London, ON. N6K 3X3
Tel: 519.691.2481
Fax: 519.649.7355
