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Canadian Labour Congress

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Type: Organization

Name: Canadian Labour Congress

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Bill C-377 is an invasion of privacy

Chris Vander Doelen, a writer for the Windsor Star, recently wrote about the Conservatives' anti-union Bill C-377, in glowing terms. The bill, which singles out unions to provide detailed information about their financial transactions, has now passed ... [Published Canadian Labour Congress - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ken Georgetti, Canadian Labour Congress, Canada Revenue Agency

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Back To The Bargaining Table With You

B.C. teachers and the province return to the bargaining table in just over a week to attempt to hammer out a new contract.The two parties took a break during the provincial election campaign, and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation fully expected to resume ... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 17 2013]

Entities: protest, Protesters, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Regina (Canada), Winnipeg General Strike

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Stephen Harper

Tax subsidy fiction and other film industry fairy tales

Mark Milke is chairman of Canada’s Journal of Ideas – C2C Journal.ca, an occasional lecturer in Political Philosophy and International Relations at the University of Calgary and a Sunday columnist for the Calgary Herald. A Senior Fellow at the Fraser ... [Published Business In Vancouver - May 16 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Adrian Dix, Social Welfare, Stephen Harper

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Migrant Workers Filling Most New Jobs, Study Finds

A miner is silhouetted as he passes through a doorway in a mine shaft 100 feet below the surface. Migrant workers, such as in HD Mining’s controversial decision to hire some 200 Chinese miners to work in B.C., are filling the majority of new jobs created ... [Published Epoch Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Workers, Ken Georgetti, Canada, Canadian Labour Congress

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Temporary Foreign Workers taking up 65 per cent of new jobs in Sask

NDP Leader says focus should be on training First Nations and MetisReported by Kevin MartelChange text size: + -Many of the new jobs created over the last four years in Saskatchewan have gone to Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW).New research compiled by ... [Published News Talk 980 CJME - May 16 2013]

Entities: Workers, Cam Broten, Brad Wall

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Canadian Labour Congress supports International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)

Twenty three years ago on May 17th, the World Health Organization (WHO) made the monumental decision to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders and illnesses. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or queer (LGBTQ) people and their communities ... [Published Canadian Labour Congress - May 15 2013]

Entities: Homophobia, Canadian Labour Congress, Harassment, Workers

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Vancouver Labour Council brings res...

BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE PHILIPPINESLABOR WATCHPosted by BulatlatThe Philippines is the second most dangerous country for trade unionists. In recognition of this, the labour movement in Canada is responding to the Filipinos’ ... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Philippines, Human Rights, Canadian Labour Congress, Vancouver

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Made in the USA: BC election donation list rife with front groups for American anti-oilsands lobbyists

Will US donors tip the balance of the BC election, and install an NDP government?The list of "advertising sponsors" who have registered with Elections BC suggests they will.The BC Liberal Party will likely out-fundraise the NDP when it comes to direct ... [Published Ezra Levant - May 14 2013]

Entities: Elections, Donations, United States, OPEC

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Made in the U.S.A.

Will U.S. donors tip the balance of the B.C. election, and install an NDP government?The list of “advertising sponsors” who have registered with Elections B.C. suggests they will.The B.C. Liberal Party will likely out-fundraise the NDP when it comes to ... [Published Recorder and Times - May 14 2013]

Entities: United States, Canadian Labour Congress, Federation of Labour (Ireland), Elections

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Migrant workers account for most new jobs: CLC

PAIDIn recent years, migrant workers are filling most of the new jobs created in the Canadian economy, according to the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), using numbers from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey and from Citizenship and Immigration Ca ... [Published Canadian HR Reporter - May 13 2013]

Entities: Workers, Ken Georgetti, Canada, Canadian Labour Congress, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 4 reports

CLC Says Government Failing Young Workers

Only 13% of unemployed youth qualify for EI benefitsThe President of the Canadian Labour Congress says that the federal government's labour market policy is failing young Canadian workers."Unemployment remains unacceptably high for younger Canadians and ... [Published NewsBlaze - May 10 2013]

Entities: Workers, Ken Georgetti, Canadian Labour Congress, Julian Fantino

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

CLC Says Changes to TFWP Require Enforcement

http://at.marketwire.com/accesstracking/AccessTrackingLogServlet?docid=0870221001&sourceType=1http://www.ccnmatthews.com/logos/20061103-canadianlabour200.jpgOTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 04/30/13 -- The president of the Canadian Labour Congress ... [Published I Stock Analyst - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Ken Georgetti, Workers, Canadian Labour Congress

Quotes

"I'm hoping, given now a solid mandate for four years, one the government can be confident with, there will be a maturing of the relationship that brings resources to the table to address the serious issues,” she said."

Back To The Bargaining Table With You [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 17 2013]

"Do you think it’s fair that they are asked to pay for somebody down here who collects every year?’” asked Bricker. “For a few moments, the members of the group would look down at the floor. But invariably, someone would pipe up with something like: ‘That’s what it means to be a Canadian. Those who can afford to pay, pay, and those who need the benefit collect it. That’s the Canadian way.’ Karl Marx couldn’t have put it any better…The day will soon come when the Oakville worker downs tools when it comes to supporting PEI fishers. Already rebellion is in the air,” wrote Ibbitson and Bricker."

The problem with business reporting [Published StraightGoods.ca - May 16 2013]

"The only reason these writers and pundits and politicians have their knickers in a knot is because of the refusal to sell one's labour for minimum wage is an affront to their middle-class Tory sensibilities, and therefore a threat to the middle-class Tory privileges around which this moral order is built."

How Bad Journalism Demeans Atlantic Canada [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 14 2013]

Dogwood's director, Eric Swanson, once boasted that he'd "take duffel bags of money delivered from Martians from outer space" if he could

Made in the USA: BC election donation list rife with front groups for American anti-oilsands lobb ... [Published Ezra Levant - May 14 2013]

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Bill C-377 is an invasion of privacy [Published Canadian Labour Congress - May 17 2013]
Back To The Bargaining Table With You [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 17 2013]
The problem with business reporting [Published StraightGoods.ca - May 16 2013]
Tax subsidy fiction and other film industry fai... [Published Business In Vancouver - May 16 2013]
Migrant Workers Filling Most New Jobs, Study Finds [Published Epoch Times - May 16 2013]
Temporary Foreign Workers taking up 65 per cent... [Published News Talk 980 CJME - May 16 2013]
The Canadian Labour Congress supports Internati... [Published Canadian Labour Congress - May 15 2013]
Vancouver Labour Council brings res... [Published Bulatlat.com - May 15 2013]
How Bad Journalism Demeans Atlantic Canada [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 14 2013]
Your Free Retirement Will Cost Someone [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 14 2013]
Made in the USA: BC election donation list rife... [Published Ezra Levant - May 14 2013]
Made in the U.S.A. [Published Recorder and Times - May 14 2013]
Migrant workers account for most new jobs: CLC [Published Canadian HR Reporter - May 13 2013]
Rights, Not Raids [Published Bulatlat.com - May 12 2013]
What recovery? For young Canadians, labour mark... [Published 610 CKTB - May 10 2013]
Campaign seeks to maintain autonomy of Crown co... [Published StraightGoods.ca - May 10 2013]
CLC Says Government Failing Young Workers [Published NewsBlaze - May 10 2013]
CLC Says Government Failing Young Workers [Published Street Insider - May 10 2013]
Migrant Workers Account for Most New Jobs CLC h... [Published PR inside - May 10 2013]
Onex Reports First-Quarter 2013 Results [Published NewsBlaze - May 10 2013]
Migrant Workers Account for Most New Jobs [Published NewsBlaze - May 10 2013]
Catholic Bishops vs. Stephen Harper [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 09 2013]
Critics fear Tories’ changes to collective barg... [Published Metronews - May 08 2013]
Georgetti to Prime Minister: Don't interfere in... [Published Canadian Labour Congress - May 08 2013]
Speaking notes for the Honourable Diane Finley ... [Published Government of Canada - May 07 2013]
Federal legislation rankles unions, but pleases... [Published Journal of Commerce Canada - May 06 2013]
Industry reacts to foreign worker program changes [Published Journal of Commerce Canada - May 06 2013]
330 Workers To Lose Jobs In Caterpillar Plant C... [Published Huffington Post Canada - May 04 2013]
Ottawa not to blame for factory collapse [Published St. Albert Gazette - May 04 2013]
US Steel locks out 1,000 workers in Nanticoke, ... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 04 2013]

Blogs

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Made in the USA: BC election donation list rife... [Published Ezra Levant - May 14 2013] Will US donors tip the balance of the BC election, and install an NDP government?The list of "advertising sponsors" who have registered with Elections BC suggests they will.The BC Liberal Party will likely out-fundraise the NDP when it comes to direct ...
Why a CPP expansion is bad news for Canadians [Published Financial Post \| Business » Entrepreneur - May 03 2013] Late last year, federal and provincial finance ministers met to discuss plans to expand the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans (CPP and QPP). This discussion was largely lost in the pre-Christmas buzz, but holds massive implications for entrepreneurs and ...
Tasha Kheiriddin: Corporate common sense upsets... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Jan 31 2013] If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is really buttering up its ideological opponents at the fiscally conservative Fraser Institute. The CLC is proclaiming January 30 to be “Corporate Tax Freedom Day.” According ...
FP Letters to the Editor: Oil sands crude is fi... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Jan 15 2013] Re: letter, John F. Clayton, Jan. 11 John F. Clayton’s letter is contributing to the misconceptions regarding diluted bitumen in pipelines. Here are a few facts: Both scientific research and industrial experience have determined that bitumen-derived ...
FP Letters to the Editor: Firms without pension... [Published Financial Post \| Opinion » FP Comment - Jan 11 2013] Re: “Take CPP increase right off the stove,” Dan Kelly, Jan. 7 Dan Kelly should get out of the kitchen if he can’t stand the heat. Two-thirds of small businesses say they won’t even consider offering to their workers the government’s totally ...

Press Releases

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Media Advisory: CLC Officers Available for Medi... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 29 2013]
Media Advisory: April 26 Rally Against EI Cuts,... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 25 2013]
Media Advisory: April 26 Rally Against EI Cuts/... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 25 2013]
Media Advisory: Ken Georgetti to Speak at NDP P... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Apr 11 2013]
Media Advisory/Workers facing unprecedented cha... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Jan 30 2013]