Entries tagged with: unions
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Vision's big debt erased by big donations from big developers
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The lid has finally been taken off the private list of Vision donors Exactly as we arrived at the 500-day mark since Vision Vancouver last divulged who is paying down their $240,000 campaign debt from the 2008 election, lo and...
Posted on July 29, 2010 9:06 PM
Rocco Rossi: A mayor for the 1950s
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Toronto mayoral candidate Rossi – playing from the conservative playbook? Globe and Mail photo Rocco Rossi, one of the candidates running for mayor of Toronto, has unveiled some of his election platform. And in doing so, he has carved...
Posted on January 22, 2010 1:04 PM
The nonsense surrounding sick days
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The issue of sick days was a real sticking point in the recent Toronto civic strikeToday, Local 416, the outdoor workers, ratify their agreement. Local 79 has already voted in support of its agreement and is ready to return to...
Posted on July 30, 2009 3:09 PM
Meditations on the end of the Toronto city strike
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Eric Mang tries out one of the funky trash cans (pre-strike) in his Danforth neighbourhood The Toronto civic strike is more or less over. Locals 416 and 79 still need to vote on the agreement, but it is expected to...
Posted on July 28, 2009 2:20 PM
Why progressives must support Miller in 2010
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Mang asks, who's going to fight for the little guy? We are on Day 30 of the civic strike here in Toronto. In the past month, we’ve seen hostility directed toward unions, most often by citizens who have incorrect...
Posted on July 21, 2009 12:25 PM
How privatizing public services serves the few at the expense of the many
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The civic workers’ strike in Toronto has prompted some to call for private delivery of public services, particularly garbage collection. This despite indications that private collection did not work well in the former municipality of East York and that...
Posted on July 17, 2009 10:15 AM
Furious George sweeps the streets and leaves them asking: who will be the Right's candidate for mayor of Toronto?
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George Smitherman has a private moment with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuintyA few years ago, I met Ontario’s current Deputy Premier George Smitherman. I mentioned that I had once worked for the BC Liberals. Smitherman, who was scanning the room over...
Posted on July 16, 2009 10:05 AM
Unions and public opinion: the Toronto strike
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On strike in Toronto, CanWest photo Earlier this week, I was attending a meeting across from Toronto City Hall. I stopped briefly to chat with a few CUPE members who were picketing the municipal parking garage (the cavern beneath Nathan...
Posted on July 10, 2009 12:46 PM
Brief meditations on the Toronto civic strike
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Toronto City Hall is really starting to look like a garbage dumpAs much as I am loath to use a personal anecdote to characterize the strike in Toronto, I thought I’d share my encounter with picketers at the local transfer...
Posted on July 6, 2009 8:00 PM
Angry capitalists and Toronto: "Bah, be happy you have a job!"
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One of the more menacing phrases I’ve heard during the Toronto indoor/outdoor workers’ strike is: “be happy you have a job at all”. What a horrendous pan-troglodyte thing to say. Not surprisingly, it’s usually said by those of a...
Posted on June 29, 2009 1:01 PM
Do you like your weekends? Thank a union
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Mang thinks all workers should thank the unions for the progess made in worker rightsI am not a shill for unions. I’ve never worked for one. In fact, when I was in politics, I was an aide in the Harris...
Posted on June 24, 2009 11:19 AM
Toronto City workers go on strike
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Don't expect to see this sight in Toronto anytime soonA minute past midnight this morning, 30,000 City of Toronto workers went on strike. Affected are services such as garbage pick-up and daycare (check out Daniel’s post; but it’s worth noting...
Posted on June 22, 2009 9:13 AM
The Negative Option Brotherhood
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Are NDP phonebanks calling unsuspecting Vision members thanks to "negative option billing"?The story about Vision members getting pestered by BC NDP phone calls is getting more interesting. Yesterday CityCaucus.com reported that Vision Vancouver members who requested not to be...
Posted on April 10, 2009 11:17 AM
Toronto Board of Trade: do as I say, not as I do
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Funny how as the corporate welfare dollars flow freely the lobby group for Toronto businesses wants deeper cuts to municipal government; which would mean deeper cuts to public services. (I also find it paradoxical that for years Big Business has...
Posted on February 19, 2009 11:12 AM
Could Oshawa lose its golden egg?
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Stories about GM leaving Oshawa are becoming more common in the media. I don’t know if this is a manufactured crisis meant to force the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) into a diminished position, or if this truly spells the end...
Posted on February 4, 2009 8:42 AM
CUPE scores hat trick with new Vancouver council
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CUPE Local 15 (Vancouver inside workers union) President Paul Faoro (left) and his very supportive mayor Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of distraction stirred up by the Olympic Village controversy in Vancouver. During all...
Posted on January 20, 2009 8:21 PM
CUPE demands councillor provide written apology
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The remaining bit of snow left on the ground in Surrey could be melting quicker these days if things continue to heat up between CUPE and City Councillor Tom Gill. In a letter sent to Gill on January 7th,...
Posted on January 12, 2009 6:18 AM
