Unions have to keep defending workers’ rights and elect political leaders who will do the same, CLC executive vice-president Barb Byers told delegates this morning.
As job losses continue to mount, and private sector workers struggle with unemployment and lost pensions, corporate leaders “are setting their sights” on the public sector.
“If they can silence us, they [...]

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Outgoing OFL President Wayne Samuelson says the federal and provincial governments have dropped the ball regarding the protection of workers’ pensions. Working men and women deferred their wages in return for a decent defined pension plan, he said. Government had a responsibility to regulate and ensure that employers invested those deferred wages into pension plans, [...]

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In his parting address to convention delegates, OFL president Wayne Samuelson focused on the economic crisis, unresponsive governments, and the pressing need for the labour movement to lead working people to better days.
Business and government leaders are blaming the crisis for fallout that’s actually caused by their own actions, and using it as an excuse [...]

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