The economic struggle of the working class in Canada
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- Strike Wave Hits Canada
- By D. Perez and Shelley Ettinger, Workers
World, 30 March 1995. Transport workers strike over
US-Canada free trade agreements.
- Canadian Airline Unions Ratify
Cuts
- By Katy LeRougetel, The Militant, 20
January 1997. Members of Canadian Airlines' three
major unions completed their cross-country voting on
concessions demanded by the company. They were approved by
members of the CAW, IAM, and CUPE. The majority voted in
favor because there was no alternative. People are
dissatisfied with the offer despite the high vote for
approval.
- Canada Federal Workers Mull Sept General
Strike
- By Julie Remy, Reuters, Wednesday 29 August
2001. Thousands of federal government workers who staged a
series of one-day strikes this month were threatening to
launch a general strike in the fall if their demands for
higher wages were not met. Although disagreements remain,
negotiations are set to resume. The federal workers have
been without a contract since June 2000, and in May voted
64 percent in favor of giving their union a strike
mandate.
- Nation rife with labour strife: As Labour
Day nears, workers are united in their discontent
- By Colin Perkel, The Canadian Press The Halifax
Herald, Friday 31 August 2001. Across the country,
unhappy workers have been keeping picket captains, labour
negotiators and politicians hopping. They were promised
that if they made sacrifices, it would pay off in the long
run, but they're learning it's paying dividends
for the wealthy and the powerful and corporate elite but
not for working people.