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14 May 2013
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Media Release
Steelworkers Campaign Asks Public to Expose Abuses of Harper's Low-Wage Model
Give Everyone a Chance for Canada's Future, a new campaign responding to abuses of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, encourages workers and the public to tell their stories at www.everyoneschance.ca and 1-888-899-4405.
- 7 May 2013 | Media release Steelworkers Humanity Fund Contributes $15,000 to Assist Bangladesh Garment Workers The Steelworkers Humanity Fund is contributing $15,000 in emergency aid for garment workers and their families affected by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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7 May 2013
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Workers Uniting Statement
Violations of Bangladeshi Workers’ Rights Must End NOW: Workers Uniting
The impunity of the multinational apparel brands and government officials and the violation of Bangladeshi workers’ rights must end NOW.
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6 May 2013
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Media Release
Report Reveals How Canadian Diplomacy Supported Deadly Blackfire Mining Project
Released documents reveal Canadian authorities put public resources at the service of Calgary-based Blackfire Exploration despite connections with suspects in activist's murder and widely reported allegations of corruption.
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6 May 2013
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Media release
WTO Ruling Must Not End Fight for Green Jobs: Steelworkers
“We should not be allowing unelected bodies to wipe out initiatives that are good for our climate and good for our economy at the same time,” Ken Neumann says.
- 2 May 2013 | Media release Liberals Cut Services, Fall Short on Jobs, Economy: Steelworkers Aside from progressive measures that can only be credited to the New Democrats, the Ontario Liberal government's budget fails to protect public services or promote job creation and the economy.
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30 April 2013
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Media release
Mexican Landowners in Toronto to Demand Accountability from Excellon Resources for Abuses
Communal landowners of the Ejido La Sierrita in Durango, Mexico attend Excellon Resources’ Annual General Meeting to testify to company mismanagement.
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29 April 2013
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Media release
Barring Meaningful Change, Excellon Resources Risks More Trouble, Steelworkers Say
Excellon has refused to engage in any serious dialogue with communal landowners at its La Platosa mine in Mexico – the company’s chief source of revenue.
- 29 April 2013 | Media release Labour Campaign, Public Outrage Force Harper’s Hand on Temporary Foreign Worker Program ‘Partial victory,’ but more meaningful reform needed to reverse Conservatives’ low-wage economic strategy, Steelworkers say.
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28 April 2013
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Media release
Health and Safety Legend Homer Seguin’s Legacy Evoked on Day of Mourning
Day of Mourning commemorations took on added significance for Steelworkers this year, with the passing USW health and safety pioneer Homer Seguin.
- 18 April 2013 | Media release Scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Steelworkers Steelworkers from across Canada are calling for an end to the Harper government’s scandal-plagued Temporary Foreign Worker Program.
- 15 April 2013 | Media release Steelworkers National Conference to Focus on Temporary Worker Scandal, Court Challenge Scandals and court challenges created by the Harper government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program will be a focus of the 52nd United Steelworkers National Policy Conference beginning Tuesday in Vancouver.
- 11 April 2013 | Media release Steelworkers Pursue Court Challenge of RBC Temporary Worker Plan "We intend to fight for the job security of our members and all Canadian workers. And we intend to shine some light on how the government may have broken its own laws by failing to ensure the conditions for hiring temporary workers were met." - Ken Neumann
- 10 April 2013 | Media Release Steelworkers Call for Diane Finley’s Resignation Amid Temporary Workers Scandal The RBC controversy follows the scandal in B.C. where Finley's lack of oversight allowed temporary foreign workers to be hired for mining jobs even though hundreds of Canadian applicants were not even granted interviews.
- 7 April 2013 | Media release Latest Use of Federal Temporary Workers Undermines Canadian Jobs and Wages News that RBC is replacing 45 of its employees with workers from India is just further proof that corporations and the Harper government intend to use the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to lower wages.
- 22 March 2013 | Media release Harper’s Austerity Budget Threatens Jobs Conservative budget fails to improve employment prospects, reduces infrastructure funding by billions and will mean service cuts relative to inflation and population growth.
- 5 March 2013 | Media release Conservatives Not Serious About Temporary Foreign Worker Fix “We have seen first-hand that this government has no interest in meaningful consultation and a full, transparent review of this program,” says Ken Neumann.
- 4 March 2013 | The Hill Times Canada Can Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, Good for Workers, Environment The mounting controversy around Canada’s export of oil sands, coupled with growing signs that hooking our economy ever more strongly to oil is a bad idea, signals that it’s time to shift the energy conversation in this country.
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28 February 2013
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Media release
Employment Insurance: Workers Deserve a Leg Up, Not A Smack Down
If you pay into an insurance policy but are denied the coverage you've paid for when you need to make a claim, that's called a scam.
- 17 February 2013 | Sun News Network Mandarin not an Official Language: Mulcair Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair pointed out that Mandarin is not an official language of Canada, while taking aim at the federal government for its handling of the HD Mining controversy.
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