Archives for the 'Analysis' Category
B.C. Labour At A Crossroads
Published on 18 Jan 2007 at 10:12 am.
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Filed under Uncategorized, Analysis, Leaflets and Posters, 2006 B.C. Fed Convention.
B.C. Labour At A Crossroads
The last four years have been a disaster for the British Columbia labour movement.
Meeting here four years ago this week, delegates were in a fury over the Campbell government’s attacks on unions, the poor, women, aboriginal people and students. More than that, we were collectively prepared to fight these attacks. […]
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Inside The CAW Jacket
Published on 12 May 2006 at 11:24 am.
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Filed under Uncategorized, Analysis, Debating Strategy, Labour And The Liberals.
Inside the CAW Jacket
Perhaps no other event in the history of the Canadian Autoworkers (CAW) has evoked more of a reaction than the spectacle in December of CAW National President Buzz Hargrove gleefully giving then Prime Minister Paul Martin a CAW jacket to wear while Martin was campaigning for re-election. […]
Delphi’s Nightmare Strategy — The Race To The Bottom
Published on 7 Apr 2006 at 4:12 pm.
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Filed under Uncategorized, Analysis.
The Detroit News April 2, 2006
Delphi plan: Grim model for the future
Cutting benefits, union ties and moving to China, Mexico, bankrupt supplier
could pave way for others.
By Brett Clanton / The Detroit News
With Delphi Corp. bleeding cash, jettisoning 21 U.S. plants and thousands of
workers and headed for a showdown with its unions, […]
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The CAW’s Great Leap Backwards
Published on 26 Mar 2006 at 5:21 pm.
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Filed under Uncategorized, Analysis, Debating Strategy.
The CAW’s Great Leap Backwards
The CAW’s decision to open its just signed local agreements with GM in Oshawa marked a momentous turning point in our union’s history. With this decision the CAW stepped on the accelerator in the corporate race to the bottom. The result is a great leap backwards that will […]
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Looking At The BCMA Deal
Published on 14 Mar 2006 at 10:27 pm.
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Filed under Uncategorized, News, Analysis, Debating Strategy, Labour And The Liberals.
LOOKING AT THE BCMA DEAL
First reports seemed to put the value of the B.C. Medical Association tentative agreement as being a 19.1% increase for doctors across-the-board over a four-year agreement. Today’s press reports seem to indicate it might be substantially more, however.
The front-page article in the March 14 Vancouver Sun stated that “a tentative […]
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“Solidarity With Public Sector Workers”
Published on 11 Mar 2006 at 1:56 pm.
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From the March 2006 issue of The Pulper, newsletter of CEP Local 1129 in Burnaby, BC.
Private Sector Solidarity Essential
Massive Public Sector Strike Over Job Security Looms
by Gene McGuckin
It’s crunch time again in BC as 300,000 public sector workers try to win contract settlements that protect their jobs against the privatization/contracting out mania of Gordon Campbell’s […]
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We’re Approaching A Crossroads…
Published on 20 Feb 2006 at 9:42 pm.
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We’re Approaching A Crossroads….
The B.C. labour movement is fast approaching a crossroads. 90% of the province’s public sector workers are voting on contracts this spring, and the decisions we take will affect every working person in B.C., whether public sector or private sector, whether unionized or not.
The stakes are huge. Campbell is trying […]
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2006 - The Bosses Harden
Published on 4 Feb 2006 at 5:37 pm.
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Filed under Uncategorized, Analysis, International Solidarity.
Toronto Star January 26, 2006
Firms get tough on labour
Unions resist by forging global links
Globalization a ‘two-edged sword’
By Patrick Evans
Staff reporter
Fierce worldwide competition is making companies more militant during contract negotiations, while unions are pushing back by globalizing the labour movement, according to a report released yesterday by the Conference Board of […]
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“How To Subvert Democratic Process” - An Open Letter To Carol James
Published on 2 Dec 2005 at 7:19 am.
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Filed under Analysis, NDP And Electoralism, P3's And Privatization.
CUPE Local 50 - John Burrows - In the aftermath of the recent municipal elections and the NDP Convention, there are a few observations I feel compelled to share with you. At first glance, there is a certain Alice in Wonderland flavour to this trail of folly and deceit. However, a closer examination reveals a […]
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A History Of The 2004 HEU Strike
Published on 24 Nov 2005 at 1:42 pm.
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Filed under Analysis, HEU Strike (2004), Debating Strategy.
An Analysis of the Hospital Employees’ Union Strike of 2004
David Camfield
Assistant Professor
Labour and Workplace Studies Program
University of Manitoba
February 2005
Acknowledgements
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the members and staff of HEU and other unions who spoke with me, engaged in correspondence, and provided me with materials. Their aid was invaluable. Any errors are my […]