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Canada Post 'has no problem lying to the public' says CUPW president

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Too many workers are still dying on the job. This Labour Day, let's build a safer Canada. | Sep 5 2016 | Bob Barnetson | One thousand workers die on the job in Canada each year and hundreds of thousands are injured. Workplace safety is still under-investigated and under-enforced.
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Canada's highly lopsided economic relationship with China | Sep 2 2016 | Jim Stanford | Prime Minister Trudeau leads a big entourage to China this week, in hopes of expanding Canada's foothold in that huge economy. Here are the main features of our current, unbalanced relationship.
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Trudeau's fading relationship with Canadian labour | Sep 2 2016 | Teuila Fuatai | So how's Trudeau doing on the labour file? Teuila Fuatai checked in and found four areas that were, let's just say, interesting.
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Ten things to know about federal income support for low-income seniors in Canada | Sep 1 2016 | Allan Moscovitch, David Macdonald, Nick Falvo | There has been debate about the wisdom of the Trudeau government changing the age of eligibility for OAS from 67 back to 65. Here are 10 things to know about federal income support for seniors.
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The Globe and Mail shows its colours in Bata shoe company coverage | Sep 1 2016 | Yves Engler | While the three-page spread included an undated photo of Sonja Bata and her husband on the "African continent," it ignored how the Toronto company took advantage of European rule to set up shop.
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CUPW and Canada Post reach tentative agreements for postal workers | Aug 31 2016 | Teuila Fuatai | The Canadian Union of Postal Workers and Canada Post have tentatively agreed to new working conditions for Canada's posties, announcing two separate agreements for CUPW's mail carriers.
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Manitoba youth crisis workers left in limbo | Aug 30 2016 | Lynne Fernandez | Manitoba Government and General Employees Union members at Macdonald Youth Services (Local 221), who provide crisis intervention services to youth in Winnipeg, walked off the job on August 2.
Ontario colleges want to turn your McJob into a McDiploma | Aug 30 2016 | Nora Loreto | Deconstructing the new partnership between Colleges Ontario and McDonald's.
Postal workers postpone planned strike action for 24 hours | Aug 29 2016 | Teuila Fuatai | The Canadian Union of Postal Workers extended its strike deadline at 11 p.m. last night as negotiations continue with Crown mediator William Kaplan.
Immigrants send gifts across borders | Aug 28 2016 | Frieda Werden | This 2004 talk from Maria Jimenez on how immigrants sustain their home communities remains relevant today.
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Jerry Dias reflects on Unifor's first three years | Aug 28 2016 | H.G. Watson | Unifor completed its second national convention since its founding in 2013. H.G. Watson caught up with President Jerry Dias to reflect on the past three years.
Help reinvent Canada Post | Aug 28 2016 | Instead of cuts, imagine a new future.

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It's not over!
Though CUPW has reached a tentative and short-term collective agreement, union leadership will be back at the bargaining table next year to address many unresolved issues like pay equity and pensions.

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