Brief union of 29 February 6 mars
– The 4 mars, workers of Manitoba distillery manufacturing the Crown Royal whiskey voted 98% the rejection of the final offer from their employer. Saturday, workers were on the picket lines to get a pay rise, vacation time and social assistance. These are the workers producing whiskey has been described as the best in the world for the year 2016.
– Several big media in Quebec stressed that it is illegal to charge the employee-s note of clients and customers who leave without pay. This practice is strongly denounced by workers in the field of restoration, but many employers seem to flout laws.
– Workers of the Montreal distribution center Brault & Martineau stores, whose collective agreement expired on 31 December 2015, have been warning that the company's leaders have declared a lockout on 28 February, the latter want to establish a pension plan defined contribution, which is to adopt discounts to working conditions for future-e-s-s employee of the warehouse, what pleases not the employee's present-it-s. Brault & Martineau recorded profits 40 million last year.
– The agreement in principle between Quebec and the Federation of Health and Human Services (FSSS-CSN) was rejected on Friday 4 mars. The President of the Treasury Board, Sam Hamad does not want to give more to unions who would vote against the agreement in principle. The three other CSN federations accepted the tentative agreements with Quebec, as well as eight federations of the CSQ and the four major unions concerned to the QFL leaving the FSSS-CSN representative 110 000 members and the Autonomous Federation of Teachers (FAE) representative 30,000 members.
– The Popular Action Front in urban redevelopment (FRAPRU) Bombardier has held the entrance of the headquarters Wednesday 2 March to pressure the government so that the latter invest more in social housing. We remember that the government invested 1,3 billion at Bombardier announcing eliminate 2400 jobs simultaneously, and will increase the number of jobs eliminated 7000 despite the money given by the government.
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