Alors que les cols bleus de Montréal ont tenu leurs premières grèves tournantes ce lundi, les cols blancs de la commission électrique de Montréal annoncent qu’ils viennent d’accorder à leur syndicat le mandat de déclencher des moyens de pression pouvant aller jusqu’à la grève générale illimitée, au moment jugé opportun. Le vote de grève a obtenu l’appui de 92% des travailleurs.
The President of the Gatineau firefighters union, Stéphane Noël, was suspended for six months without pay after noting that insufficient water pressure had affected the work of firefighters during the fire that completely destroyed a historic church, the 11 June 2009.
As Montreal blue-collar workers announce a series of rotating strikes to begin next Monday, Quebec City workers strongly denounce the decision of the Labeaume administration to entrust waste collection to the private sector, disregarding the collective agreement. At the center of these two conflicts, we find the privatization of municipal services in the background.
To Montreal, blue collar workers' rotating strike to last 40 days, and aim to protect workers from the increasing use of subcontracting for services such as snow removal and garbage collection. In Quebec, the union is not yet in action, but rather announces a media awareness campaign to convince residents of the correctness of his point of view.
CBC We learn that Coca-Cola has just filed an injunction to prevent the broadcast of a documentary about its involvement in the murders of trade unionists in several countries.
In the movie The Coca-Cola Affair, directors German Gutiérrez and Carmen Garcia issue damning indictment against the Coca-Cola empire, suspected of being involved in the kidnapping, the torture and murder of union leaders who fought for the improvement of working conditions in Colombia, in Guatemala and Turkey.
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Communiqué Blog occupants
Mardi 12 January, Philips management Dreux brought officers to regain control of the production. vigils were also called in by management to discourage the fight.
The same day 6 Continental employees, exposed to the employer repression, were tried in court Amiens, 9 Philips Dreux employees received dismissal for gross misconduct warning letters threatening them if they did not obey the leadership of Philips.
Blue-collar workers of Montreal raise the tone and rise a notch their means of pressure. Without a contract for more than two and a half years, They are sick and tired of inaction of the City to the negotiating table.
Today, union to send rotating strike notice to Ministry of Labor, which will start on 25 next january to end on 5 mars. The principle of this strike is simple, but this is a first on the Island of Montreal.
Kristyne Peter, IMF
L’USW présente une plainte contre Vale en l’accusant de faire preuve de mauvaise foi dans la négociation, et les syndicats réclament partout dans le monde un Accord équitable MAINTENANT.
United Steelworkers (ETC) a présenté une plainte contre Vale Inco en l’accusant de refuser d’engager de bonne foi de véritables négociations pour mettre fin à la grève menée depuis six mois par 3.500 travailleurs/euses au Canada.
Des responsables de l’USW ont présenté une plainte au Bureau des relations de travail de l’Ontario à Toronto, pour marquer l’anniversaire du déclenchement de la grève qui dure depuis six mois, et qui a été salué le 13 janvier à Sudbury par un rassemblement et un défilé.
The FAU-IWA (Free Workers- and Workers Union, free union of workers') is a small German labor organization, section beyond the Rhine the International Workers Association (AIT). It tries to promote an autonomous mode of organization of workers, thereby reviving the original unionism, without permanent or elected officials. A integration in joint bodies that refuse, it favors the collective organization of workers in general meeting, and direct action (that is to say without intermediate) rather than the class compromise. In a word, it tries to promote and practice anarcho-syndicalism.
The Workers of M&I Air Systems, a company active in industrial ventilation systems, occupied their factory and won the case the 22 December 2009.
The company had suddenly decided to close its doors 15 December, leaving 180 workers in limbo. The employer then refused to pay for important employees are owed them, and these were then answered by immediate action. They decided to organize a show of support and occupy factory. The next day, they received their due.
Like what direct action, it is much more efficient and faster than the legal remedies.
International Federation of Chemical Workers' Unions, Energy, Mining and General Workers
Pressed on all sides to resume negotiations in the dispute between the past six months the United Steelworkers (ETC) nickel mines in Canada, the direction of the Brazilian company Vale is now before the courts and deal with the public in a bitter conflict between the Canadian working class and a rich and profitable multinational.
