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27 Jan |
Fraser Papers pensioners occupy Brookfield head office |
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WHEN: Wednesday, January 27, 10 am |
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27 Jan |
Fraser Papers' pensioners remain defiant at Brookfield Toronto offices; Edmundston mill workers also confront CEO |
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TORONTO - Forest union leader Gaétan Ménard and four Fraser Papers' pensioners, who are occupying Brookfield Asset Management’s head office in Toronto, have been told that CEO Bruce Flatt is “not concerned” that pensioners could lose 40% of their pensions as a result of the company’s restructuring plan. |
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22 Jan |
HEARING NEEDED INTO CITY-TV LOCAL NEWS CUTS |
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Ottawa – Canada’s largest media union is asking whether the silence from the CRTC about the latest shutdown of local news at CITY television stations is the result of Heritage Minister James Moore muzzling the CRTC. |
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22 Jan |
CEP-AbitibiBowater negotiations temporarily adjourned |
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MONTREAL -- Negotiations between the AbitibiBowater CEP caucus and the company have temporarily adjourned and will resume March 1. |
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21 Jan |
Forest union wants urgent meeting with new Minister of Natural Resources |
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OTTAWA -- Canada’s largest forest and energy workers’ union has requested an urgent meeting with the newly appointed Minister of Natural Resources. In a letter to the Honourable Christian Paradis, Dave Coles, President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada points out the critical situation facing Canada’s manufacturing sector and urgent need for dialogue. |
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13 Jan |
Fraser Papers/Brookfield scheme to shirk pension obligations |
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OTTAWA -- Canada’s largest forestry union says Fraser Papers restructuring plan is a deceptive scheme to get out of its financial obligations to pensioners. |
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10 Jan |
Union reaction to closure of Shell refinery in Montreal |
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MONTREAL -- Closure of the Shell refinery in Montreal is a serious error on all counts, say the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and the Quebec Federation of Labour. |
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08 Jan |
Greed, not newspapers, caused CCAA, says CEP |
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Ottawa - The Canwest decision to put its chain of newspapers into bankruptcy protection is a sad but clear affirmation that concentration of media ownership wasn't good for consumers, employees and investors, says Canada's largest media union. |
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06 Jan |
Union calls for probe into Hollinger transactions |
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Ottawa -- Canada’s largest media union is demanding an investigation into what appear to be certain questionable financial dealings revealed by Hollinger Canadian Publishing Holdings Co (HCPHC) in its recent filing under Canada’s bankruptcy protection legislation, CCAA. |
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