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Posted: June 8, 2012
Business Interests Trump Democratic and Union Rights, Fairness and Social Justice
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by Errol Black On March 9, my blog post described actions by the federal government that show contempt for Canadian workers. I stated concern that ordering Canada Post and Air Canada workers back-to-work sent a message to employers that they …
Category: collective bargaining, Government of Canada, Labour
Posted: February 8, 2012
Labour-Management Conflict in Brandon’s Public Sector: Chapter 2
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PDF version by Errol Black Labour-management conflict has once again taken centre stage in the city of Brandon. The first episode involved the Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA) and Brandon University. The recent conflict involves the City of …
Category: collective bargaining, Labour Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 27, 2011
Solidarity Forever – the Union Makes us Strong
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by Errol Black The evening of Friday November 25, 2011, the BUFA Bargaining Team at Brandon University issued a terse statement to members declaring that their 45 day strike at Brandon University was over: A tentative agreement has …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Labour Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 24, 2011
Deveryn Ross on Brandon University Strike
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By Errol Black Deveryn Ross’ column on the Brandon University strike in the November 24 Winnipeg Free Press (“Administration, province will wear this one“), represents a significant advance on his first column on this issue October 13, 2011(“BU …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Labour, media Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 23, 2011
So What Happened to “Free Collective Bargaining” in Manitoba?
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by Errol Black On Saturday, November 19, 2011, a Brandon Sun headline read: “Province won’t order striking profs back to work” Well apparently they were wrong. Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard’s decision to force striking faculty members …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Labour, media Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 18, 2011
IT’S BRANDON UNIVERSITY!
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By Errol Black On November 16, The Brandon Sun responded to my comments of November 14 in which I argued that that their coverage and commentary relating to the strike at Brandon University was delaying a resolution of …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Labour, media Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 14, 2011
Brandon Sun Bias Prolongs Brandon University Strike
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Editor’s Note: For more information, please also see What You Need To Know About The Brandon University Strike By Errol Black The Brandon University strike of 240 faculty members is now into its 34th day. The actions …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Labour, media Tags: Brandon
Posted: November 10, 2011
What You Need to Know About the Brandon University Strike
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by Errol Black, Julie Guard, and Chris Rigaux Professors, instructors, librarians and administrative staff on strike at Brandon University have been accused in the press of being selfish and irresponsible. Although it’s not uncommon in a strike for one side …
Category: collective bargaining, education, Fast Facts, Labour Tags: Brandon
Posted: June 22, 2011
Fast Facts: Canada Post locks out postal workers; Harper locks out collective bargaining
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by Jan Chaboyer PDF version Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) initiated job action on June 2 in response to Canada Post’s refusal to continue the collective bargaining process for the purpose of achieving a …
Category: collective bargaining, Fast Facts, Labour
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