Canadian autoworkers face looming strike wave and widespread labour actions
Terry Williams reports mass walkouts across Canada as Stelco and Algoma steel workers strike, Placer Dome and Brunswick Mining workers also off the job. Other unions seek legal strike positions with postal workers and Bell Telephone pending contracts, all amid broader wage and job security tensions.
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Canada
Algoma Steel Corp
Sault Ste. Marie
Wawa
Ont
Stelco Inc
Stelco
Algoma
United Steelworkers
Placer Dome Inc
United Mine Workers
Cape Breton Development Corp
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton
United Steelworkers of America
Brunswick Mining and Smelting Co
Bathurst
N.B
N.S
Drummond Coast
Ford
Jean Claude Parrot
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Ottawa
Abitibi-Price
Common Sense in Recycling Finds Niche in Prairie News
A reader notes that common sense recycling is advancing in several towns. De-inking plant planned at Redcliff with 31 million investment and 200 jobs training. Melfort reports 74 percent aluminum recycling with 60 depots and 150 disabled workers. Winkler builds a depot for old papers. Tire recycler in Winkler makes blocks and mats. Carlyle observes plastic turning into Superwood with Weyburn plant slated and 20 staff.
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Hanna Herald
CSM
Common Sense Movement
Herald
Bow Island
Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Melfort
Journal
Saskatchewan
Winkler
Pembina Valley Munity
Abititi-Price
Pinawa
Dave
Willie Dyck
Carlyle Observer
Lew Oatway
Bob Eberle
Ireland
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