From bc_labour_enews at bcfed.net Mon Apr 14 16:55:37 2003 From: bc_labour_enews at bcfed.net (bc_labour_enews at bcfed.net) Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 16:55:37 -0700 Subject: [BC_Labour_E-NEWS] Message-ID: <3D6D51D9DD03D611BBA700508B97628C1EEDAD@BCFEDNT> BC LABOUR E-NEWS ISSUE #39 - April 14, 2003 BC Citizen News from the BC Federation of Labour To read this newsletter on our site, please go to: http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm To subscribe or unsubscribe, follow the instructions at the end of this message. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE. Messages to this mailbox are processed automatically, and are not read by a person. If you would like to contact us, send messages to: < mailto:bcfed at bcfed.com > Help spread the word - forward this e-mail to your friends. +++|+++ BC Fed Commentary New trades training legislation will put BC on the wrong track Radical changes to trades training will undermine BC's highly trained and skilled workforce. Jim Sinclair discusses the BC Liberal government'schanges to trades training. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#commentary Letters If you have comments on any of our stories, please send them to publish at bcfed.com for inclusion in the next issue of the newsletter. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#letters Fast Fact Union membership grew from 3.8 million to 3.9 million between 2001 and 2002. In 2001, almost 1 in 3 full-time employees belonged to a union in Canada, compared with about 1 in 4 part-timers. Source: Statistics Canada Perspectives on Labour and Income, August 2002. Stories Wal-Mart Ordered to Remove Anti-Union Language from Benefits Materials Wal-Mart will be forced to reinstate yet another worker with full back pay and to notify its one million employees across the United States that it had committed an unfair labor practice as a result of a decision by an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#walmart Prominent BC Citizens endorse Hydro ad Prominent British Columbians from all political backgrounds come together to oppose the privatization of BC Hydro. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#hydro BC Labour against the war B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair's statement on the war with Iraq. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#war B.C. Federation of Labour calls for a delay on Forest Act The BC government's changes to the BC Forest Act will lead to heavy job losses in communities throughout the province. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#forest Health and Safety Regulations under attack The WCB wants to cut one third of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and water down remaining legislation. B.C. Federation of Labour President Jim Sinclair says if the changes go ahead, more workers will be exposed to injury and death on the job. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#ohs BC Liberals' violate Freedom of Association Workers today demanded the repeal of BC legislation that violates internationally recognized rights after an International Labour Organization (ILO) ruling was released March 27. http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#ilo http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#stories April 28 - Day of Mourning http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#2003eveapr2bp NDP Community Conferences 2003: Vancouver-North Shore http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 4 NDP Community Conferences 2003: Kootenay http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 6 NDP Community Conferences 2003: Northern BC http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 3 NDP Community Conferences 2003: Vancouver Island South http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 2 NDP Community Conferences 2003: Vancouver Island North http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 1 NDP Community Conferences 2003: Interior-Okanagan http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve2003feb25bp 5 2003 Summer Institute for Union Women http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#eve200309julbp http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#events Publications Fair Pharmacare? http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#PUB2003apr1bp http://www.bcfed.com/News/E-Newsletter/2003/issue39/index.htm#publications -30- To unsubscribe, suspend your subscription while on vacation or change yourpassword send an email to bcfed at bcfed.com with "Unsubscribe to E-News" in the subject line. 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