[BC_Labour_E-NEWS] Campaign Notebook, April 11, 2005

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Count-Me-In
Campaign Notebook
 
April 11, 2005: Issue 18
 
COUNT-ME-IN WEBSITE:
<http://www.count-me-in.net>
 
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1. THE 'LIBERALIZED' CONTEST
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Your Count-Me-In organizing team is running a contest. The prize is a
free copy of the Tyee's new book,'Liberalized'. 
 
To enter, simply sign up as many new CMI volunteers as possible between
now and when the writ is dropped on April 19. Send the volunteer cards
in one package to:
 
Janet Routledge
Provincial Coordinator
200-5118 Joyce Street
Vancouver, BC
V5R 4H1
 
Re: LIBERALIZED CONTEST ENTRY
 
The twenty entries with the highest number of volunteers signed up will
win a free copy of the Tyee's new book. Entries must be received by
April 22. Winners will be announced online the week of April 25-29.
 
To get your supply of volunteer cards, please contact your campaign
coordinator:
 
<http://www.count-me-in.net/ContactUs.html>
 
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2. Reality Check: The BC Liberal numbers game 
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Average weekly wages  (2001-2004)
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BC   Canada
2001   $648.13  $635.51
2004   $686.61  $679.74
% Increase     5.9%     7.0%
 
* Between 2001 and 2004 BC experienced the lowest percentage increase in
average weekly wages in all of Canada.
 
CEO Wages
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* 2002 average compensation increase for CEO's was 32 percent.
 
* 2003 average compensation increase was 53 percent.
 
The information comes from Business in Vancouver Survey of Top 100
Public Companies in BC (public means publicly traded shares).
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3. HEU Barbeque in Vancouver 
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The Hospital Employees' Union is holding a barbeque in Vancouver on
April 10th between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in the Park at 10th Avenue
and Heather. All union members welcome to attend.
 
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4. New study from CCPA: Untangling the spin on long term care 
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Seniors and their families have been unfairly burdened by BC Liberal
changes to continuing care. The result is rising costs for private care,
crowded emergency rooms, fewer acute care beds and greater insecurity
for one of BC's most vulnerable populations.
 
Marcy Cohen, the lead author of the new study Continuing Care Renewal or
Retreat: BC Residential and Home Health Care Restructuring 2001-2004,
today released an opinion editorial to accompany the new report on long
term care which was released by the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives last week. Both are available free at:
 
<http://www.policyalternatives.ca <http://www.policyalternatives.ca> >
 
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5. Will fallout from the sponsorship scandal affect the BC Liberals?
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Check out this week's poll and have your say:
<http://www.count-me-in.net/poll/poll.php>
 
 
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SIGN-UP A FRIEND
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We have an online sign up form available on the website. Please let
others know 
about the Campaign and ask them to think about getting involved. Forward
this e-mail to your friends or send them a link to the Count-Me-In
online sign-up form at: 
 
<http://www.count-me-in.net/Volunteer.php
<http://www.count-me-in.net/Volunteer.php> >
 
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SHARE YOUR IDEAS WITH US!
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If there's a local event going on in your community that you think could
help 
give the Campaign some local exposure, send your idea to:  
 
<mailto:publish at bcfed.com?subject=C-M-I Ideas
<mailto:publish at bcfed.com?subject=C-M-I IDEAS> >
 
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