November 26, 2010

Our show this week centered around :

• Conservative MP Gerald Keddy's comments about the unemployed
  
• CAW's reaction to Catalina's offer for severance pay
  
• CAW's fight with Comerica Bank to get the money OWED to the Aradco/Aramco Workers.
• Vale's latest attempts to Break the Union.
  
• Vale/Inco Workers continued fight against their employer now getting ugly with the threat of a 25Million dollar lawsuit against the union.
• Labour board hearing on Inco's use of replacement workers postponed.
• USW at Vale/Inco are concerned with the safety aspect of using replacement workers to restart the smelting operations.
  

And here are the stories and links to them that we referenced in our broadcast :

Conservative MP Gerald Keddy is apologizing for referring to some unemployed Haligonians as "no-good bastards."
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/insidepolitics/2009/11/keddy-vs-the-no-good-bastards-alls-well-that-ends-well.html

CAW says Catalina offer too low
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2009/11/25/windsor-caw-offer.html


CAW Fights Comerica Bank To Get $2.4 Million Owed To Workers Sacked In Plant Closings – 11/24/09
http://www.laborradio.org/node/12413


Vale wants to 'break' union
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2194124


Vale sues for $25M - Company says it's losing $7 million US a day in production
http://thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2192102

Labour board hearing on Inco's use of replacement workers in Sudbury, Ont., postponed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hY63P-D2eIrbOBWnEer3h7BvW3mg

USW Vale-Inco concerned with safety
http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2192126


WOHIS Health and safety Minute:

Yesterday (25 November) is the UN International Day on the Elimination of Violence
against Women. Violence against women at work is a serious problem. One-third of
women are subjected to violent attacks at some point in their lives. 
Women in many different economic sectors also experience violence in their working
life, including domestic work, manufacturing, agriculture and the hospitality
industry, while sexual harassment remains a serious problem across the spectrum of
employment and in every part of the world.

All workers have the right to a safe and healthy workplace.

For more information on this subject or any health and safety concern, please
contact WOHIS - Windsor Occupational Health Information Service - at 3129 Marentette
Avenue (behind Devonshire Mall) or call us at 519-254-5157.

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