- Interview with Patty Whitehead, a picket captain for USW local 9511, about the DriveTest workers' strike, 15 weeks in.
- Interview about the proposed HST with NDP MP John Rafferty representing Thunder Bay/Rainy River with guest host, NDP candidate for Essex Taras Natyshak.
- Vale S.A. CEO Roger Agnelli is scheduled to receive the 2009 Dwight D. Eisenhower Global Citizenship Award, reaction from the United Steel Workers.
- Signs of the left restructuring abroad, Stories of Labour groups forming ties in Russia, and in Germany.
- Send off song to our friends to the south as they send an additional 30000 troops to Afghanistan.
DriveTest demonstration at Queen's Park
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/11/30/drive-test.html
Parliament takes 1st step to allow HST
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/03/hst-vote.html
John Rafferty NDP MP Thunder Bay - Rainy River
http://www.thunderbayrainyriver.ca/?John_Rafferty
Angry Steelworkers to crash black-tie affair in New York
http://sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=43212
Labor Groups Seek Strength Through Merger
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/labor-groups-seek-strength-through-merger/390665.html
International Siemens meeting intensifies trade union cooperation
http://www.imfmetal.org/index.cfm?l=2&c=21577&nb=2
WOHIS Health and safety Minute:
Sunday, December 6th is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women and the 20th anniversary of the massacre of 14 women at Polytechnique in Montreal.
Workplace violence can be a serious hazard in some workplaces. According to ONA (Ontario Nurses Association) there is still not sufficient protection for nurses against workplace violence. WOHIS knows this applies to many other workplaces also.
Violence in the workplace is not addressed specifically in Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The Act states: an employer shall take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker; BUT, cases like Lori Dupont and
Theresa Vince are proof enough that stronger legislation is needed.
Bill 168, An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act with respect to violence and harassment in the workplace passed Second reading in the Ontario legislature on October 20, 2009. Ontario’s Minister of Labour, Peter Fonseca introduced Bill 168 on April 20, 2009.
If violence or harassment is a concern in your workplace, contact WOHIS - Windsor Occupational Health Information Service -for more information at 519-254-5157, or visit us at 3129 Marentette (behind Devonshire Mall).
Remember: you have the Right to a safe and healthy workplace.
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