Retirees who worked at the former Abitibi paper mill in Kenora should no longer have to worry about the company trying to claw back their pension benefits, according to the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
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“[…] all those no-good bastards sitting on the sidewalk in Halifax that can’t get work”
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CEP IN THE NEWS
Published by Kenora Daily Miner and News
on 06 May 2013
Published by Rabble.ca
on 01 May 2013
Today is International Workers' Day! One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, workers in Chicago demonstrating for the eight hour day were attacked, a bomb was thrown and several strikers and police officers were killed.
Published by Telegraph-Journal
on 12 Apr 2013
Corporate Canada seems increasingly comfortable profiting from government regulations and Canadian consumers with little concern for this country's workers.
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