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Rogers telephone and TV technicians poised to strike
Publié
05/18/12

TORONTO – About 600 employees who provide telephone and television service and installation for residential and commercial customers of Rogers across Ontario, are set to strike June 15th, at 8am.

Their union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, has been at the bargaining table with two of the four contractors for more than a year, trying to obtain a first collective agreement. The contractors are Intek Communications Inc., Wirecomm Systems Inc., SC360 Markham Inc. and Dependable Home Tech Scarborough.

Reliance Home Comfort workers ratify new agreement
Publié
05/16/12

TORONTO – The strike by members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 1999 against Reliance Home Comfort has ended with today’s ratification of a new collective agreement.
 
The 300 CEP workers, who had been on strike since May 2nd, install, repair and service heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment for homeowners throughout Ontario.

CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat thanked the members for their solidarity and perseverance during the dispute.

WTO called upon to dismiss Japan, EU challenge to Canadian renewable energy policy
Publié
05/14/12

Canadian NGOs and labour unions have sent an amicus curiae submission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the eve of a second hearing tomorrow into Japan's and the European Union's joint attack on the Ontario Green Energy Act. The groups address Canada's failure to properly defend Ontario's actions and call upon the WTO to respect the priority of Canada's international climate change obligations.

Tentative agreement between union and Reliance Home Comfort
Publié
05/11/12

TORONTO – The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Reliance Home Comfort have reached a tentative agreement. Voting will take place by members in the upcoming days and details will be released early next week. 

About 300 members of CEP Local 1999 have been on strike since May 2nd at company locations in Windsor, Sarnia, London, Brantford, Cambridge Burlington, Kingston and Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Striking Reliance workers seek “fair agreement”
Publié
05/08/12
SNC-Lavalin puts high-tech jobs at risk
Publié
05/08/12

TORONTO -- SNC-Lavalin is jeopardizing the future of the struggling CANDU industry, and sending highly-skilled workers out of the country, by forcing its employees into a strike position, say two of Canada’s top labour leaders.

The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers union have each pledged one million dollars to help finance a potential strike by the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates.

Protect Consumer Interests – Telecommunications Union tells CRTC
Publié
05/03/12

OTTAWA – Canada’s largest telecommunications union has today submitted a brief to the CRTC backing the demand of consumer and public interest groups for a national wireless code to protect consumer interests.

As much as $4 billion is lost to consumers due to a lack of regulation in the telco industry, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada notes in its submission to the CRTC’s Telecom Notice of Consultation.

Strike ends at Direct Energy as workers ratify new agreement
Publié
05/02/12

Strike ends at Direct Energy workers ratify new agreement

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TORONTO -- Members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 975 narrowly ratified a memorandum of agreement this afternoon.

 

CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat says the members are to be congratulated for maintaining positive morale and solidarity on the picket line during the two-week strike.

 

Reliance Home Comfort workers strike after company imposes terms
Publié
05/02/12

TORONTO – Almost 300 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, who work for Reliance Home Comfort Limited, went on strike at midnight, after their employer took the unusual step of imposing working terms and conditions during the collective bargaining process.

“After our membership voted to reject the company’s offer, Reliance Home Comfort imposed unacceptable working conditions, forcing a strike,” says CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat.

Tentative agreement at Direct Energy
Publié
04/30/12

TORONTO – The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Direct Energy bargained into the early hours, April 28th, to arrive at a tentative collective agreement on behalf of the 550 workers who have been on strike since April 18th. 

Voting will take place across the province today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Details and results will be released later in the week.

 

 

 

An open letter to the Québec government: Defend public, accessible post-secondary education now
Publié
04/30/12

An open letter to the Québec government:

Defend public, accessible

post-secondary education now

On behalf of workers, academic staff and students across Canada, we jointly call on Québec Premier Jean Charest and Minister of Education Line Beauchamp to promptly resolve the student strike by reversing the decision to increase tuition fees in Québec.

No question, PM wants to re-open abortion debate
Publié
04/27/12

OTTAWA -- “If the Prime Minister was serious about not wanting to re-open the debate on reproductive rights, he would have taken action to stop it from hitting the floor of the House of Commons,” says Dave Coles, president of one of Canada’s largest private sector unions.

 The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union president says he does “not believe for a minute that Stephen Harper does not want this issue to be dragged up again.

 “Nothing rattles through Parliament like this without the PM’s support,” says Coles.

Gov’t is asking for trouble by refusing to negotiate with students
Publié
04/27/12

OTTAWA –“The Quebec government's refusal to negotiate in good faith is driving an overwhelmingly peaceful protest movement into a more desperate position,” says Gaétan Ménard, Secretary-Treasurer of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.

“The government’s announcement this morning is an insult to Quebecers intelligence and is pure demagoguery, says Ménard.

Direct Energy forces strike as demands hurt workers and customers
Publié
04/18/12

TORONTO –About 550 Direct Energy workers, members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, are now on strike. 

“As our customers did with the new terms and conditions on rental water heaters, it is now our turn to take a stand on a living wage, balancing work and family and being paid a fair salary and fair benefits from a company that continues to make large profits,” says Dave Moffat, CEP’s Ontario Administrative Vice-President.

Workers and community deserve better from Norampac mill: Union
Publié
04/12/12

TRENTON, ON -- Canada’s largest forestry union is calling on Norampac to stop “job blackmail and work with the union to save jobs and protect the local economy.” 

 The reaction comes after Cascades issued a news release today announcing the planned closure of it Norampac-Trenton mill, while in the middle of contract negotiations with the union.

CBC cuts: Strong voice for gov’t accountability bullied
Publié
04/04/12

OTTAWA -- With 650 jobs being cut at the CBC, Canada’s largest media union is concerned about the erosion of quality journalism. “Will quality journalism get chilled, regional voices silenced and critical analysis of government gagged?" asks  Peter Murdoch, Vice-President Media for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.

"A strong voice for demanding government accountability is being bullied,” says Murdoch.

Budget creates leaner, meaner Canada
Publié
03/29/12

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- “Today’s federal budget moves us closer to a meaner, leaner, lesser country that will soon be unrecognizable,” says Dave Coles, president of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.

 

“It causes needless hardship for seniors who can least afford it, cuts public sector jobs that our struggling economy badly needs, and fast tracks good jobs out of Canada, while smoothing the way for multinationals to increase profits.”

 

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Disappearances and Murders of Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia
Publié
03/28/12

Ottawa, ON (March 27, 2012) -- The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) will appear tomorrow before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights in Washington D.C. to provide a thematic briefing on the subject of the disappearances and murders of Aboriginal women and girls in British Columbia, Canada. [Read More]

Potential service disruptions at Direct Energy add to company’s consumer relations problems
Publié
03/19/12

Ontario’s Direct Energy’s controversy over water heater rental contracts have been complicated by potential service disruptions resulting from contract negotiations with their workforce.

Bell Media - CEP Reaction
Publié
03/16/12

Ottawa - Bell Media's planned purchase of Astral demands that the CRTC become a more vigilant watchdog on the media giant's behaviour in programming and employment, says Canada's largest media union.

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