TORONTO (Jan. 2012) -- In the face of a difficult economy and strong management opposition, workers at several workplaces in the communications and media sectors have recently become the newest CEP members. Pictured above, is the new Intek Communications Inc union negotiating committee. From left to right, are Liviu Catana, Ryan Burtch, and Kelvin Kou, with National Represenatives Marvin Pupeza and Nena Bogdanovich.
The 150 maintenance and production workers at
the AbitibiBowater Thunder Bay sawmill, located in Fort William First Nation,
have voted to join the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
More than 200 construction workers at the Mosaic Co. mine construction site at Belle Plaine are now represented by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP).
REGINA – More than 200 construction workers representing 14 different trades have chosen CEP as their Union for the construction at the Mosaic Potash mine in Bell Plaine.
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McMURRAY, ALTA – The Communications, Energy
and Paperworkers Union of Canada welcomed 226 new members on New Year’s Day
when the Alberta Labour Board confirmed that workers at Bee Clean Maintenance,
working at Suncor in Fort McMurray
had voted 62% to join CEP Local 707.
TORONTO -- Ming Pao employees voted by a decisive 84 to 47 margin
September 14th to join the CEP Local 87M media union, culminating a
three-week open organizing drive aimed at improving wages, benefits and
working conditions at the large, Toronto, Chinese-language, daily
newspaper. Local 87-M now represents the three dominant Chinese
language newspapers in the city, having also formed unions at Sing Tao
Daily in 2000 and World Journal in 2006.
TORONTO
--The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has filed
an unfair labour practice complaint on behalf of employees at Bell Mobility,
alleging the company is “unlawfully interfering and curtailing the right of
employees to engage in collective bargaining. The union has accused Bell
Mobility of intimidating and threatening employees who are exercising their
right to join and support the union.
You and you co-workers deserve respect,
dignity and a voice on the job. With a union you have a real voice at
work. You will be protected against unfair treatment, harassment and
discrimination.
An arbitrator has ruled that a Saskatoon-based airline must
reinstate a wrongly fired pilot with full back pay and benefits after
CEP took his case to a hearing.
