Ontario Labour Relations Board

A brief update on what went on yesterday.

2 hours were spent between the two parties, unable to agree that MNP corporation had any business (es) in Canada/Ontario. MNP is providing the "I know nothing" about Genfast defence. That Genfast is a separate bankrupt company that has nothing to do with them. The MNP lawyer provided a "hypothetical" situation that had an incredible similarty to the Genfast/MNP relationship, and disputed that even under this situation the OLB has any jurisdiction as they are an American Company.

The MNP tactic is to block. Stop the argument at ownership vs control.

I wanted to jump out of the visitors chair on a number of occasions.
People from the salaried and union were in attendance watching this unfold.

I believe the USW wishes to have an update with our membership before the next hearing date.

USW Court Case Genfast

You are encouraged to attend.

Wednesday August 27th,
505 University Ave. 10am
MNP/Genfast will be putting up a Defence/fight.
Please show your support.

For more information
USW Contact 905 545 3008
or the action centre.

Bob Green, Drago will be coming from the Grimsby Direction.Others from Toronto Area And some of us From Brantford.

Training Funds

If you are interested in College, Training, Specialty courses, and help with your current training program, come in to the Action Centre. We have a training fund for you. We are here to help.

Olympic Diversion

Ricks Son Kevin is racing on Friday August 15th at 7am

See it live on the web

http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/

Liberal Manufacturing Report

Thursday, 07 August 2008
Queen’s Park - Ten months of work on a report that was supposed to assist Ontario’s hard-hit manufacturing sector has turned out to be much ado about nothing for the McGuinty Liberals, said NDP Leader Howard Hampton.
“There’s nothing here,” said NDP Leader Howard Hampton. “Seventy pages of fluff isn’t going to help the tens of thousands of manufacturing workers who have lost their jobs since Dalton McGuinty came to office. This so-called report is an insult to the workers who lost their jobs. It’s no wonder there were no photo-ops when this report came out,” said Hampton.
Shortly after the 2007 provincial election, backbench Liberal MPP David Ramsay was asked to write the report looking into the challenges and opportunities facing Ontario’s manufacturing sector. The report was hailed in the 2008 budget as proof of the government’s commitment to finding solutions to the manufacturing crisis that has now claimed more than 200,000 jobs across Ontario.
Under the cloak of a long summer weekend, the report mysteriously appeared late last Friday afternoon.
“The so-called strategy outlined in the report suggests that a marketing strategy is the solution to Ontario’s manufacturing woes. Maybe David Ramsay should have consulted with the workers getting the pink slips - they know all too well that real economic policies create jobs, not gimmicky marketing campaigns,” said Hampton

Action Centre Closed for Civic Holiday

The Action Centre

Will be closed on

Monday August 4th.

We will reopen on Tuesday August 5th.