Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
HST and Harper....
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/06/f-hst-tax-0106.html#socialcomments
The federal government is ardently hoping the backlash from the HST will be directed toward the two provincial governments. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday during question period that his government believes that sales taxes should come down, which is why the GST was lowered.
But the fact is the federal government is aiding and abetting the provinces. It plans to pay B.C. and Ontario almost $6 billion to ease the transition to the HST
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That is the Government is spending $6Billion in one year to bring us a Tax Increase, and is only putting back 900Million into EI over 3 years.Fair Trade???
The federal government is ardently hoping the backlash from the HST will be directed toward the two provincial governments. Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday during question period that his government believes that sales taxes should come down, which is why the GST was lowered.
But the fact is the federal government is aiding and abetting the provinces. It plans to pay B.C. and Ontario almost $6 billion to ease the transition to the HST
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That is the Government is spending $6Billion in one year to bring us a Tax Increase, and is only putting back 900Million into EI over 3 years.Fair Trade???
Friday, October 9, 2009
Anti Scab Bill (Replacement Workers) Dies at 2nd reading
Mr. Peter Kormos: A well-known comment that has been around with us for approximately a century, and I'm quoting now:
"After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a scab."A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumour of rotten principles."When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out."No man (or woman) has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab has not."Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The scab sells his birthright, country, his wife, his children and his fellow men for an unfulfilled promise from his employer."Esau was a traitor to himself; Judas was a traitor to his God; Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a scab is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class."That's what Jack London had to say back in 1905. Almost a century has gone by now, and those words, those comments and those observations are as relevant as they ever could be. The greatest single impediment to fair collective bargaining is scab labour. The largest single source of injuries on a picket line is scab labour.Here in Ontario we had a brief period of time after 1990 where the New Democrats were in power and scabs were outlawed, like they are in some other jurisdictions in this country. The absence of labour unrest during that time when anti-scab legislation was in effect was remarkable. When there were strikes, they were shorter-or, even worse, lockouts. I believe sincerely, the New Democrats believe sincerely and working women and men believe sincerely that scabs are an abomination.No worker ever joins the picket line willingly. Let's make that very, very clear, because when you're on a picket line, you're out there day in, day out. If it's wintertime, when winter's approaching, you're out there in the coldest of winter days and in the slush and the snow where you never get warm and your feet never get dry.Collective bargaining takes place at the bargaining table. To allow corporate bosses to circumvent, to avoid, collective bargaining at the table by importing scabs is once again an outrage. I believe, New Democrats believe, that as long as scabs are allowed in the province of Ontario, strikes will be longer and lockouts will be longer.Why, for the life of me, would anyone want to be a scab? Well, in the type of economy that we've developed, where there are more and more unemployed and people are earning lower and lower wages, sometimes family heads, women or men, feel compelled to take any job at any price. But they're very short-sighted, because the effect of scabbing, especially now, when the theme in labour relations by the corporate world is to end defined benefits-pension plans-and when the agenda of the corporate world is to reduce wages and when the agenda is to reduce workforces-scabs simply join with that agenda. They endorse it and they support it and they advocate for it and they make that agenda possible.
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"After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, he had some awful substance left with which he made a scab."A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water brain, a combination backbone of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts, he carries a tumour of rotten principles."When a scab comes down the street, men turn their backs and angels weep in heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of hell to keep him out."No man (or woman) has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his carcass in, or a rope long enough to hang his body with. Judas was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his master, he had character enough to hang himself. A scab has not."Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas sold his Savior for thirty pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for a promise of a commission in the British army. The scab sells his birthright, country, his wife, his children and his fellow men for an unfulfilled promise from his employer."Esau was a traitor to himself; Judas was a traitor to his God; Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a scab is a traitor to his God, his country, his family and his class."That's what Jack London had to say back in 1905. Almost a century has gone by now, and those words, those comments and those observations are as relevant as they ever could be. The greatest single impediment to fair collective bargaining is scab labour. The largest single source of injuries on a picket line is scab labour.Here in Ontario we had a brief period of time after 1990 where the New Democrats were in power and scabs were outlawed, like they are in some other jurisdictions in this country. The absence of labour unrest during that time when anti-scab legislation was in effect was remarkable. When there were strikes, they were shorter-or, even worse, lockouts. I believe sincerely, the New Democrats believe sincerely and working women and men believe sincerely that scabs are an abomination.No worker ever joins the picket line willingly. Let's make that very, very clear, because when you're on a picket line, you're out there day in, day out. If it's wintertime, when winter's approaching, you're out there in the coldest of winter days and in the slush and the snow where you never get warm and your feet never get dry.Collective bargaining takes place at the bargaining table. To allow corporate bosses to circumvent, to avoid, collective bargaining at the table by importing scabs is once again an outrage. I believe, New Democrats believe, that as long as scabs are allowed in the province of Ontario, strikes will be longer and lockouts will be longer.Why, for the life of me, would anyone want to be a scab? Well, in the type of economy that we've developed, where there are more and more unemployed and people are earning lower and lower wages, sometimes family heads, women or men, feel compelled to take any job at any price. But they're very short-sighted, because the effect of scabbing, especially now, when the theme in labour relations by the corporate world is to end defined benefits-pension plans-and when the agenda of the corporate world is to reduce wages and when the agenda is to reduce workforces-scabs simply join with that agenda. They endorse it and they support it and they advocate for it and they make that agenda possible.
Hampton, Howard
Prue, Michael
Cansfield, Donna
Dhillon, Vic
Fonseca, Peter
Mangat, Amrit
Moridi, Reza
Ruprecht, Tony
Sousa, Charles
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
5th Estate Severance, Termination Pay, Alumetco
The 5th Estate does a credible job following the bankruptcy of Edscha with additional commentary from Alumetco (CAW) closure in Brantford.
This is a must watch.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/the_education_of_brian_nicholl/
In 2007, the Ontario Liberals refused to help. It's no different in 2009.
The Ontario Liberals turned their backs on saving our jobs, our severance and our termination pay. Since 2007 the former employee of Genfast continue to hold the Federal and Provincial Governments accountable.
Since our closure, the Wage Earner Protection Act has come into law. Too late for Genfast Employees, however, this legislation helps those whose companies have declared bankruptcy or used bankruptcy provisions to continue global operations and avoid their legal obligations in Canada and Ontario.
As long as our governments allow the pillaging of our industrial sector, closures and orchestrated bankruptcies will remain to be a monthly occurance.
There is little indication that the government realizes the technology that is leaving and let alone the jobs that are lost.
This is a must watch.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2009-2010/the_education_of_brian_nicholl/
In 2007, the Ontario Liberals refused to help. It's no different in 2009.
The Ontario Liberals turned their backs on saving our jobs, our severance and our termination pay. Since 2007 the former employee of Genfast continue to hold the Federal and Provincial Governments accountable.
Since our closure, the Wage Earner Protection Act has come into law. Too late for Genfast Employees, however, this legislation helps those whose companies have declared bankruptcy or used bankruptcy provisions to continue global operations and avoid their legal obligations in Canada and Ontario.
As long as our governments allow the pillaging of our industrial sector, closures and orchestrated bankruptcies will remain to be a monthly occurance.
There is little indication that the government realizes the technology that is leaving and let alone the jobs that are lost.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Book your ride to Queens Park on Thursday
The Bus leaves Brantford District Labour Centre at 9:30 AM
To secure your spot follow the link.
http://www.brantfordlabourcouncil.ca/strikes-and-lockouts--boycotts.html
Open to anyone.
To secure your spot follow the link.
http://www.brantfordlabourcouncil.ca/strikes-and-lockouts--boycotts.html
Open to anyone.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Genfast Severance Crew (update)
Volunteers gathered during the Severance meeting held by Rob Mason will be meeting on Monday to discuss the situation regarding the monetary case before the courts.
Reminder.
There are Six Court dates scheduled in February 2010.
MNP corporation closed Genfast in April 2007.
Reminder.
There are Six Court dates scheduled in February 2010.
MNP corporation closed Genfast in April 2007.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Brantford District Labour Council
Brantford District Labour Council has a new website.
Check it out here.
http://www.brantfordlabourcouncil.ca/
Check it out here.
http://www.brantfordlabourcouncil.ca/
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