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UFCW ... Pledge This!!!

Sharyn Sigurdur — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:04:58 +0100

As UFCW Southern California retail negotiations drag on, with not much in the way of bigger is better union solidarity, former UFCW Local 839 President John Briley, responds in kind to UFCW's recent pledge mania.

Specifically: UFCW Pledge This!!!

UFCW: Here we go again?

Sharyn Sigurdur — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:15:50 +0100

A jaw-dropping report which sheds light on what appears to be (another) party time for UFCW and it's retail partners, and back to the future for UFCW's Southern California retail members.

Read it here!

Flanagan: Harper Advisor wants Assange Dead

Sharyn Sigurdur — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:13:42 +0100

It was a moment of "manly"_ness he says, that prompted "University of Calgary Prof and Harper Advisor Tom Flanagan" to call for the assassination of WikiLeak creator Julian Assange. And, referencing the leaked memoirs of war, here's Flanagan's defense: "...there's stuff in there that could cause a war!".

Warning: the following scene contains violence.

Here's Tommy!

Haiti Then and Now

Sharyn Sigurdur — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:03:19 +0100

By John Reimann

Already, their priorities are being revealed; the focus is to airlift Americans out and troops in, rather than to bring in food, water and medical supplies. As Jarry Emmanuel of the World Food Program commented on the US priorities at the airport, Their priorities are to secure the country. Ours are to feed. In the coming days, it will be interesting to see how US forces coordinate with the aid efforts of Venezuela and Cuba. Already, the Heritage Fund, a major right-wing US think tank, has called for one objective in Haiti to be to counter influence of those two countries in Haiti.

(also see The Daily Censored)

CCWIPP Trustees "Totally Failed" Judge Rules

Wanda Pasz — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:55:49 +0100

Trustees of the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension plan were convicted today of violating the Pension Benefits Act of Ontario. Multiple charges were laid against the trustees in 2006 after an investigation by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario found numerous apparent breaches of pension laws.

The judgment: R. v Christophe et al

CCWIPP Trustees' Bahamas Resort Deal in the Toilet

Wanda Pasz — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:29:43 +0100

More bad news for the trustees of the troubled Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension plan. Since 2005, when the Financial Services Commission of Ontario started breathing down their necks about a $50 million investment in a mothballed Bahamas resort, the trustees have been working hard to offload the South Ocean Golf and Beach Resort - or at least, trying to make it look that way.

CCWIPP Financial Statement for 2008 Now Online

Wanda Pasz — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:41:31 +0100

uncharted has obtained a copy of the 2008 financial statement for the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan (CCWIPP). The news is devastating. Highlights for 2008 include:

Losses from investments: $9.4 million
Decrease in net assets: $356 million
Total return: -19.6%
Total actuarial liability: $2 billion
Funded status: 42%

Union Employers Must Speak Up

Sharyn Sigurdur — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:51:16 +0100

By John Briley November 17, 2009

Over the past several months, many of us have been following Wal-Mart, as it bullies and buys its way into Salinas while pursuing its quest for two Supercenters. Unfortunately, during this time, our union retail food and drug store employers have remained on the sidelines in virtual silence.

Wal-Mart v. UFCW: What Goes Around

Wanda Pasz — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:51:59 +0100

When it comes to shameless hypocrisy the leaders of the Canadian UFCW are always trying to push out the boundaries of the known universe. Last week they took things to a whole new level. In a whiny media release, they advised the world that they are being dragged up the courthouse steps by their arch enemies at Wal-Mart Corporation on account of their use of Wal-Mart logos, slogans, color schemes and other "indicia" on www.walmartworkersofcanada.ca, a UFCW-operated web site. Should we be outraged? Not a chance.

On Strike Against Who? Labor Relations Drama Pits Workers Against Communities

Wanda Pasz — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:42:34 +0100

As Toronto finds itself in the second week of a strike by 30,000 municipal workers, members of CUPE Locals 79 and 416, a disturbing scene is unfolding. Although the workers' dispute is with the City, the optics of the strike - what the citizens see both in the media and with their own eyes - paint an ugly picture of strikers pitted against their community.