Canada
For Air Canada workers, tentative pact in tough conditions
August 12, 2011Air Canada is the world's ninth largest passenger airline and was an independent government-owned enterprise until its privatization in the 1980s.
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50,000 Canadian postal workers locked out
June 17, 2011The company cited $100 million in losses the strike has caused and the union's refusal to cooperate in dealing with declining mail volumes.
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Canadian election brings historic shifts
May 4, 2011Canada's historic federal election shifted the political dynamics of the country and set a new stage of struggle.
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Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker
March 24, 2011The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
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World Notes: Algeria, Greece, Canada and more
February 1, 2011Protests in Algeria, migrant workers' hunger strike in Greece, steelworkers in Canada, and news from South Korea, Haiti, Cuba.
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