Canada
U.S. Steel locks out Canadian workers
November 9, 2010The lockout is only the latest example of how Canadian government policies on foreign takeovers of Canadian firms fail workers.
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U.S. unions, Canadian energy sign pact on transnational pipeline
September 14, 2010Four U.S. construction unions signed a Project Labor Agreement on Sept. 14 with a large Canadian energy company, to build a big trans-national oil pipeline from the oil sands of Alberta to the refineries of Texas'...
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World Notes: Canada, Romania, Mozambique, India, Austria
July 23, 2010The right to clean water, toxic gold mining, biofuel's human toll, measuring India's poverty, good and bad on HIV/AIDS.
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Public spending at issue as G-20 meets
June 24, 2010TORONTO - The G-8/G-20 summit here this week could determine the future of global economic recovery, as the U.S. and Europe take opposing positions on spending and budget cuts.
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Obama may face union picket line in Toronto
June 22, 2010President Barack Obama and other international leaders arriving for their June 26-27 summit here may encounter something they didn't expect: a hotel workers' picket line.
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