http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress News concerning the labour council Copyright 2012 Tue, 08 May 2012 02:25:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2.1 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=233 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=233#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 02:25:15 +0000 Local http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=233 Over 80 people attended the launch of May Day activities on Tuesday, May 1 at Confederation Park in Peterborough. Various groups and individuals engaged in poetry, sing-alongs with the Raging Grannies and political talk -- mainly against the evils of the Harper government. Labour Council president Marion Burton ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=233 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=232 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=232#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 02:13:00 +0000 Local Provincial http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=232 The Day of Mourning ceremony was held outside Peterborough City Hall on Saturday, April 28 at 11 am, hosted by Labour Council president Marion Burton. In attendance were over 30 brothers and sisters from the labour movement and guests Gord Wilson, past president of the Ontario Federation of Labour ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=232 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=231 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=231#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:12:00 +0000 Local National http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=231 Roy Brady was the guest speaker at the January 24 Labour Council meeting. He spoke on the need to support the Occupy Movement and join in the democratic assemblies they hold in Peterborough. Their goal, according to Mr. Brady, is to highlight society’s division between the privileged 1% ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=231 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=230 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=230#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:18:35 +0000 Local Provincial http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=230 Members of the Occupational and Environmental Health Coalition of Peterborough met with Steve Mahoney, Chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) on Tuesday, January 24 in Peterborough. The meeting was facilitated by MPP Jeff Leal. Five members of the coalition made presentations with the main topic ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=230 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=229 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=229#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:39:37 +0000 Local National http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=229 The results of our December 20 mid-term elections were that two vacancies from our Executive Members at Large were filled by Paul Brown of CAW Local 1987 and Doug McDonald of CEP Local 685. They will complete the final year of outgoing executive members Bill Astell and Dave Nickle. Betty ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=229 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=228 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=228#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:39:06 +0000 General Local http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=228 The topic of labour’s solidarity with the peoples of Africa was discussed at the Labour Council meeting of December 20. Samantha Payne of OPSEU Local 345 spoke on her selection from OPSEU Region 3 to go to Malawi, Africa for three weeks in August to work with the Stephen Lewis ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=228 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=226 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=226#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:09:59 +0000 Local Provincial http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=226 The Peterborough and District Labour Council is donating $100 to ‘Operation Christmas Cheer’ in support of union members on strike/lockout throughout Ontario, which includes the Children’s Aid Society strikers from OPSEU Local 334. The council pledged to support the 130 workers from Local 334 in their fight for respect from ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=226 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=225 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=225#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:07:55 +0000 Provincial http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=225 The results of elections held at the Ontario Federation of Labour convention on Tuesday, November 22 were as follows: Sid Ryan, President, re-elected from CUPE (acclaimed); Nancy Hutchinson, Secretary-Treasurer, newly elected from USWA (acclaimed); and Irwin Nanda, Executive Vice-President, newly elected from CUPW (elected in vote by a wide margin). ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=225 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=227 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=227#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2011 13:22:07 +0000 Local National http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=227 The third annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival in Peterborough featured a larger venue and more than just films. Just under 50 people attended the festival on Saturday, November 12, this year held at the newly renovated Market Hall Performing Arts Theatre. in downtown Peterborough. Labour troubadour George Hewison ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=227 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=224 http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=224#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:50 +0000 Local Provincial http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/index.php?p=224 Around 50 people attended the annual Health and Safety Activists’ Dinner on Thursday, November 10, at the CAW Local 222 Hall in Oshawa. Volunteer recognition awards were presented to four union sisters from the Durham, Lindsay, Peterborough and Northumberland labour councils. Our labour council nominee, Carol Fisher of CEP Local ... http://www.ptbolabour.ca/wordpress/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=224