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2010-Jun-19: Fighting back
successfully against the government/corporate attacks that we  BC workers
face in 2010 is the best way for us to honour the men and women who took
part in the Battle of Ballantyne Pier 75 years ago.
They could not ignore the Shipping Federation lockout, the use of
scabs, the abuses of the dispatch system, the need to re-establish a
strong union on the docks. They would
not side-step ruthless employers, government officials ranting about a
communist insurrection, phalanxes of cops and vigilantes who clubbed and
shot them after they marched to the pier, or the cowards who lobbed
tear-gas among women tending the wounded in makeshift infirmaries. |
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Canadian
labour has a lot to lose. A short history |
Ten Years is More than Enough! Need Fight-back vs. Attacks on Workers and Poor, Falling Taxes and Olympic Profiteering for Rich |
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All the while, Gordon Campbell’s Lie-berals and their corporate backers say a government shortage of money means they must brutally cut back the health, education, and social services working people depend on. They did it again in their March 2 provincial budget. They (and their media) dishonestly downplayed this most recent brutality by saying it was a hold-the-line budget, even some funding hikes for health and education—oh, and $320 million in cuts to various ministries. But the planned disappearance of 3,500-4,000 government jobs (more than eleven per cent) over the next three years means the services those workers provide will also disappear, causing more hardship and misery for people who need these services. And Corporate Campbell KNOWS the “hikes” for education and health will not be nearly enough to cover both existing cash shortfalls and increased costs due to inflation and other causes. So, in fact, the budget imposes further cutbacks and will mean more school closures, more layoffs, and more loss of health services. more
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| Prepare
the General Strike Committee returns
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| Don’t
Mourn, Organize! Gene McGuckin |
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07-May-04: A few short days ago tens of thousands of British Columbia
workers were ready to confront their employers and the government of their
employers by walking off the job in support of health care workers and in defense
of the future of this province. Make no mistake! Those non-HEU workers, union and non-union, who had been walking the lines at hospitals and other care facilities, those who had been honking their support at the defiance of Bill 37, knew what was at stake. Those in other unions—private sector as well as public sector—who hit the bricks as early as Friday, April 29, also knew the stakes. And they knew they weren’t going to get the call to action from their provincial trade union leaders. Rather, their actions forced the leaders to race out in front so as not to be too obviously left behind. more |
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