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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting August 31st 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End God!! I do not want to engage in the usual patter about returning to the salt mines and how terrible it all is to be back in harness after a … Continue reading
Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Board Meeting March 2nd 2011
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting – Milan Kundera There must have been a time in the human chronicle we could … Continue reading
Posted in Budget Campaign, Funding, Labour Unions, Provincial Government, School Closure
Tagged BCeSIS, classroom conditions, CUPE, poverty
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CLIFF comes to Cowichan
Free Admission Sunday, November 29, 2009 1 pm to 9 pm Vimy Community Hall 3968 Gibbins Rd Duncan BC, V9L 6G4 Dear Friends, This year marks the birth of a Canada-wide film festival dedicated to Workers and their … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural, Labour Unions, Public events
Tagged Canadian Labour International Film Festival, CLIFF
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Diary of a Mad Trustee Open Meeting October 7th 2009
Principiis Obsta…Finem Respice Resist the Beginning…Consider the End When I wanted to add an item for discussion to the board agenda I realised for trustees there is no place to go. We must wander aimlessly through … Continue reading
A Martyr to a Noble Cause
A few short weeks ago our neighbour Archie Greenwell passed away and there was considerable note given to his contributions towards advancing the conditions we have come to expect in our workplaces. He is the embodiment of trade unionism at … Continue reading
Posted in Chairman's Page, Labour Unions, Working Class
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Profits Before People
The eighty tellers, insurance agents, greeters and counter staff from the four unionised branches of the Island Savings Credit Union/Island Savings Insurance (ISCU) have been on the picket line since July 12th when their employers broke off negotiations. On July … Continue reading
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Telus Workers – Fighting for Justice and Democracy
Since their contract expired on December 31st 2000 the TWU, representing 13,700 Telus employees in BC and Alberta, have been subjected to a devious program by management meant to crush morale, subvert union support and transform the workplace. Telus has … Continue reading
2004 Year in Review
I would like to wish you all a happy new year and I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on past columns and the predictions they contained. So… below I have pulled out extracts from my columns that … Continue reading