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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, May 02, 2004 ::
Angry B.C. unions threaten general strike CTV News
British Columbia is readying itself for a full-blown general strike. Tens of thousands of unionized workers plan to walk off the job on Monday in support of the province's striking health care workers.
B.C. unions threaten general strike NATIONAL POST
Mr. Campbell appeared on television to appeal for calm.
'I understand this is difficult for workers,' the Premier said, urging the union to sit down with lawyers and an arbitrator to negotiate how a 15% cut in union wages and benefits should be handled.
'If a worker in the HEU would give up one of their nine weeks vacation and decided to go to a 40-hour week, there would be no hit on their paycheque,' Premier Campbell said.
May Day rally attacks Campbell Calgary Sun
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Vancouver's downtown core on Saturday to mark May Day with a march in protest of the Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell.------------------------------------------- posted 6:25 AM :: reference link ::
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