2 Solidarity Actions in Seconds

On Canada Day we sent you an appeal from two unions whose members were walking picket lines over the holiday.  Despite it being a stat holiday and the start of the summer vacation season, hundreds of you responded.

Thanks.  Not just from LabourStart but from those workers.

But while two appeals is about all that can comfortably fit in one e-mail, there are many more struggles out there and today we’ve got a couple more that demand your attention.

Late last week you probably saw the news about the flight cancellations at Pearson Airport in Toronto.  IAM members who refuel aircraft there and at Montreal’s airport are facing a stark and painful choice: lose their jobs or take huge cuts to their wages and benefits.

They’re trying to forge a third alternative: maintaining their good jobs.

Their union is running a solidarity action on LabourStart.  In a few seconds you can lend them your support.  Just head HERE.  Or HERE if you prefer to send in French (feel free to express your solidarity in both official languages!).

The issue in the strike at Halifax’s water and waste water system is just as clear-cut: the employer wants to roll back the workers’ pensions by upwards of 30%.  Facing poverty in retirement if they cave, the members of CUPE 227 and 1431 have been out for over a month now.
CUPE is asking us all to send protest messages to the Halifax Councillors who sit on the Water Board.

Again, all it takes is a few seconds.  Start by clicking HERE.

Thanks.  Have a great summer.