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	<title>AFI International Blog - Covering Work Stoppages, Labour Disputes, and Strike Security &#187; Canadian Union of Public Employees</title>
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		<title>Air Canada alleges union negotiated in bad faith</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/10/13/air-canada-alleges-union-negotiated-in-bad-faith/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CTVNews.ca Staff Air Canada is seeking financial compensation from the union representing its 6,800 flight attendants, amid an allegation that union brass have been negotiating in bad faith. The airline said Thursday afternoon that the Canadian Union of Public Employees hasn&#8217;t done enough to ensure that a new contract is ratified by union members, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Canada flight attendants serve strike notice</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/09/16/air-canada-flight-attendants-serve-strike-notice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking towards Air Canada&#8217;s second strike this year and potentially the big carrier&#8217;s most costly labour dispute in 13 years. Negotiators for the airline and the union representing flight attendants have been meeting since Sept. 1 trying to hammer out a second contract that can win member approval. &#160; Flight attendants overwhelmingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Canada flight attendants asking for conciliation: “Need to find some common ground”</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/06/06/air-canada-flight-attendants-asking-for-conciliation-%e2%80%9cneed-to-find-some-common-ground%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Canada flight attendants are asking for a federal conciliator to assist in negotiations with the airline. The Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, on behalf of its over 6,800 flight attendant members at the airline, filed its request with the Federal Mediations and Conciliation Services after reaching an impasse on several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>14 days to reach an accord &#8211; 3,200 city workers could hit the bricks</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/06/04/city-contract-talks-continue-as-strike-lockout-deadline-looms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city and its largest union have exactly two weeks to reach a deal before the strike or lockout deadline. Representatives from the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 5167 will be in a legal strike position as of Saturday, June 18. On that date, the city will also be able to legally lock out CUPE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City, biggest union going back to table in bid to avert strike</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/02/18/city-biggest-union-going-back-to-table-in-bid-to-avert-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Winnipeg and its largest union both say they hope to return to the bargaining table in an effort to settle a contract dispute that&#8217;s nontheless headed toward a strike vote today. Approximately 4,660 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 500 are eligible to take part in today&#8217;s vote, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Steel workers boosted by picket line visit</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2011/01/04/u-s-steel-workers-boosted-by-picket-line-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The national and Ontario presidents of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, who visited the picket line Tuesday to express support for the worker’s pension fight, brought a generous cheque for the strike fund as well as their encouraging words. Read More&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Peel nurses want better deal</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2010/12/20/peel-nurses-want-better-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 966, representing nearly 300 public health nurses in Peel, met last Thursday with a conciliator in a bid to “reach a fair agreement before Christmas.” “This employer has given salary increases to management and non-union staff in 2010 and we are not going to be left out,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City in thick of labour talks</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2010/12/11/city-in-thick-of-labour-talks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CORNWALL &#8212; Labour negotiations are ratcheting up between the city and several unions representing municipal employees. Paramedics representative Elliot Montfort said his local has asked for a conciliator after meeting four times with the city&#8217;s bargainers, headed by human resources manager Robert Menagh. &#8220;On the fourth day there was no movement and the union decided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Info Pickets Today at Carleton</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2010/11/15/info-pickets-today-at-carleton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The clock is ticking towards a possible strike or lockout at Carleton University. Talks will resume today between Carleton and the union representing 800 professionals, office and technical employees. The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2424 will be in a legal strike position on Thursday if a deal is not reached. Carleton says CUPE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Town employees to picket outside town hall Wednesday</title>
		<link>http://afi-international.com/bulletin/2010/11/04/town-employees-to-picket-outside-town-hall-wednesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Town of Richmond Hill&#8217;s outside workers and other members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 905 came together for an &#8220;information picket&#8221; outside town hall Wednesday afternoon. The picket came on the heels of those same town employees voting unanimously in favour of a strike, should their demands not be met [...]]]></description>
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