When you attend a general meeting, you will notice the rules of order we use to move the meeting forward. We have an agenda to follow and there are set rules for how and when that agenda may be modified. These can be found in our Bylaws, and are pretty standard as meetings go. As you attend more meetings, you…
Read moreHREI started the year very productively – on January 17 we sponsored a protocol gathering which saw close to 30 people participate and enjoy food, information and mingling for the one hour noon event. Deb George, the Cultural Protocol Liaison from the First Peoples House spoke to us about the traditional history of the land the protocol of the Lekwungen…
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Here are a couple of timely documents from Brother and VP Kirk Mercer on the Skilled Trades Working Group (STWG) Doc Files – nov-2016-stwg-report + skilled-trades-working-group-report-vidc PDFS – nov-2016-stwg-report + skilled-trades-working-group-report-vidc
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In June, Canada’s federal and provincial finance ministers reached a historic agreement to expand the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). With pension plans under attack and private savings not delivering for most workers, this news is much needed and long overdue. Canadians are facing a real retirement crisis and CPP expansion is a step in the right direction. Changes to the CPP do not come easy.…
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After declining for many years, support for unions has rebounded since the financial crisis. A growing number of Canadians also say they’d like to join a union. These are some of the reasons why: 1. Higher wages. On average unionized workers are paid $5.40 an hour or 23 per cent more than those who aren’t members of a union. The union advantage…
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The Council of Canadians organized a rally outside the Law Courts, which featured health care practitioners and researchers, as well as leaders from trade unions and civil society.”As Brian Day, who is known to many as ‘Dr. Profit’, attempts to land the knock-out punch to medicare, we were on hand to raise awareness and let court know we won’t stand by…
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