Canada

The Keystone Pipeline: can labor and environmentalists work together?

August 31, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Building Trades unions are backing - and transit unions opposing - the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline, from the tar sands of the Canadian province of Alberta to the oil refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

For Air Canada workers, tentative pact in tough conditions

August 12, 2011 By Cory Collins

Air Canada is the world's ninth largest passenger airline and was an independent government-owned enterprise until its privatization in the 1980s.

50,000 Canadian postal workers locked out

June 17, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

The company cited $100 million in losses the strike has caused and the union's refusal to cooperate in dealing with declining mail volumes.

Canadian election brings historic shifts

May 4, 2011 By C.J. Atkins

Canada's historic federal election shifted the political dynamics of the country and set a new stage of struggle.

Workers target bank backing Gov. Walker

March 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.