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The Canadian Union of Postal Workers ( CUPW; French: Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes [STTP]) is a public-sector trade union representing postal workers including letter carriers, rural and suburban mail carriers, [ 1] postal clerks, mail handlers and dispatchers, technicians, mechanics and electricians employed at Canada ...
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Robert Koehler in 1886. The following is a list of specific strikes (workers refusing to work, seeking to change their conditions in a particular industry or an individual workplace, or striking in solidarity with those in another particular workplace) and general strikes (widespread refusal of workers to work in an organized ...
Canada Post (French: Postes Canada) is the Federal Identity Program name. The legal name is Canada Post Corporation in English and Société canadienne des postes in French. During the late 1980s and much of the 1990s, the short forms used in the corporation's logo were "Mail" (English) and "Poste" (French), rendered as "Poste Mail" in Québec ...
The 2011 Oakland general strike was a demonstration held in Oakland, California on November 2, 2011 as part of the larger Occupy Oakland movement. Demonstration [ edit ] Thousands of protesters gathered at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza to participate in rallies, marches, and teach-ins designed to empower citizens and to draw attention to what they ...
In 1937, there was a pressing demand for 1¢, 10¢, and 25¢ coins, but, as the Royal Canadian Mint was waiting for new tools and matrices to arrive from the Royal Mint, the decision was made to strike coins dated 1936, but a dot would be added in the area near the date to indicate that the coins were struck in 1937.
Thousands of scientists who work for California began a rolling three-day strike Wednesday — the first walkout by a state civil service union. Members of the California Association of ...
Scientists in California state government plan to walk off the job next week in what would be California’s first-ever civil servant strike. After three years of fruitless bargaining, followed by ...
The 41st Parliament convenes. June 3 – Senate Page Brigette DePape interrupts the Speech from the Throne, with her silent protest. June 6 – 120th anniversary of the death of John Alexander Macdonald. June 11 – Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as premier of Yukon, following the Yukon Party leadership election. June 15.