http://www.newswire.ca Press releases distributed via CNW Group. en-CA Tue, 9 Feb 2010 16:01:16 EST 15 http://www.newswire.ca/images/newswire/en/CNWLogo.gif http://www.newswire.ca http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/09/c8153.html LONDON, ON, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is warning that London-area cancer patients will face longer wait times as London Health Sciences Centre cuts five of its 22 full-time and four of its part-time front-line primary care nurses providing outpatient cancer program Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:55:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/09/c8105.html PARRY SOUND, ON, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - Facing a four-year wage freeze, Parry Sound Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) home care personal support workers have drawn a line in the sand when it comes to rollbacks of their paid travel time. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/09/c8018.html TORONTO, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - The leader of Toronto's 10,000-member transit union said today his organization wants to meet face-to-face with TTC customers in a series of "town hall meetings" to hear their complaints and suggestions and promote mutual understanding. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:15:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7830.html OTTAWA, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - Following court approval of the final Canadian Funding Agreement, the Legal Steering Committee of the Canadian Nortel Employees on Long Term Disability (CNELTD) announces that the Court-Appointed Representative for Nortel's disabled employees, Susan Kennedy, along with the Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:14:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7794.html OTTAWA, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - The United Steelworkers (USW) and the Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) have signed a Strategic Alliance to work together on issues of common interest in Canada and globally. The agreement was signed today in Ottawa by George Doubt, TWU National Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:41:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7788.html TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 will be conducting a media conference chaired by Bob Kinnear, President/Business Agent. The subject of the media conference will be labour and customer relations at the Toronto Transit Commission. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:27:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7770.html HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, NL, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - Striking workers at Vale Inco's Voisey's Bay nickel mine are every bit as resolved as they were when the strike began last Aug. 1, union meetings in several Newfoundland-Labrador communities confirm. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:03:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7672.html TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - The closure of Xstrata's Kidd Mine metallurgical site in Timmins, Ontario could cause the loss of up to 4,428 jobs and $152 million in annual taxes. This is according to a new study commissioned by the Timmins Economic Mon, 8 Feb 2010 11:20:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7393.html MONTREAL, Feb. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Two experienced and successful professionals in the executive search industry have joined forces to form their own firm. Patrice Borreman and Dominique Décarie are pleased to announce the creation of Décarie Borreman which opens for business in Mon, 8 Feb 2010 08:30:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/08/c7526.html TORONTO, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - The Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is calling on the Canadian federal and provincial governments to thoroughly investigate international mining giant Xstrata, including the reason for closing its Timmins Kidd metallurgical site. This call comes hours before Xstrata Mon, 8 Feb 2010 01:30:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7427.html TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - The United Steelworkers union (USW) welcomes the initiative announced today to exempt Canadian products from Buy American requirements. "Canada and the U.S. have a strong economic and trade relationship. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 17:15:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7340.html Public programs are already stretched to the limit - don't make more cuts EDMONTON, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - Representatives of Join Together Alberta today related stories of how the services Albertans desperately need are already Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:50:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7334.html TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - Despite running a surplus, Rouge Valley Health System has given notice of layoff this week, claiming the cuts are part of their third-year deficit elimination plan. Only last month Rouge Valley CEO Rik Ganderton told the Central East LHIN Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:21:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7332.html TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - As federal parliament remains suspended, the Harper government has snuck through a "Buy America" exemption deal with the United States that will do more harm than good for Canadian workers and businesses in the long term, said CAW President Ken Lewenza. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 14:14:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7292.html "Clearly, it is in the best interests of Vale Inco, the United Steelworkers and our community ... to resume good-faith negotiations," Mayor says Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c7159.html TORONTO, Feb. 5 /CNW/ - "The growth in part-time work is absolutely no cause for celebration," says CAW President Ken Lewenza, in response to today's unemployment numbers released by Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:01:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/05/c6840.html TORONTO, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - United Steelworkers (USW) union economist Erin Weir will be available for comment on the Labour Force Survey at 7 am tomorrow, February 5, 2010. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:00:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/04/c7000.html Citizens attending town halls implore government not to "make a bad situation worse" EDMONTON, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - The public services Albertans desperately need Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:45:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/04/c6828.html TORONTO, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - United Steelworkers (USW) union economist Erin Weir will be available for comment on the Labour Force Survey at 7 am tomorrow, February 5, 2010. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:31:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/04/c6826.html TORONTO, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - A TTC bus operator has been suspended pending an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a video purportedly recording the operator taking a seven-minute washroom break and buying a coffee at a doughnut shop at 3:00 a.m. last Friday. Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:27:00 EST http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2010/04/c6486.html TORONTO, Feb. 4 /CNW/ - The deadline to enter the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario's (RNAO) annual Awards for Excellence in Health-Care Reporting is Friday, Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. Reporters, editors and producers are encouraged to submit their best Thu, 4 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST