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DO YOU HAVE A CHILD AND/OR SPOUSE ATTENDING A POST SECONDARY INSTITUTION IN Fall 2013?

Local 37 is taking applications for 5 chances at winning one of their bursaries. Valued at $500, it is open to full time students (either entering or returning) who are enrolling in a post secondary education program and are the dependant or spouse of a Local 37 member.

Selection will be by random draw at the June 6-7 Local 37 Executive Board meeting. Recipients can only receive a Local 37 bursary one time.

Application forms may be obtained by clicking here.

With Bill C-377 Canada joins Guatemala, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe as countries excessively policing union finances

Yesterday, Senator Pierrette Ringuette, the Liberal Senate Critic of Bill C-377 An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for labour organizations), spoke in opposition to the bill.

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Representing Canada on the IBEW International Executive Council

Jan 22, 2013

As you'll see in the following announcement, I've agreed to serve as the Canadian member on the IBEW International Executive Council (IEC) . This doesn't mean I'm changing jobs; I'll still be the Business Manager for Local 37. It just means I'll be attending meetings of the IEC about four times a year, along with some conference calls, etc. I'll still be going to the meetings and conferences that I'm already required to attend, except now I'll be at those meetings wearing two hats- Business Manager of IBEW Local 37, and IEC member for Canada... [Read more]

Unions in Canada under siege from government, business and media: McQuaig

Unions are really the only organized line of defence against the broad right-wing assault on social programs and government regulations.

By: Linda McQuaig Columnist, Published in the Toronto Star on Tue Feb 12 2013

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