Source: dallasnews.com Mitchell Schnurman, a columnist for The Dallas Morning News, challenges the “conventional wisdom about unions and big business.” On the heels of CWA’s successful campaign to organize American Airlines’ passenger service agents, Schnurman looks at AT&T’s potential merger with Direct TV.(*) He writes:(*) Many believe that unions are a drag on business because they drive up costs, resist change and …

Source: newswire.ca MONTREAL, Sept. 26, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ – TransForce Inc. (TSX: TFI) (OTCQX: TFIFF), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced that, through its subsidiary Dynamex Canada Limited, it has acquired all the shares of Total Delivery Systems (“TDS”).   Headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, TDS operates a network of 18 locations across British Columbia. …

Martin O’Hanlon CWA Canada Director The biggest challenge I find in talking with people about economic, labour and social justice issues is that they get so blinded by ideology, prejudice and ignorance that they can’t focus on the main issue: what’s fair. When you strip away the labels, politics and prejudices and ask about core issues of fairness and justice, …