UMass unions protest job cuts, furloughs
A replica asteroid is seen in front of the Mullins Center in Amherst. STAFF PHOTO/BERA DUNAU
A section of the car caravan protesting furloughs and hours reductions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. BERA DUNAU
A sign is seen on the hood of Clare Hammonds’ vehicle, a participant in the car caravan protesting furloughs and hours reductions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. STAFF PHOTO/BERA DUNAU
By BERA DUNAU and SCOTT MERZBACH
Staff Writers
AMHERST A multi-venue protest was organized by UMass Amherst Unions United last Friday against furloughs and hours reductions for college employees.
(CARLI BERRY / iNFOnews.ca) February 26, 2021 - 3:28 PM The union representing dispatchers and call takers at Kelowna Cabs is urging the public to boycott the cab service after it locked out its employees. MoveUP, the union representing the dispatchers, held a small rally beginning at the Kelowna Cabs headquarters in Kelowna today, Feb. 26, after talks between the taxi company and union broke down. Scott Wilcox, chief bargaining agent for MoveUP, said Kelowna Cabs has already breached the labour code as determined by the B.C. Labour Relations Board, and the company made no effort to enter into a collective agreement in the last year and a half with the union.
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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has warned that the Consolidated Miners and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (CMAWUZ) faces deregistration in the next three months for willful violations of the Labour Act and failure to comply with the constitutional requirements of the Union.
Labour Commissioner, Givens Muntengwa said he has since given CMAWUZ a three months’ notice in line with section 12 of the Industrial and Labour Relations Act to show cause why the union should not be deregistered.
Mr Mutengwa, explained in a press statement issued to ZANIS in Lusaka today, that the union has failed to hold a quadrennial conference and fill up vacant positions as espoused by the Union’s constitution despite several reminders from the Labour Commissioner’s office.