Labour News December 2001 

News

• Edmonton teachers lead the way towards provincial job action
• Mazankowski's plan for health will hurt us all
• Nurses take first step towards joining federation
• A president, director injured in wintery auto accident
• Klein exaggerating economic woes, says AFL
• Labour and social partners plan Kananaskis protest
• Local CUPW experience anthrax fear
• Steelworkers win new contract at Luscar Coal
• Workers say No to WTO at CLC/AFL event
• Reckless corporate tax cuts threaten health and education

National News

• Union activists  will be targeted under anti-terrorism law, CLC warns
• B.C. slashes minimum wage for new workers
• Labour loses respected leader
• Fewer Canadians covered by pension plans
• One-third of Canadian kids have lived in poverty for at least a year

In Focus: What does the Future hold for Medicare?

• Medicare commissions provide platform to promote private health care
• Mazankowski & Kirby and conflict-of-interest
• U.K. researcher warns: Look before you leap on privatization bandwagon
• Defending Medicare is a global fight
• Tories distort facts about health spending
• Medicare Fact and Fiction
• Solutions for an Affordable Health System

Opinion

• Teachers deserve our support
• Unionized hotels and union pride