Hamilton teachers union boss wonders if province’s goal is an educational environment or crowd control – Hamilton

Hamilton teachers union boss wonders if province’s goal is an educational environment or crowd control – Hamilton

in Mar 19, 2019

[ad_1] The union representative for Hamilton’s public high school teachers says larger class sizes will not mean better education for students. Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) Local 21 President Dan Staples predicts the provincial government’s decision to increase average class sizes from 22-to-28 will be “very problematic.” READ MORE: TDSB memo says increased class[…]

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State of the Union: Trump boasts economic boom, job creation, tax credits

State of the Union: Trump boasts economic boom, job creation, tax credits

in Feb 05, 2019

[ad_1] During Tuesday’s State of the Union, President Trump praised his administrations’ involvement in creating an economic boom. “We have created 5.3 million new jobs and importantly added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs,” he said. [ad_2] Source link

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Trump says he hopes Stacey Abrams will ‘do a good job’ in Democratic rebuttal of State of the Union

Trump says he hopes Stacey Abrams will ‘do a good job’ in Democratic rebuttal of State of the Union

in Jan 31, 2019

[ad_1] U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he hoped former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams would “do a good job” after she was chosen to deliver the Democratic rebuttal for the State of the Union next week, but added Brian Kemp beat her in the race with only his support over the multiple people[…]

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GM employees in Oshawa back on the job after second sit-in to protest plant closure

GM employees in Oshawa back on the job after second sit-in to protest plant closure

in Jan 09, 2019

[ad_1] OSHAWA, Ont. – Unionized workers at the General Motors assembly plant in Oshawa, Ont., staged a second work-stoppage after the company confirmed it would not reconsider plans to close the facility. Unifor said the protest Wednesday morning lasted close to two hours before it ended and followed about a five-hour sit-down at the plant[…]

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Oshawa assembly plant workers walk out after GM rejects union proposals to keep facility open

Oshawa assembly plant workers walk out after GM rejects union proposals to keep facility open

in Jan 08, 2019

[ad_1] Unionized workers at the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant have walked off the job, hours after the company reaffirmed its plans to shut down the facility by the end of the year. “The workers were so upset they couldn’t work. They couldn’t believe that General Motors had announced that all their hard work was[…]

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