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Salvation Army goes on strike

Posted by Zoom! on January 6, 2012, at 5:21 pm |

Sixty unionized workers at the Salvation Army Booth Centre went on strike at 3:00 pm today.

The Booth Centre provides emergency shelter and food to homeless men in Ottawa.

PSAC Local 73100 members are demanding a wage increase which would bring them up to parity with their counterparts at the Shepherds of Good Hope and […]

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What have unions ever done for us?

Posted by zoom! on December 10, 2008, at 12:25 pm |

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Dr. Seuss to Mayor Larry: Mad not Sad

Posted by zoom! on December 9, 2008, at 6:40 pm |

The bus strike and the blizzard seem almost divinely synchronized for maximum impact on the city. I predict chaos and paralysis if this strike is not averted. It was bad enough trying to get home tonight, with just the blizzard.

Mayor Larry, on his blog, keeps saying things like “It would be sad if there were […]

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