NDP calling for better protections for telecom workers

OTTAWA – NDP MPs on Wednesday held a media event in Ottawa to call on the Liberal government to better support telecom workers across the country. NDP labour critic Alexandre Boulerice (MP for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie) and NDP deputy labour critic Matthew Green (MP for Hamilton Centre) stood with Donna Hokiro, president of United Steelworkers Local 1944, to call for better protections for jobs in Canada as, they said, big telecom companies continue to cut and offshore Canadian jobs. The NDP and USW urged the Liberal government to quickly implement the anti-scab legislation tabled by federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan on...