Unions Rip ‘Nonsense’ Argument For Ending Pandemic Pay At Grocery Stores:

Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t gone away.

Representatives from Teamsters Canada, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada and Unifor point to the dozens of retail and warehouse workers who remain sickened with COVID-19 and a report Monday from CTV News in Windsor, Ont., that two workers had just tested positive in the border city.

Some of those previously sickened have returned to work. A few workers have died from the novel coronavirus disease.

Unions Rip ‘Nonsense’ Argument For Ending Pandemic Pay At Grocery Stores: Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t gone away.Representatives from Teamsters Canada, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada and Unifor point to the dozens of retail and warehouse workers who remain sickened with COVID-19 and a report Monday from CTV News in Windsor, Ont., that two workers had just tested positive in the border city.Some of those previously sickened have returned to work. A few workers have died from the novel coronavirus disease.Read More

B.C. eyes emissions trading to offset effects of LNG development, government documents show:

Negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which will establish the rules for trading emissions reduction credits internationally, were set to continue at the United Nations climate conference this November. The conference has been delayed until November 2021.

B.C. eyes emissions trading to offset effects of LNG development, government documents show: Negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which will establish the rules for trading emissions reduction credits internationally, were set to continue at the United Nations climate conference this November. The conference has been delayed until November 2021.Read More

Does Alberta Need More Coal Mines?:

This isn’t a thermal coal project for generating electricity. They’ll
be mining metallurgical coal used in the construction of steel.

People today are still haunted by the Hillcrest mine disaster that
happened in the Pass. It was the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian
history which resulted in 189 of 228 workers killed. It happened on
Friday June 19, 1914.

Tech Coal in British Columbia is having a huge problem with selenium contamination.
It’s getting into the waterways and being detected as far away as
Montana. It can cause growth impairment in fish, gill damage and even
death. Some of the fish found in Elk River Elk River had deformities.
The same environmental issues will have to be addressed at Grassy
Mountain too.  This mine will start on a previous site that was mined
many years ago.

Does Alberta Need More Coal Mines?: This isn’t a thermal coal project for generating electricity. They’ll
be mining metallurgical coal used in the construction of steel.People today are still haunted by the Hillcrest mine disaster that
happened in the Pass. It was the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian
history which resulted in 189 of 228 workers killed. It happened on
Friday June 19, 1914. Tech Coal in British Columbia is having a huge problem with selenium contamination.
It’s getting into the waterways and being detected as far away as
Montana. It can cause growth impairment in fish, gill damage and even
death. Some of the fish found in Elk River Elk River had deformities.
The same environmental issues will have to be addressed at Grassy
Mountain too.  This mine will start on a previous site that was mined
many years ago.Read More