Overburdened

Overburdened

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Overburdened episodes

  • CPC Violence Policy; not for everyone

    `We discuss some of the recent abuses in the very unevenly managed and abused violence policy and its weaponization against the workers.  




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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    24 min
  • How to Unionize

    We know, most of you already have a union. I'm sure you know someone who doesn't and could desperately use one.


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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    32 min
  • Gig Workers

    The gig economy is growing quickly but improvements to working condition have not. Progress is being made very slowly against a huge pile of challenges for workers



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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    32 min
  • It's Constitutional! The right to Unionize.

    The Supreme Court has struck down several attempts by right wing governments to remove our hard fought rights. We discuss the history of some of these threats and how the right to unionize originally came to Canada. 


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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    30 min
  • Solidarity Forever

    If you've been to a larger union event you know the song, almost any English speaking union in fact, or left wing political party, labour group or protest.. Solidarity Forever has a long history and wide distribution throughout its hundreds of iterations. 



    Full version of the song:

    https://archive.org/details/SolidarityForever


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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    28 min
  • OCRE and PRE's

    As promised, an episode just for RSMCs!!! Everything an on call relief or PRE needs to know about which parts of the collective agreements apply.

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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    32 min
  • $10 a day childcare

    Can childcare workers be organized and what benefits would they gain from doing so?



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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    31 min
  • Terms, What you need to know

    Not all of the collective agreements apply to terms. We review article 44 which spells out what rights apply and what doesn't.



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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

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    54 min
  • Apps! Smartphone Tools to Help at Work

    From saving money to saving lives, a few apps we'd recommend you have installed.




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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

    1-866-565-4903

    22 min
  • April 28, Day of Mourning

    The Day of Mourning, a national day to mourn those lost or injured at work.

    List of scheduled Day of Mourning Events

    https://canadianlabour.ca/events/day-of-mourning-ceremonies-2020/




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    The Employee and Family Assistance Program

    1-866-565-4903

    22 min

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Issues and current events that affect members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers