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It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Daveberta Smears NDP
Daveberta the liberal blogger thinks he has found a scandal in the NDP calling for an end to corporate and union donations to political parties in Alberta. He reports in high dudgeon on his website that the NDP raised $100,000 from unions during the election campaign of 2004.
However the majority of funds raised during the campaign, as is usual with the NDP, came from individuals for a total of $180,529.35 slightly less than twice as much as raised from union contributions.
Something he fails to mention. Now why might that be?
Because unlike his former employer the Liberal Party of Alberta, the NDP gets the majority of its donations from individuals. And of course unlike the Liberals none from the big corporations in Alberta. So he has to pretend that union funding of the NDP is somehow scandalous.
2005
POLITICAL PARTY
CAMPAIGN RETURN
ALBERTA NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY
SUMMARY OF CAMPAIGN PERIOD REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE PERIOD October 25, 2004 - January 24, 2005
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. | EDMONTON | $7,000.00 | Cash |
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS | |||||
ALBERTA & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS | EDMONTON | $2,400.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $3,400.00 | ||||
AREA CNCL PAC STEELWORKERS TORONTO | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $500.00 | Cash | ||
AREA COUNCIL C E P | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
C A W CANADA | $8,000.00 | Cash | |||
C E C U | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
C E P NATIONAL | EDMONTON | $4,000.00 | Cash | ||
C E P NATIONAL | EDMONTON | $7,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $11,000.00 | ||||
C L C | EDMONTON | $10,000.00 | Cash | ||
C M P L | $5,000.00 | Cash | |||
C S U | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
C U P E | EDMONTON | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN COUNCIL A T U | $2,500.00 | Cash | |||
DISTRICT # 3 U S W A | BURNABY - B.C. | $500.00 | Cash | ||
EDMONTON FIRE FIGHTERS UNION | EDMONTON | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
EDMONTON FIRE FIGHTERS UNION | EDMONTON | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $4,000.00 | ||||
EDMONTON LABOUR COUNCIL | EDMONTON | $750.00 | Cash | ||
IRONWORKERS LOCAL 720 | EDMONTON | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 1118 U F C W | RED DEER | $500.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 183 U N A | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 1900 C E P | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 569 ATU | EDMONTON | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 6034 U S W A | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL 855 C E P | HINTON | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
U T U | EDMONTON | $1,500.00 | Cash | ||
UNITED ASSOC OF PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS - LOCAL 488 | EDMONTON | $14,000.00 | Cash | ||
UNITED NURSES OF ALBERTA | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA PAC | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $500.00 | Cash | ||
WORKERS UNION TELECOMMUNICATIONS | EDMONTON | $10,000.00 | Cash | ||
WORKERS UNION TELECOMMUNICATIONS | EDMONTON | $50.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $10,050.00 | ||||
YELLOWHEAD LABOUR COUNCIL | HINTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS | |||||
MEDICINE HAT LABOUR COUNCIL | MEDICINE HAT | $1,500.00 | Cash |
But what daveberta does not he tell us is how much corporations donated to his former employer the Liberal Party of Alberta during the election campaign. Count all the oil companies. Which you will not find donating to the NDP. Which of course is the whole point ain't it Dave.And note the corporate donations to the Liberals far exceed the union donations to the NDP for the same election campaign.
2005
POLITICAL PARTY
CAMPAIGN RETURN
ALBERTA LIBERAL PARTY
SUMMARY OF CAMPAIGN PERIOD REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE PERIOD October 25, 2004 - January 24, 2005
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS | |||||
ALBERTA VIEWS | CALGARY | $15,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALL WEATHER WINDOWS LTD | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
AMEC INC | OAKVILLE - ONTARIO | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
ATCO GROUP | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
BELL WEST | CALGARY | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
BREWSTER TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS | BANFF | $500.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN NATIONAL | MONTREAL - QUEBEC | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
CIBC | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
COHOS EVAMY | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
DAVID B. ROSS PROF CORP | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
DAVIS & COMPANY | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
DON WHEATON LTD | EDMONTON | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
DOW CHEMICAL CANADA INC | SARNIA - ONTARIO | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
EDCO FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC | EDMONTON | $6,000.00 | Cash | ||
ENCANA CORPORATION | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
ESPRIT EXPLORATION LTD | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
FIELD MANAGEMENT SERVICES | EDMONTON | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD | ST. ALBERT | $883.00 | Valued | ||
HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LTD | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP | CALGARY | $750.00 | Cash | ||
KATARINA O. STERLIND | VANCOUVER - B.C. | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
LAFARGE CANADA INC. | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
LOVINK MEDIA INC | CALGARY | $3,300.00 | Valued | ||
MADACALO INVESTMENTS LTD | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
MANCAL PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT INC | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
MANCAL PROPERTY VENTURES INC | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
MCDANIEL COMPANY INC. | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
MCNALLY CUMING RAYMAKER | CALGARY | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
NEXEN INC | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
NOVA CHEMICALS CORPORATION | CALGARY | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
OCTAGON CAPITAL CORPORATION | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
P.J. PERRY | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Valued | ||
PETROVERA RESOURCES | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
PHS HOLDINGS | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
PRECISION DRILLING CORPORATION | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS LTD | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $10,000.00 | ||||
READ JONES CHRISTOFFERSEN LTD | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
REIMER LAW OFFICE | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
ROCKWELL SERVICING PARTNERSHIP | CALGARY | $2,500.00 | Cash | ||
SCOTIABANK | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $4,000.00 | Cash | ||
SUNCOR ENERGY INC | CALGARY | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
TD SECURITIES INC | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
TORONTO DOMINION BANK | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $1,600.00 | Cash | ||
TRANSALTA UTILITIES CORPORATION | CALGARY | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
TRANSCANADA PIPE LINES | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
WESTERN FINANCIAL GROUP INC | HIGH RIVER | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY LIMITED | VANCOUVER - B.C. | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
WILL CALL OILFIELD SERVICES LTD | SPRUCE GROVE | $500.00 | Cash |
Total: 99 Receipts | $206,496.74 |
Total Campaign Period Revenue $241,438.34 |
Corporate donations to the Liberals were twice as much as union donations to the NDP for the election campaign in 2004! Something dave forgot to mention.
During that campaign individual donations to the Alberta Liberals totaled $34,941.6 Ouch. Not even close to the individual donations the NDP raised, and this is the real reason for daveberta's faux outrage.
His party and former employer, relies heavily on corporate funding for their election campaigns. Unlike the NDP. And so his attempt to do a bit of political slight of hand, look over there NDP gets union donations. The reality is that if the NDP policy of no corporate or union donations was the law, it would hurt the Liberals more than the NDP. And it is a policy the NDP has adopted as provincial governments across Canada.
Daveberta was outraged that Ray Martin wrote a letter last fall soliciting funding from unions for this pending election campaign. However what he does not tell his readers is that the Liberals on an annual basis raise more funds from unions than the NDP does.
Here is the 2004 corporate donations the Liberals received, during their regular operational year. And lo and behold you will find unions donating to them. Including the Building Trades Council Inc. who donated more to the Liberals than they did to the NDP. And AUPE the provincial government union which did not donate at all to the NDP. And even personal donations from the Alberta Teachers Association president Frank Bruseker who was once a Liberal MLA.
BRUSEKER, FRANK | AIRDRIE | $500.00 | Cash | ||
BRUSEKER, FRANK | AIRDRIE | $100.00 | Cash | ||
BRUSEKER, FRANK | AIRDRIE | $20.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $620.00 |
Total donations from unions to the Liberals for the operating year 2004 was $47,675, while total union donations to the NDP was $14,000. So sorry no the NDP are not being hypocrites, they are calling for legislation that daveberta and his Liberal pals fear because it would limit their corporate fund raising including from their pals in the union movement. If any party benefits from union donations more than the NDP it's the Liberals. Because they lack the NDP's financial support which is based on individual contributions.
Mind you the NDP benefits from more unions donating to it, while the Liberals rely on their pals in the Building Trades, ATA, and AUPE to support them. These are unions and associations aligned politically to the Liberals as their donations show.
2004
POLITICAL PARTY
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ALBERTA LIBERAL PARTY
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS | |||||
AINSWORTH LUMBER CO LTD | GRANDE PRAIRIE | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA BLUE CROSS | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. | EDMONTON | $12,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $14,200.00 | ||||
ALBERTA FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOC INC | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA MOTOR ASSOCIATION | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA ROADBUILDERS & HEAVY CONST. | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA VIEWS | CALGARY | $15,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALLIANCE PIPELINE LIMITED | CALGARY | $875.00 | Cash | ||
ALTAGAS SERVICES INC | CALGARY | $525.00 | Cash | ||
AON REED STENHOUSE INC | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
APEGGA | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ARTTEC ADVERTISING INC | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ASSOCIATED ENGINEERING ALBERTA LTD | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
BOMBAY PALACE RESTAURANT | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
BREWSTER TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS | BANFF | $500.00 | Cash | ||
BURLINGTON RESOURCES CANADA LTD | CALGARY | $1,200.00 | Cash | ||
CANACCORD CAPITAL CORPORATION | VANCOUVER - B.C. | $1,750.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OILWELL DRI | CALGARY | $1,100.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN ENERGY PIPELINE ASSOCIATION | CALGARY | $875.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD | CALGARY | $1,100.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
CANADIAN SALT COMPANY LIMITED | POINTE CLAIRE - QUEBEC | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
CAPITAL PACKERS INC | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
CAPITAL PACKERS INC | EDMONTON | $100.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $600.00 | ||||
CARLYLE & ASSOCIATES | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
CARMA DEVELOPERS LTD. | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
CARMA DEVELOPERS LTD. | CALGARY | $200.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $750.00 | ||||
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS | EDMONTON | $275.00 | Cash | ||
COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS | EDMONTON | $525.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $800.00 | ||||
CORIL HOLDINGS LTD | CALGARY | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
DOUGLAS A. LYNASS PROF CORP | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
DOUGLAS A. LYNASS PROF CORP | EDMONTON | $350.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $900.00 | ||||
DRAGICH DESIGN | EDMONTON | $850.00 | Valued | ||
DYNACARE KASPER MEDICAL LABORATORIES | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
ENBRIDGE PIPELINES INC | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $3,200.00 | ||||
ENER-WEST PROJECTS LTD | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
FIELD ATKINSON PERRATON MANAGEMENT | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
FIRSTENERGY CAPITAL CORP | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
FWD STEP RESOURCES | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
FWD STEP RESOURCES | CALGARY | $25.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $525.00 | ||||
GENERAL ELECTRIC CANADA INC | MISSISSAUGA - ONTARIO | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
GRAHAM GROUP LTD | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
HAMILTON HALL SOYES/RAY & BERNDTSON INC | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
HEMISPHERE ENGINEERING INC. | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD | ST. ALBERT | $836.74 | Cash | ||
HOLE'S GREENHOUSES AND GARDENS LTD | ST. ALBERT | $50.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $886.74 | ||||
HUSKY OIL OPERATIONS LTD | CALGARY | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED | CALGARY | $3,500.00 | Cash | ||
IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCES LTD | CALGARY | $3,500.00 | Cash | ||
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
INLAND LEHIGH CEMENT LIMITED | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $3,700.00 | ||||
J.E. (BUD) MILLER CONSULTING LTD | KITSCOTY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP | CALGARY | $275.00 | Cash | ||
JAMES A. BUTLIN PROFESSIONAL CORP | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $775.00 | ||||
K P ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
K P M G | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
LOCAL #8 SHEETMETAL BENEVOLENT FUN | EDMONTON | $750.00 | Cash | ||
LUSCAR LTD | EDMONTON | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
LUTHRA LAW OFFICE | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
MANSELL PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTING SE | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
MCDANIEL & ASSOCIATES CONSULTANTS LTD | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
MCNALLY VALUATIONS INC | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
MCNALLY VALUATIONS INC | EDMONTON | $350.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $900.00 | ||||
NEXEN INC | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
NEXEN INC | CALGARY | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
NEXEN INC | CALGARY | $12,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $14,750.00 | ||||
NICHOLAS PERELES PROF CORP | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
NICHOLAS PERELES PROF CORP | CALGARY | $350.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $1,350.00 | ||||
NORTHLANDS PARK | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
PARKER FORD & MACKAY SPECIALTY OPT | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT | CALGARY | $275.00 | Cash | ||
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT | CALGARY | $250.00 | Cash | ||
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT | CALGARY | $250.00 | Cash | ||
PAUL ZIFF & CO NATURAL GAS CONSULT | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $1,275.00 | ||||
PCL CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC | EDMONTON | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
PETERS & CO. LIMITED | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
PIPELLA AND COMPANY BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
PIPELLA AND COMPANY BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS | CALGARY | $350.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $900.00 | ||||
QUALICO DEVELOPMENTS WEST LTD | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | EDMONTON | $1,100.00 | Cash | ||
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | EDMONTON | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $3,100.00 | ||||
SCHUMACHER & ASSOCIATES | WETASKIWIN | $825.00 | Cash | ||
SCOTIABANK | TORONTO - ONTARIO | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
SECURITY LIFE AND INVESTMENT | CALGARY | $400.00 | Cash | ||
SHAW COMMUNICATIONS INC | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
SHELLY'S ENTERPRISE LTD | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
SUNCOR ENERGY INC | CALGARY | $6,500.00 | Cash | ||
T. BOWEN & A. ROBERTS PROF CORP | CALGARY | $275.00 | Cash | ||
T. BOWEN & A. ROBERTS PROF CORP | CALGARY | $175.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $450.00 | ||||
TALISMAN ENERGY INC | CALGARY | $550.00 | Cash | ||
TALISMAN ENERGY INC | CALGARY | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
TALISMAN ENERGY INC | CALGARY | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $6,550.00 | ||||
TAURUS INVESTMENTS LTD | EDMONTON | $825.00 | Cash | ||
TAURUS INVESTMENTS LTD | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $1,825.00 | ||||
TECHNA-WEST ENGINEERING LTD | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
TELUS | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
TELUS | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
TELUS | EDMONTON | $700.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $5,100.00 | ||||
TERASEN PIPELINES INC | CALGARY | $1,225.00 | Cash | ||
THE COHOS EVAMY | CALGARY | $275.00 | Cash | ||
THE COHOS EVAMY | CALGARY | $275.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $550.00 | ||||
THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK | EDMONTON | $2,200.00 | Cash | ||
THURBER ENGINEERING LTD | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
TRARION RESOURCES LTD | STONY PLAIN | $500.00 | Cash | ||
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC | EDMONTON | $1,100.00 | Cash | ||
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC | EDMONTON | $50.00 | Cash | ||
VINTERRA PROPERTIES INC | EDMONTON | $750.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $1,900.00 | ||||
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY LTD | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
WILL CALL OILFIELD SERVICES LTD | SPRUCE GROVE | $550.00 | Cash | ||
WILLIAM E. SEVICK PROFESSIONAL CORP | EDMONTON | $550.00 | Cash | ||
WILLIAM E. SEVICK PROFESSIONAL CORP | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $1,050.00 | ||||
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS | |||||
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS | EDMONTON | $275.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERT & NWT REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $2,275.00 | ||||
AUPE LOCAL 50 | EDMONTON | $2,000.00 | Cash | ||
AUPE LOCAL 9 | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
AUPE LOCAL 9 | EDMONTON | $200.00 | Cash | ||
AUPE LOCAL 9 | EDMONTON | $10,500.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $11,200.00 | ||||
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS IRON SHIP BUILERS | EDMONTON | $15,000.00 | Cash | ||
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMST | CALGARY | $500.00 | Cash | ||
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING EN | EDMONTON | $3,000.00 | Cash | ||
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING EN | EDMONTON | $750.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $3,750.00 |
2004
POLITICAL PARTY
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
ALBERTA NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CORPORATIONS | |||||
629075 ALBERTA LTD | EDMONTON | $400.00 | Cash | ||
ALBERTA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL INC. | EDMONTON | $4,000.00 | Cash | ||
ALL WRIGHT INFOTECH | EDMONTON | $600.00 | Valued | ||
LYLE S R KANEE PROF CORP | EDMONTON | $420.00 | Cash | ||
P GILL CNC INDUSTRIES LTD | EDMONTON | $500.00 | Cash | ||
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM TRADE UNIONS | |||||
AREA COUNCIL C E P | EDMONTON | $4,000.00 | Cash | ||
C E P NATIONAL | EDMONTON | $1,000.00 | Cash | ||
C E P NATIONAL | EDMONTON | $5,000.00 | Cash | ||
C E P NATIONAL | EDMONTON | $4,000.00 | Cash | ||
Subtotal: | $10,000.00 |
So nice try dave, guess all those blogging awards and the ensuing publicity you get now as a political blogger have gone to your head. Next time you try a drive by smear full of righteous indignation get your facts straight. And before making allegations about union influence over political parties look in your own back yard.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
How Do You Spell Sell Out?
CAW shelves right to strike
In Alberta workers are fighting to change our regressive labour laws to allow the right to strike which was recognized this summer by the Supreme Court. In Ontario workers are being sold out by once progressive talking union leader Buzz Hargrove. All so he can increase his declining membership and assure his pork choppers their salaries. It is sending a chill through out the Canadian labour movement.
Hey maybe Buzz would like to move to Alberta, since the bosses here would love this kind of agreement. In fact thats why CLAC is so popular with employers out here. So what's the difference between CAW and the employee management consultants from CLAC....nothing.
Hargrove recognizes the need for his business union to adapt to modern business practices, mergers and acquisitions to expand the base of capital (union dues). This began when CAW raided SEIU for its members, claiming it was doing it in the name of democratic social unionism. Which got CAW temporarily removed from the CLC. AUPE in Alberta followed CAW's lead and left the AFL and CLC declaring itself an indepedent union, with support from Buzz.If workers vote in favour of the CAW and the contract at their plant, any subsequent collective bargaining disputes would be resolved through binding arbitration rather than a walkout by the union or a lockout by the company.
The fundamental right to withdraw labour is a provision that unions have protected vigorously for decades as its only ultimate power against management.
But the CAW's decision to give up the right to strike triggered criticism from other labour leaders.
"It's a pretty drastic measure and ultimately is not good for workers because they no longer have the right to withdraw their labour," said Wayne Samuelson, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour.
"It's pretty fundamental to the labour movement and collective bargaining. This is not good, especially if it's exchanged for voluntary recognition of the union. It certainly sets a precedent that working people need to be concerned about."
"Hargrove is creating CAW-employer associations," added Wayne Fraser, Ontario-Atlantic director of the United Steelworkers. "What's to stop other employers, especially Magna competitors, from rightfully asking the CAW for the same no-strike right."
Hargrove said it wouldn't be possible for other auto-parts companies with a union to demand the same provision. However, a non-union employer could get a similar arrangement, he said. "Invite us in."
Neither of these moves were not about democracy or workers rights, since both unions have hired staff and their own management structures. Rather it was about money. In the CAW's case busting a rival union and gaining its members, in AUPE's case retaining affiliation fees they could use themselves.
Now Buzz has gone even further with the potential of 20,000 dues paying workers with a forced dues check off, the Rand Formula, and no right to strike, he will be able to use those funds to balance the books as more attrition hits the auto sector and more of his members retire.
It's a cynical and shallow motive but one that should be expected by business unions that no longer see their purpose as overthrowing capitalism but as getting their members the best deal they can under capitalism.
Once upon a time unions like CAW and others called themselves Social Unions
somehow different from their American International business union counterparts. They were about fighting globalization and neo-liberalism. Buzz has repeatedly claimed he is left wing. Yep the left wing of capitalism.
Today the CAW as I predicted, is all about adapting to globalization and neo-liberalism in order to give Canadian corporations a fighting chance in the world market.
Oct 19, 2007 | Sam Gindin | The CAW and Magna: Disorganizing the Working Class | |
Through the 1980s and 1990s, as the attacks on past working class gains intensified, the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) was widely recognized – not just in North America but abroad – as standing at the forefront of working class resistance. With the Magna-CAW Agreement signed on October 15, 2007, the CAW now seems at the forefront of working class desperation and defeat... |
This is not unlike the recent mergers of the International Transportation and Steel unions and other international unions that are facing declining memberships and lack of bargaining power.
Once again the unions show they are merely an extension of capitalism not an alternative to it.
That alternative exists and it is Revolutionary Syndicalism that was birthed with the IWW over a hundred years ago.
The employing class and the working class have nothing in common."
Preamble to the IWW Constitution
"When the working class unites, there will be a lot of jobless labor leaders."
Eugene Debs, 1905 speech to the IWW Convention
See:
Unions the State and Capital
Global Labour in the Age of Empire
WHITHER SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?
THE CRISIS OF CAPITALISM, LABOUR AND THE NDP
A SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE
Will Canadian Labour Accept Free Trade?
Business Unions Sell-out B.C. General Strike
Nationalism Will Not Stop North American Union
This is Class WarCAW To Leave CLC?
Sniveling NDP
Labour Abandons the NDP
Unite the Left
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Friday, October 26, 2007
Labour Rally Today
October 26, 2007
There will be a rally on Friday October 26 at the Alberta Labour Board at 3PM (10808 99 ave) AUPE along with many other concerned Albertans will be presenting the Albertan Government with thousands of letters asking the government to change Alberta's antiquated Laws. Please help spread the word and most certainly bring family and friends
www.albertasolidarity.com
Abolishing the Labour Relations Board would be one solution.
"The employing class and the working class have nothing in common."
Preamble to the IWW Constitution
See:
Alberta's Padrone Culture
Temp Workers For Timmies
Labour Shortage = Union Busting
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