http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/11044/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/audio/interview-former-cupw-national-president-jean-clau/22240 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Former national prez negotiated first public sector maternity leave, defied back to work legislation </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) - With deep cuts slated for the Canadian postal service, the <em>Halifax Media Co-op</em> caught up with Jean-Claude Parrot, former national president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.</p> <p>Parrot famously spent two months in jail in 1980 for defying back to work legislation. He also negotiated the first paid maternity leave in the public sector.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/audio/interview-former-cupw-national-president-jean-clau/22240" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/audio/interview-former-cupw-national-president-jean-clau/22240#comments Miles Howe and Praxis Media Fri, 21 Mar 2014 18:21:51 +0000 Miles Howe 22240 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca