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Locked-out Nanticoke steelworkers are pressing the federal government for employment insurance benefits during their dispute with U. S. Steel.

By Steve Arnold, Hamilton Spectator

In a position paper sent to Services Canada, which runs the EI program, leaders of the United Steel Workers argue the confrontation that has idled the Lake Erie plant is more than a traditional dispute between workers and their employer.

Broadcast News

OTTAWA - The Conservative majority on a parliamentary committee have put the skids on an NDP motion to look into what they claim are patronage appointments to a new tribunal created to hear social-security claims.

Last week, New Democrat MP Chris Charlton asked the House of Commons human-resources committee to look into several appointees to the Social Security Tribunal with Conservative ties.

Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press, The Guelph Mercury,

The Waterloo Region Record

Up to a third of the people who landed cushy patronage jobs on the new Social Security Tribunal gave money to the Conservative party, public records show.

As many as 16 of the 48 people so far appointed to the tribunal donated money to the party, riding associations or candidates, according to Elections Canada records. No appointees appear to have donated to any other party.

The Canadian Press, Calgary Herald

OTTAWA - The Conservative majority on a parliamentary committee has put the brakes on an NDP motion to look into what they claim are patronage appointments to a new tribunal created to hear social-security claims.

Last week, New Democrat MP Chris Charlton asked the House of Commons human-resources committee to look into several appointees to the Social Security Tribunal with Conservative ties.