CAW
May 25, 2012 |
The creation of three separate categories of Employment Insurance claimants is "a backward step" for the EI system in Canada, said FFAW/CAW President Earle McCurdy.
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
May 25, 2012 |
While a record number of forest fires rage across the northern part of the province, the government is closing smaller MNR offices for “efficiency.”
United Steelworkers
May 25, 2012 |
Rio Tinto's behaviour is failing to live up to the Olympic principles of fair play, friendship and solidarity.
Canadians for Tax Fairness
May 23, 2012 |
Tax havens allow rich individuals, Canadian banks and resource companies to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes each year.
Council of Canadians
May 23, 2012 |
Seven Conservative MPs who won the elections being contested under the Canada Elections Act filed motions to dismiss those legal challenges even before the court has a chance to consider them.
Canadian Union of Public Employees
May 23, 2012 |
We cannot stand by while governments continue to violate our basic rights in the name of austerity and funding cuts that only fuel the growing gap between rich and poor.
National Union of Public and General Employees
May 18, 2012 |
It is completely unacceptable that the constitutional rights of Canadians were treated with such utter disregard. We can and must do better.
Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union
May 16, 2012 |
Canadian NGOs and labour unions insist that the WTO should resist efforts by countries like Japan, the EU and Canada to enlist its dispute procedures to defeat or discourage climate measures.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
May 16, 2012 |
Formidable challenges face Canada’s labour movement. Meeting these requires organized labour to reclaim its historic role as the progressive voice of all working people.
Sierra Club of Canada
May 14, 2012 |
The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development provides further evidence the federal government is failing to protect the environment and not meeting its climate change commitments.
Canadian Auto Workers
May 14, 2012 |
Despite some good news about job creation in Canada last month, CAW President Ken Lewenza says he remains concerned that younger workers are not benefitting.
Public Service Alliance of Canada
May 11, 2012 |
The bargaining climate has worsened considerably since the federal budget, which slashes the size of the public service.
Canadian Union of Public Employees
May 11, 2012 |
Thousands of Ontarians die needlessly due to medical errors, hospital-acquired infections and cost-cutting each year. Hospital cost-cutting planned by the Ontario government will make epidemic worse.
National Union of Public and General Employees
May 7, 2012 |
CUPW goes to court to oppose the appointment of a second arbitrator, after the first Harper government arbitrator appointed was ruled unqualified by the court.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
May 3, 2012 |
British Columbians in 2035 will be facing a variety of climate-related challenges to a decent quality of life. BC should not get caught flat-footed, but instead the province needs to be proactive.
Mining Watch
May 2, 2012 |
First Nation governments want to have an accurate understanding of the environmental impacts of building, operating and reclaiming the Zeus mine.
Sierra Club of Canada
May 2, 2012 |
It is now the time to consider the "deglobalization" of trade and a planned "degrowth" of the economy.
Council of Canadians
April 30, 2012 |
Harper's strategy seems to be to blind us with numbers that just don't add up, then leave the stage without truly debating uncomfortable challenges to his free-trade ideology.
Canadian Auto Workers
April 30, 2012 |
Changes to temporary foreign worker regulations will only increase abuse and worsen conditions for migrant workers.
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