Sep 26 2012
ARCC's online petition against Motion 312 has garnered nearly 20,000 signatures, and was sent to Ottawa.
Sep 24 2012
Storms will change in location, intensity, frequency, and speed and everything that humans know about weather and seasons for growing food will be obsolete. Everything.
Sep 21 2012
Across northern and eastern Ontario members wanted to get in on the conversation about pensions, how to safeguard their retirement savings and secure pensions for those who don’t have them.
Sep 21 2012
We are very disappointed in the decision on the Quebec case and we regret that our Quebec members cannot pursue this case against the Fraser Brookfield Directors.
Sep 19 2012
Making the case for the government to take leadership and commit to public, non-profit, affordable, regulated child care.
Sep 17 2012
The people of Peterborough are experiencing a series of stranger-than-fiction occurrences, where the role of sheriff is played by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
Sep 17 2012
Families and co-workers of Jordan Fram and Jason Chenier, and the entire community, deserve answers on the decision by police and Crown prosecutors not to pursue criminal charges.
Sep 14 2012
The BCGEU is puzzled by statements outlined in the B.C. Government's Quarterly Report that suggest that British Columbia's economic health has declined.
Sep 12 2012
The USW calls on Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to grant Iraq War resister Kimberly Rivera's application to stay in Canada.
Sep 11 2012
A new guide from CUPE encourages municipal officials to show caution in considering the use of public-private partnerships to finance public infrastructure.
Sep 5 2012
The BCGEU will be conducting strike action for direct B.C. government employees on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 during operating hours at many B.C. government worksites in the province.
Sep 5 2012
The Mexican government's act of force against the families protesting outside Excellon Resources' mine in Durango, Mexico, may be the result of previously unreported high-level lobbying in Ottawa.
Sep 3 2012
NUPGE celebrates the legacy of those who came before us and we commit to continue the fight for fairness in five key areas.
Sep 3 2012
This Labour Day, CUPE is renewing its call on the federal government to convene a national summit on pensions.
Aug 31 2012
When we look back years from now, I believe the worth of unions will be measured against our success in organizing and improving the lives of precarious workers.
Aug 31 2012
We are concerned that this bill violates the right to meaningful collective bargaining. Why is it necessary to remove the right to strike before any job action has occurred or been contemplated?
Aug 29 2012
This is a system that observers say still relies primarily on industry to self-police, and lacks the transparency, standards or mechanisms needed to prevent and resolve conflicts.
Aug 29 2012
Rural mail carriers still find themselves on the wrong side of the rural-urban divide. Their work is not recognized equally at Canada Post and they have a long way to go to achieve parity.
Aug 27 2012
The early recall of the Legislature in order to introduce legislation that will impose contracts upon all teachers and education workers is in an affront to collective bargaining.
Aug 27 2012
A photograph exhibit by the youth of Touchstone Youth Shelter. The photographs explore what it means to be homeless and seek to abolish the many stereotypes that come with being a homeless youth.
Aug 24 2012
Nearly 1,000 CAW delegates have voted unanimously in favour of moving forward with creating a new union with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union (CEP).
Aug 24 2012
Over 300 demonstrators marched on Target Canada’s headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, on August 22 to demand fairness for thousands of Zellers workers and countless Canadian communities.
Aug 22 2012
Medicare advocates are calling on the provincial government to take swift action against the clinic to ensure that the principles of equity and accessibility are preserved.
Aug 20 2012
After five months and numerous attempts by Conservative Party lawyers to derail it all, a hearing is scheduled for December 10, 2012.
Aug 20 2012
The real problem is how the numbers of managers-per-employee has spiraled out of control.
Aug 17 2012
Communities across Hudson and James Bay are once again reeling from the impacts of the latest Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) cuts to child welfare funding.
Aug 17 2012
Bill C-38 replaced the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act with environmental assessment legislation which does not require a federal environmental assessment for this type of project.
Aug 16 2012
The report recommends shifts in forest policy and increased funding to restore services previously cut by the B.C. Liberal government, including increasing resources for compliance and enforcement.
Aug 16 2012
Governments have a role to play in ensuring citizens live healthy lives.
Aug 16 2012
UFCW Canada, along with several other leading voices, will represent the interests of workers and workplace safety on the province’s first-ever Prevention Council.
