December 4, 2009 |
Send a postcard a day to the Prime Minister to remind him that for 20 years women have been waiting for action.
Canadian Labour Congress
The Canadian Labour Congress is the largest democratic and popular organization in Canada with over three million members. The Canadian Labour Congress brings together Canada's national and international unions, the provincial and territorial federations of labour and 136 district labour councils.
November 17, 2009 |
Tell the prime minister to provide new social housing to women. Over half of women heads of households spend over 30 per cent of their earnings on rent.
October 31, 2009 |
An announcement by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty on regulations dealing with federally regulated pensions is welcome but will have little if any immediate impact upon the pension security.
October 9, 2009 |
Parliament should pass Bill C-50 to help long-tenured workers who have been laid off, but the employment insurance system is still in desperate need of more comprehensive reform.
October 1, 2009 |
The CLC is proposing three key reforms that would benefit all workers, improve retirement income security, and gear Canada's pension system to better fit the needs of a changing economy.
September 14, 2009 |
More labour leaders are killed in Colombia every year than in the rest of the world combined - view the comic strip on other reasons to skip the "deal."
August 10, 2009 |
While the national unemployment rate remained unchanged in July at 8.6 per cent, this was only because 53,000 workers gave up the fruitless search for jobs and dropped out of the labour force.
June 14, 2009 |
President Alvaro Uribe is here to whitewash his regime’s atrocities and to convince Canadians to adopt a free trade agreement with him.
June 4, 2009 |
Pressure from the Canadian labour movement and civil society organizations has forced the Harper government to remove Colombia free-trade legislation from the legislative agenda - at least for now.
April 28, 2009 |
In 2007, according to the latest report from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada, 1,055 people lost their lives at work. That's four people every work day.