April 21, 2023
PSAC calls one of Canada’s largest strikes ever
The PSAC is demanding the federal government present a fair wage proposal for its members.
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April 14, 2023
155,000 federal workers set to strike
PSAC is calling on the federal government to return to the bargaining table.
April 7, 2023
How privateers are privatizing public services
The global union Public Services International is helping its affiliates bring privatized public services back to public ownership.
March 31, 2023
Hong Kong's crackdown on unions
In 2020, the Beijing governments forced the Hong Kong government to pass a National Security Law. The legitimate labour confederation was shut down. The wife of the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Elizabeth Tang, was arrested March 9, 2023, when she visited her husband in prison. Elizabeth Tang is General…
March 31, 2023
Hong Kong's crackdown on unions
In 2020, the Beijing governments forced the Hong Kong government to pass a National Security Law. The legitimate labour confederation was shut down. The wife of the general secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, Elizabeth Tang, was arrested March 9, 2023, when she visited her husband in prison. Elizabeth Tang is General…
March 31, 2023
Hong Kong’s crackdown on unions
Today, Marc Bélanger interviews the executive director of the Hong Kong Labour Rights Monitor, Christopher Siu-Tat Mung.
March 17, 2023
Artificial intelligence in the workplace
The International Trade Union Confederation has produced a report describing how automation, algorithms and artificial intelligence systems are effecting workplaces.
March 10, 2023
UN's Status of Women conference opens
Many unionists are attending the 67th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women being held in New York until March 17, 2023. The focus of the conference is on recruiting women into STEM jobs – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. But there is also the problem of women dropping out of STEM jobs…
March 10, 2023
UN's Status of Women conference opens
Many unionists are attending the 67th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women being held in New York until March 17, 2023. The focus of the conference is on recruiting women into STEM jobs – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. But there is also the problem of women dropping out of STEM jobs…
March 10, 2023
UN’s Status of Women conference opens
Many unionists are attending the 67th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women being held in New York until March 17, 2023.
March 3, 2023
Ukraine children killed, wounded and traumatized
Teachers are helping by purchasing generators for the schools and their bomb shelters plus organizing mental health programmes for the children.
February 24, 2023
Labour helping Pakistani garment workers
The global unions UNI and IndustriALL created a successful programme to protect garment workers in Bangladesh after the Rana Plaza disaster which killed over 3000 people. A RadioLabour interview with the deputy general secretary of UNI Global Union, Alke Boessiger.