October 24, 2022
Teachers needed to save the planet
This week on RadioLabour, we explore how to fight for social justice globally. To meet the climate crisis the world needs teachers to help educate the next generation of young people.
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This week on RadioLabour, we explore how to fight for social justice globally. To meet the climate crisis the world needs teachers to help educate the next generation of young people.
A global union’s leadership training programme / The ILO’s new Director-General / The LabourStart report about union events / And singing” “Union Ladies” This week on Radio Labour, host Marc Belanger discusses international initiatives to mentor young women to become trade unionists. Uni Global Union recently held a two-day workshop for young women who want…
Labour at the world aviation organization’s convention in Montréal.
Singing for Truth, Reconciliation and Love after the discovery of the burial ground of 215 indigenous children in Kamloops, B.C.
To produce quality education teachers need decent pay, adequate facilities and appropriate training.
RadioLabour returns with a critique of Pierre Poilievre’s recent appointment as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.
The global neo-fascist attack on unions, authoritarian government in the South Pacific, a plea by Ukrainian teachers, the LabourStart Report about union events and Woody Guthrie singing: “All You Fascists Bound to Lose.”
Liz Shuler is elected president of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).
Plus, the LabourStart report about union events around the world.
May 12 is 2022’s Moose Hide Day – a day organized to activate people against the injustices and violence faced by women in Canada, particularly Indigenous women. A Unifor webinar hosted by the union’s Indigenous Liaison, Gina Smoke.
Marc Bélanger reports Unifor’s executive assistant to the national president, is running for presidency.
A CUPE Health and Safety committee started April 28 – the International Day of Mourning which is now celebrated by more than 60 countries.