The Confederation of Canadian Unions held it’s 2013 executive meeting and labour school in Toronto. Delegates from the CCU’s four affiliated unions across the country took part. The keynote speaker was Lorraine Sudnik from York University, who led a fascinating, day-long workshop on the issue of work/life balance. The executive meeting focused on the activities […]
Russian trade union leader Valentin Urusov was released from imprisonment on March 15, 2013. The Confederation of Canadian unions is proud to be among the many union federations that pressured the Russian government to investigate the allegations that Mr. Urusov’s detainment was motivated by the desire of the Russian authorities to stop his legitimate union […]
By PPWC Leaflet Editor Ron Richardson The annual PPWC convention is an event symbolic of our organization: democratic, participatory, independent, and always looking to the future while remembering our proud roots. This defines the 51st Annual PPWC convention, held in Cranbrook, on the half century anniversary of the founding of our union. Local 15 should […]
Russian trade union leader Valentin Urusov was released from imprisonment on March 15, 2013. The Confederation of Canadian unions is proud to be among the many union federations that pressured the Russian government to investigate the allegations that Mr. Urusov’s detainment was motivated by the desire of the Russian authorities to stop his legitimate union […]
By Past President Joanie Cameron Pritchett “In our glorious fight for civil rights, we must guard against being fooled by false slogans, such as ‘right to work.’ It is a law to rob us of our civil rights and job rights. Its purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by […]
By John Hanrahan LabourStart, the union movement’s premier international news and campaigning service, held its annual global solidarity conference on November 18 – 20 in Istanbul, Turkey. Titled From Global Networks to Global Revolution, the conference looked at the important role the internet and social media are playing in workers’ struggles and democratic revolutions around […]
John Hanrahan Reports from Istanbul, Turkey CCU Vice President John Hanrahan participated in LabourStart’s second annual global solidarity conference. On the agenda were issues including social networking, online campaigning, labour law reform and others that focused on specific countries. The opening business of the conference was for delegates to stand in solidarity at the picket […]
Kivanc Eliacik, A young and charismatic leader of one of the largest labour unions in Turkey will be speaking in Halifax this Saturday about the state of human rights in his home country and around the world. Eliacik, 30, is the international secretary of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (CPTUT). He will […]
Written for the PPWC Leaflet, September 2012 By Past President Joanie Cameron Pritchett The class agenda of Prime Minister Steven Harper and the federal Conservative government are quite obvious. More for the wealthy minority, less for the working majority. It’s exactly what we would expect from a right-wing government supported by powerful corporate interests. Another […]
By Past President Joanie Cameron Pritchett It hasn’t even been one year since Premier Dalton McGuinty pledged during the October 2011 Ontario election that a Liberal government would “respect the bargaining process” and wouldn’t “tear up collective agreements.” Yet just two weeks ago, McGuinty introduced Bill 115, the so-called “Putting Students First Act,” which violates […]