For the second year in a row, Barrie residents didn’t have to travel on a busy Highway 400 to Toronto in order to celebrate Labour Day. The Second Annual Barrie Labour Day Picnic featuring music, food and fun for kids, took place on September 5th at Sunnidale Park. Organized by the Confederation of Canadian Unions […]
By Past President Joanie Cameron Pritchett There comes along a person every generation or so that captures the hopes and dreams of millions of people everywhere, whose optimism, compassion and energy drive others to take action and help create a better world. Jack Layton was such an individual. The Confederation of Canadian Unions is deeply […]
We are so excited in the YUSA office that this fitness initiative has been such a huge success. We created this program because we heard you tell us for years that you wanted to be able to have access to fitness facilities at your lunch hour and be able to connect with other community members. […]
The York University Staff Association (YUSA) has initiated a new training program for members and hoped that the employer would provide an endorsement. To date, that remains to be seen. However, we did not want any more time to go by before we commence this valuable program. This training was designed specifically for YUSA members […]
YUSA recently celebrated its 35th Anniversary. To remember the gains we have made over the past three and half decades, YUSA launched a poster and postcard campaign to say “thank you” to the hundreds of people who have worked so hard for our union and what it has accomplished. A poster featuring some of the […]
The Confederation of Canadian Unions proudly supports the “Pull for a Cure” event that raises funds for cancer research. In June 2010, ten air traffic controllers pulled an 18,636 kg airplane across a runway at Pearson Airport in Toronto. The event garnered huge media attention. Listed above are (from left to right) Michael Belanger of […]