To Kelly Johnson, PPWC National President Good afternoon: The Ministry of Labour is inviting British Columbians to participate in a survey on how workplaces and businesses can commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30th) each year, including whether B.C. should establish a new employer-paid statutory holiday starting in 2023. The National Day […]
CCU President Kelly Johnson wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the unfairness of Canada’s taxation system, which is leading to ever increasing levels of income and wealth inequality – especially during COVID – and leaving millions of wage earners and working families in Canada behind. “On behalf […]
TORONTO, Ontario – The Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU) is supporting a bold move by Toronto City Council, which last week passed a motion calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to implement 10 days of paid sick leave for all workers in the province. The recommendation, which was issued by Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health […]
From CCU President Kelly Johnson Dear Premier, On behalf of the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), the largest affiliation of independent unions in the country, I am urging you to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Since the early 1970s, the CCU has advocated for increases in the minimum wage and the establishment […]
Dear Premier, On behalf of the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), the largest affiliation of independent unions in the country, I am urging you to reform the labour laws in your province to move to a condensed, four-day workweek. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses throughout the country have taken enormous steps to […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2 Re: Extending Paid Sick Leave for Workers Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, On behalf of the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), the largest affiliation of independent unions in the country, I want to express to you my concern about the poor standard of paid sick […]
Take Action – Sign the CCU Petition Now Long-term care refers to a wide range of supported living and nursing care arrangements for seniors, elderly persons and those with severe or prolonged disabilities in Canada. These facilities employ a spectrum of highly trained staff who provide medical and social supports to their clients. Yet after […]
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, The Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU) is the largest affiliation of independent unions in the country, representing over 20,000 workers in both the public and private sectors. During our recent executive board meeting in Halifax, we debated and democratically voted in favour of a motion to advocate for the federal government […]
CCU President Kelly Johnson’s letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and all provincial health and labour ministers on COVID-19 and how it’s affecting workers’ rights and well-being has received some important responses. With the COVID-19 crisis taking up the overwhelming amount of time and resources of provincial governments, we didn’t expect to receive much response, but […]
By CCU President Kelly Johnson Last week, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, with over 182,000 cases currently being reported worldwide, including 424 in Canada – and these numbers are increasing every day. Although the spread of this illness in Canada has been relatively low compared to other countries, the […]
By CCU President Kelly Johnson There’s an old saying: “You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone.” There are millions of people born every decade in this country who expect certain rights and freedoms just by being Canadian. One of them is public education, with schools and teachers that are properly and equitably funded. […]
By CCU President Kelly Johnson There has been a perfect storm heading for the forestry industry in British Columbia during the last two decades. General economic uncertainty, U.S. tariffs and corporate free trade agreements, the export of raw logs and processing jobs, increasing numbers of wildfires and the pine beetle infestation that destroyed millions of […]
By CCU President Kelly Johnson It was one hundred years ago that the guns fell silent in Europe from the Great War, and tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers returned home, only to find empty factories and unemployment. For those that did find work, it was under grueling conditions for low pay. Adding to this […]
By Kelly Johnson President, Confederation of Canadian Unions Sign the CCU Pharmacare for All Petition It may surprise some Canadians that our country remains the only one on the planet with a universal health care system that also doesn’t include prescription medication. You heard me correctly. Every single country throughout the industrialized world – except […]
In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, CCU President Kelly Johnson condemns the federal Liberal Government for enacting undemocratic, anti-worker, back-to-work legislation that will create further precedent for employers to ignore fair demands by workers both inside and outside unions, and grant employers more incentive to bargain in bad faith. December 4, 2018 […]
By Kelly Johnson President, Confederation of Canadian Unions Canadians were stunned when General Motors (GM) recently announced its plans to cut 15% of its salaried workforce and close five plants throughout North America, one of them being the Oshawa plant that employs more than 2,500 workers. First opened on November 7, 1953, the plant employed […]