Bouteflika announced that he will step down before his current terms ends on 28 April but no date has been set for new presidential elections.IndustriALL Global Union’s trade union affiliate, SNATEG, which represents gas and electricity workers in Algeria, is...
In the lead-up to national parliamentary elections on April 6, the IUF-affiliated Tourism Employees Association of Maldives (TEAM) organized protest actions calling for a legal minimum wage to be established in the country. TEAM sent letters to all political parties participating...
Education International has sent out an urgent action appeal to its affiliates condemning the murder of Sergio Rojas Ortiz, an indigenous peoples’ rights activist. The murder or Sergio Rojas Ortiz, a leader and defender of the Bribri indigenous community, on...
EU Copyright Directive: mixed outcomes for educators Topics in this post: On March 28, the European Parliament adopted the much discussed EU copyright directive, which will have an impact on teaching and learning. Within the next two years, the new...
Pierre Ducasse | CUPE Communications A dangerous new experiment is currently underway at the Toronto Public Library. Two of the library’s branches will now be open and operate without staff on site during hours they would otherwise be closed. A risky proposition given...
Two new reports are being released concurrently that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff employed in Ontario’s long-term care homes. An in-depth, peer-reviewed investigative study on violence against staff in Ontario long-term care homes has just...
Lisa Djevahirdjian | CUPE Communications This past December, CUPE-Québec organized an important and engaging symposium on human rights, a first ever for the division. Members of CUPE-Québec’s Women’s Committee, Pink Triangle Committee, Human Rights Committee, and the Conseil québécois des autochtones du...
David Robbins | CUPE Communications Gloria Lepine had had enough. “I need danger pay,” Lepine told her employer, Edmonton Public Schools. That comment got the employer’s attention. Chief Steward for CUPE 3550, Lepine, along with hundreds of other educational assistants (EAs), was getting more vocal about the ongoing violence in their...
Emily Turk | CUPE Communications For Lee-Ann Lalli, November 20th, 2018 will always be a day she remembers with pride. “It was amazing to share my story,” said Lalli, an early childhood educator with CUPE 1936 in Vancouver. “I was able to...
As public funding has fallen, universities and colleges have increasingly turned to private funding to fill in the gap. But many donations and corporate contracts come with strings attached and can end up compromising academic freedom, re-directing the priorities of...