CUPE was on Parliament Hill on Thursday morning, to bring the issue of violence against health care workers to the doorstep of the House of Commons. National President Mark Hancock and Tanya Williams, member of CUPE 1556, stood alongside NDP MP...
Home care workers in Kingston – many of whom received employer-written directives this week to stay mum during the Doug Ford government overhaul of the health system – can now call 613-542-9333, a new help line for assistance. The support hotline is one...
On March 1, the chairman and 5 other leaders and members of the union of workers at the Hotel Tharabar Gate in Myanamar's Bagan Archeological Zone were convicted of attempting to hold a peaceful protest march after police brutally destroyed...
Fruitful negotiations between public authorities and public service trade unions, including education unions affiliated to Education International, have led to salary increase of 8 % for public workers. GEW: An “appropriate conclusion” The Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) qualified the...
Workers in Bangladesh employed at the Dutch-based confectioner Perfetti Van Melle, have finally won the right to have their union bargain for a collective agreement. Perfetti makes candy such as Mentos and Chupa Chups. The workers struggle began in November last year...
The Myanmar government hosted an investment fair in the upmarket coastal resort town of Ngapali in February 2019, while the conflict and massacre of Rohingyas continued in most of western Rakhine State. The Prime Minister of Myanmar, Aung San Suu...
A landslide and mine collapse at an unlicensed goldmine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province overwhelmed and trapped miners working in it on Tuesday 26 February. Even after some days of rescue effort it is unclear how many workers were actually...
International Working Women’s Day is a day of struggle for the rights of women. Women have the right to work in whatever industry they choose, free from stigma, discrimination, and state harassment – this includes sex work. The history of...
This week, Chinese authorities arrested three well-known labour activists in the southern city of Shenzhen and charged them with gathering a crowd to disturb public order. Labour activists Wu Guijun, Zhang Zhiru and He Yuancheng are currently being held in...
The GE Transportation company, a subsidiary of General Electric, was sold to Wabtec on 25 February. The union wants the new owner to honour the existing collective bargaining agreement until a new agreement can be negotiated.Wabtec, a Pittsburgh-based multinational railway...