26.02.2019 After more than six years of intense campaigning and lobbying by IndustriALL affiliated unions, women workers’ in the Philippines will now benefit from increased paid maternity leave, as a new law comes into force. Women workers and unions celebrate...
Tuesday, 19 February marked the 13th anniversary of the Pasta de Conchos tragedy in which 65 workers were killed by an explosion at the mine owned by Grupo Mexico. Mexico's president, Andrés López Obrador, announced that he would look into...
French education unions are taking a stand against the planned increase in tuition fees for non-EU students. On 19 November 2018, the French Prime Minister announced that tuition fees for students from non-EU member states would rise considerably from...
BC Finance Minister Carole James’s third provincial budget continues the NDP government’s shift toward making life more affordable for working people and creating more opportunities for people to succeed, according to CUPE BC President Paul Faoro. “We’re pleased to see the government build...
For many years, CUPE has been vocal about supporting blood and plasma self-sufficiency in Canada through voluntary, unpaid donations. Whenever we can, we bring that message to Parliament Hill. This Thursday, Amanda Vyce, health care researcher at CUPE’s national office, presented...
The provincial chair of Ontario paramedics represented by CUPE met today with representatives of the Toronto Overdose Prevention Society (TOPS), at the Moss Park Overdose Prevention Site, a satellite program of the South Riverdale Community Health Centre. CUPE Ontario medics recently...
Maybe you’ve heard about the concept of ‘intersectionality.’ But did you know that it comes from analysis of workplace discrimination? Kimberlé Crenshaw, a leading scholar on race theory, coined the term in 1989 while she was examining a legal case in...
The Canadian Union of Public Employees is sending heartfelt congratulations to NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who will take his seat in the House of Commons after winning a by-election in Burnaby South on Monday night. “Canadians are looking for action to...
Paid maternity leave in the Philippines has been extended from 60 to 105 days under a new law which came into effect on February 20. IUF affiliates NUWHRAIN and the SENTRO Food & Beverage Workers Council played a significant role...
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has reacted to a report into the provision of childcare, education and training: highlighting that pubic authorities favour private schools over public schools when it comes to funding, and demanding that an end be put...