10.05.2018 More than 30 trade union representative (locals, works councils, shop stewards and trade union officials), representing workers from three continents employed at John Deere operations, came together to exchange on present challenges in their respective countries and the ways...
Citing increased workload demands, wages that are being eroded by inflation and chronic underfunding to services, workers at Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorizing their union to take strike action if a fair...
CUPE community health members in Victoria and Metro Vancouver showed up in big numbers last week for two evening workshops aimed at tackling the growing problem of workload in their sector. At CUPE’s B.C. regional office last Wednesday, more than 50 members...
The Liberal government’s workplace harassment legislation, Bill C-65, is making its final steps through the House of Commons this week. It’s a landmark achievement for all Canadians in the fight against harassment and violence, including sexual harassment and violence, in...
After 26 hours of negotiations, the union and the company management signed an agreement to create a conciliation commission on 4 May. The stumbling block was the issue of public reporting. Management wanted the discussions to be held behind closed...
Union representatives of automotive and tyre companies from Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, NCR Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand came together in a workshop in Pune on 3-4 May to discuss the challenges.Apoorva Kaiwar, IndustriALL South Asia Regional Secretary said that the...
09.05.2018 A strike by workers at Tecnocap SpA in Glen Dale, West Virginia, is entering its second month, as the company refuses to bargain with IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). Thirty skilled trade...
09.05.2018 Trade union leader Amin Yeleusinov is to be released on 21 May, provided the prosecutors’ appeal of the court order from a regional court on 4 May is not successful. However, the day before the encouraging news, another regional...
CUPE National President Mark Hancock made the following statement on the Ontario government’s Bill 70: The Canadian Union of Public Employees is disappointed at the Ontario Liberal government’s attempt to force back-to-work legislation on our 3,000 members at York University on...
The Trudeau government tabled Bill C‑59, the National Security Act, last June. They claimed it would fix the “problematic aspects” of Stephen Harper’s Bill C‑51 which undermined civil liberties in Canada. Bill C‑51 handed sweeping new powers to Canada’s spy...