National Nursing Week - May 7 to May 13 - is an opportunity to recognize nurses for keeping the pulse of Canada’s health care system strong. It is also a time to celebrate Care Aides, Continuing Care Assistants and Personal...
According to reports, 16 workers were killed in a mine in the Marwar area when the mine collapsed at the exit point following a methane gas explosion. A private company called Pir Ismael was operating the coal mine, and 25...
Last April, EI started a process to build trade unions’ capacity to analyse and develop policy and to engage in social dialogue in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda. The initiative aims to improve teacher policies, in particular those related...
On the Occasion of International Workers' Day - May 2018 The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran stands in solidarity with our sisters, brothers and comrades all around the world and with you in struggle against capitalism,...
At a general meeting, members of CUPE 1983 voted 99% in favour of resorting to pressure tactics that could extend to an unlimited general strike. Discussions have bogged down on several issues, but the main one is the time the STM...
Today, CUPE Alberta President Marle Roberts was joined by Health Minister Sarah Hoffman at the former home of the demolished Calgary General Hospital, to call on Jason Kenney and the United Conservative Party to come clean about what their deep...
04.05.2018 Four workers have died and three are trapped underground as rescue efforts continue at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Masakhane Shaft in Westonaria, Johannesburg, which has been closed. This follows seismic incident causing a fall ground on 3 May that saw 13 mineworkers...
Who goes to the International Labour Conference (ILC)? Every member state can send a delegation consisting of:Two government delegatesOne worker delegateOne employer delegateEach delegate has one vote in the Conference plenary. Delegations also include advisers but they do not have...
The federal government’s Transportation Modernization Act is being pushed through parliament this week by the Liberal government despite serious concerns raised over changes to privacy, foreign ownership, and job loss. The so-called Passenger’s Bill of Rights goes far beyond passenger rights....
Trade union representatives from Australia, Canada, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and Zambia demonstrated outside and later attended the meeting. They were joined by representatives of NGOs, who came together to build a blue-green alliance...