Intense weekend bargaining for 75,000 Ontario hospital workers whose three unions formed a unique alliance in provincial negotiations has resulted in a tentative contract with hospital employers. The settlement comes after weeks of mobilizing, rallying and doing visible workplace actions under...
Workers in the housekeeping department at the CISS du Bas-Saint Laurent learned last week that they will be required to intervene when a “code white” is declared or face disciplinary action up to dismissal. The employer even stepped up its...
On 18 April, the company fired Eser Yılmaz. Eser is the 13th union member to be dismissed by the company this year. Eser joined Teksif in January, and was an active union member. Since joining the union, she has been...
This morning, CUPE launched an advertising campaign to denounce the inhumane practices of the Human Resources Department of the Université de Montréal, which unconscionably terminates employees on long-term sick leave. At a time when Université de Montréal again this year made...
Union: Mining and Metallurgy Trade Union of Kyrgyzstan (MMTUK)Country: KyrgyzstanText: Alexander IvanouTrade union activities have three main focuses:Increasing trade union membership in existing organizationsCreating new trade union organizations in the sectorExpanding the union through mergers with trade unions in other...
As a strike by their academic workers continues into its eighth week, York University has wasted yet another opportunity to negotiate a resolution to a dispute that threatens to further damage thousands of students’ current and summer academic terms. For the...
In an industry often called the most dangerous in the world, the Gadani shipbreaking yard in Pakistan is among the worst. The unions say that failure to comply with internationally accepted labour standards and criminal negligence by the Pakistani government,...
Global Action Week for Education 2018: Free public quality education for all Topics in this post: As we celebrate Global Action Week for Education 2018, Education International calls on its affiliates and education activists to urge governments to invest in...
International guest speaker Berenice Celeyta moved delegates at CUPE BC’s 55th annual convention Thursday with a passionate address in which she thanked the union for its continued support of human rights in her native Colombia. Celeyta, director of the Colombian human rights...
Education International welcomes the move by the United Kingdom to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, committing itself to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict. On 19 April, the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson,...