Canada has officially signed the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, claiming that adding “Progressive” to the title changes this fundamentally problematic trade agreement. In reality, major problems remain. There’s no public information about protections for Canadian and Quebec culture. These protections...
The IUF is demanding that AB InBev makes sure that the management at its Sonepat factory, India reinstate sacked union leaders and members and enter into good faith negotiations for a new collective barging agreement with Haryana Breweries Limited Mazdoor...
08.03.2018 The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has announced a series of strikes in solidarity with 2,150 mineworkers who face retrenchments at Gold Fields Ghana Limited Tarkwa mine – about 200km from Accra. There will be strikes on 13 March at...
08.03.2018 As women, men and unions take action around the world to highlight International Women’s Day, IndustriALL is calling for support for its campaign to end violence in the workplace. Trade unions need to take action on violence against...
Trump announced a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. imports of steel and 10 per cent tariff on U.S. imports of aluminum just days prior to the Committee meeting, although details are still being finalized.Union participants at the meeting included...
March 8th 2018 may go down in the history books as the first International Women’s Day celebration after the ‘global uprising for women’s rights’ that started in 2017. On January 21st 2017, six million people in more than six hundred...
Three strike votes were held for three different groups of workers at the Montreal Port in 2017. However, in February two of them, Montreal Gateway Terminals (MGT) and Termont, settled with CUPE unions. “For Termont and MGT, this marked a first...
On Tuesday, March 6, close to one hundred Montreal school crossing guards demonstrated in front of the headquarters of their employer, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). These employees have been without a contract since December 31, 2015,...
Hundreds of CUPE activists meeting in Ottawa this week for CUPE’s All Committees Meeting were able to join CUPE 2424 for a solidarity picket and march on Tuesday afternoon, to support administrative, technical and library workers on strike to protect...
At York University in Toronto, 3,000 academic workers are striking for a less precarious future. Their picket lines were bolstered today by CUPE National President Mark Hancock, who delivered a message of support and solidarity. “York University needs to understand that the...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.