CUPE applauds the City of Rimouski’s decision to manage the day-to-day operations of its new Desjardins sports complex. City-run is the best choice in terms of transparency, in-house expertise and the local economy. “Rimouski’s city workers are proud to take over...
On February 1, 2018, the nation’s highest court endorsed the union position that the duty to accommodate is applicable in the case of workplace injury. CUPE was an intervenor in the case. That means unions must now ensure that the rights...
Women’s economic and political empowerment was at the heart of presentations by key speakers at the opening of Education International’s Third World Women’s Conference. Claim your space “We will not be silent anymore.” That is the rallying cry of women...
A new provincial poll shows that Ontarians aren’t on board for recent Liberal government changes that would redirect 911 medical calls away from paramedic ambulance services to fire departments. If they had to make a 911 call for medical assistance for themselves or...
Support staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, CUPE 5047, is pleased to announce that the union has reached a tentative agreement with their employer, the Halifax Regional School Board, on Thursday, February 1, 2018. No further details will...
Recent news shows that nurses in Quebec’s health care system are experiencing serious difficulties in their work. This is also true for other health care employees. For example, CUPE is seeing an alarming spike in work overload, burnout and stress...
05.02.2018 Global unions IndustriALL, ITUC, PSI and IUF, representing some 200 million workers, delivered a letter to the permanent mission of Algeria in Geneva, Switzerland, today (5 February), to protest against the repression of independent trade union leaders in Algeria....
The new decree No.1 “On promotion of employment of population", adopted on 25 January 2018, replaces heavily criticized decree No. 3 “On prevention of social dependency", dubbed ‘decree on social parasitism’, which resulted in mass protests in the beginning of...
On February 5, an international trade union delegation of representatives of the IUF, our sister internationals PSI and IndustriAll and the ITUC delivered a letter to the government of Algeria at the country's Geneva embassy condemning the ongoing repression of...
On 29 January, Bajaj Auto workers took action against management’s delaying tactics over unfair terminations and wage revision, and went on a hunger strike. There was massive participation of Bajaj autoworkers in the Chakan and Akurdi plants, along with their...
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.