Every February, CUPE celebrates Black History Month (also known as African Heritage month) when we pause to reflect on the efforts of the many union activists and community organizers of African descent who lead the fight for inclusive communities and workplaces....
01.02.2018 Scores of workers are killed at LafargeHolcim operations every year. 73 union leaders from 39 countries addressed a joint letter to CEO, Jan Jenisch, demanding the company honour its commitment and sign a global framework agreement. In their letter,...
01.02.2018 Expert representatives of governments, employers and workers from around the world gathered at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland, from 22 to 26 January, to improve and adopt a revised code of practice on safety and health in shipbuilding and ship...
According to the Bajaj workers’ union, management has been delaying issues raised by the workers.There has been no meaningful progress made to reinstate the eight workers terminated in 2013.In 2016, the management unilaterally reneged its commitment for a wage revision...
Education International, the global teachers‘ federation which represents over 32 million members in 173 countries, has been informed by its Argentinian affiliate, the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina of new anonymous threats against the SUTEBA...
Nigeria: Teachers’ dismissal sparks strike action in Kaduna Topics in this post: The Nigeria Union of Teachers and other labour unions in Kaduna State have gone on strike after thousands of teachers had their employment terminated by the state’s government,...
31.01.2018 As Royal Dutch Shell Plc is expected to announce its biggest profits since the oil market collapse, IndustriALL Global Union is calling on the company to create permanent jobs for its workforce, the majority of which are contract workers....
31.01.2018 The US-based multinational personal care company unilaterally announced a massive cut of 5,000 to 5,500 jobs on 23 January. The cut of 12% of the global workforce will mostly come through closing 10 of Kimberly-Clark’s 91 factories. Which 10...
At a special assembly on Thursday night in Quebec City, the employees of the insurance company La Capitale overwhelmingly approved the agreement in principle reached between the bargaining committee and the employer. The previous agreement had expired on January 1, 2016. This...
Viterra, one of the main grain marketer/handlers at the Port of Montreal, sent a lockout notice to 51 operators who were negotiating for the same working conditions as the vast majority of Port of Montreal workers. The lockout will take...
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.