Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, The Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU) is the largest affiliation of independent unions in the country, representing over 20,000 workers in both the public and private sectors. During our recent executive board meeting in Halifax, we debated and democratically voted in favour of a motion to advocate for the federal government […]
The Confederation of Canadian Unions is expressing its deepest condolences to the 24 victims of the horrific shootings in Nova Scotia on April 19, 2020. Those utterly senseless acts of violence are the deadliest in recent Canadian history. 22 individuals are gone, including one RCMP officer, and two others are wounded. Flags throughout the country […]
With the National Day of Mourning just days away, the Confederation of Canadian Unions wants to thank all the health care workers who are on the front lines fighting COVID 19, as well as other workers in agriculture, grocery stores, pharmacies, delivery trucks and supply chains, manufacturing, public transportation, telecommunications, community services and other essential […]
Download Full Issue Inside this Issue: 58th Annual Convention Shop Stewards Corner What’s going on at the Locals? CCU Announcement on COVID 19
As we announced in mid-March when the COVID-19 pandemic began to shift most of our lives into quarantine, President Kelly Johnson wrote a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and all provincial health and labour ministers on COVID-19 and how it’s affecting workers’ rights and well-being. With the COVID-19 crisis taking up the overwhelming amount of […]
After discussions with affiliate Presidents and among us officers, we have decided to post-pone the Executive Board meeting scheduled in May to the Fall. This means we will be headed to Prince George, BC for the Oct. 17/18, 2020 EB. We will be headed to Toronto for the Feb. 20/21, 2021 EB instead. This fulfills […]
Download Full Issue Inside this Issue: Can You Tell Me? Reflecting on CCU Meetings New Faces and Hires Event Recaps UW Employee Spotlight
Originally from the Broadbent Institute website Applications for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) were opened on Monday, April 6th, and officials have estimated that up to 4 million people may apply for the emergency support. Since March 15th, more than 2 million workers had already applied for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits. Thanks to the […]
CCU President Kelly Johnson’s letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and all provincial health and labour ministers on COVID-19 and how it’s affecting workers’ rights and well-being has received some important responses. With the COVID-19 crisis taking up the overwhelming amount of time and resources of provincial governments, we didn’t expect to receive much response, but […]
Join allies from coast to coast to coast for our first Equal Pay Day Virtual rally on Saturday 4 April at 1:00 p.m. EDT. We’ll have exciting speakers! Real-time interactions! Community building actions Register for the Virtual Rally Equal Pay Day draws attention to the gender pay gap – how much all women’s work is […]