With the rapid and constant changes in our workplaces as a result of the pandemic, it is a challenge to stay abreast of the changing messages and instructions that are being relayed. Nevertheless, AESES continues to push the employers to keep our members’ interests and […]
Vancouver, BC — Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (TSX:CFX) is announcing the curtailment of Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental Pulp for approximately four weeks starting July 6, 2020. “We have made the difficult decision to temporarily curtail Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental […]
International Workers’ Day, held every year on May 1, is a celebration of workers’ rights, social justice, equity and democracy. Founded by socialists in the late 19th century, the date was chosen to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago in 1886, when police fired on […]
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 […]
By CCU Vice President Michael Belanger April 28 as a Day of Mourning started in Canada in 1984. This is a day set aside each year to remember those who have been killed or seriously injured in the workplace. Internationally, it began in 1989 as […]
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 […]