Creating Pharmacare for All

Creating Pharmacare for All

By Kelly Johnson President, Confederation of Canadian Unions Sign the CCU Pharmacare for All Petition It may surprise some Canadians that our country remains the only one on the planet with a universal health care system that also doesn’t include prescription medication. You heard me correctly. Every single country throughout the industrialized world – except […]

Mark Leier Presentation to CCU on Labour History in Canada

Mark Leier Presentation to CCU on Labour History in Canada

In February 2019, the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU) held its Labour School in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mark Leier of Simon Fraser University discussed labour history in Canada. Professor Leier spoke about the radicalism of the early labour movement, the struggle for the eight-hour workday, the early days of the BC Federation of Labour, the […]