Press Releases Archive

CLC’s Hassan Yussuff to head TUCA: Elected president of hemispheric labour organization

Posted: Friday, 20 April 2012

OTTAWA – Hassan Yussuff of the Canadian Labour Congress, has been elected to a four-year term as president of the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA). Yussuff, who is the CLC’s Secretary-Treasurer, was elected on April 20 at a TUCA conventi… Read More

Employment Insurance benefits hard to access: CLC President responds to Statistics Canada figures

Posted: Thursday, 19 April 2012

OTTAWA – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress says it is “scandalous” that fewer than 40% of unemployed workers in Canada are receiving Employment Insurance benefits. Ken Georgetti was responding to the release of Statistics Canada informati… Read More

Improved job numbers may not be sustainable: CLC President comments on Labour Force Survey for March 2012

Posted: Thursday, 5 April 2012

OTTAWA – The President of the Canadian Labour Congress has welcomed improvements in the job market in March, but Ken Georgetti says they may not be sustainable. “We are very pleased to see that the number of full-time jobs increased in March,” says Ge… Read More

African Unions Take Aim at Canadian Embassies: Kick Start the G8 Campaign on HIV/AIDS

Posted: Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Trade unions from Togo were the first of an alliance of African and Canadian unions to meet with a Canadian Consulate, to call on Canada’s Harper government to take the lead in raising HIV/AIDS issues at the G8 Summit in the United States next May. The ac… Read More