Posted: Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The President of the United Way of Canada told a cheering crowd of delegates to the CLC convention that, starting June 1, all products purchased for sale as part of United Way Centreaide Canada fund raising will be Canadian-made, with a preference for union-made… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The economic system is not performing for working people in Canada. That message was loud and clear as the Economic and Social Policy Committee introduced their report to the CLC convention. The report shows that the economy has failed to deliver good jobs,… Read More
Posted: Tuesday, 10 May 2011
CLC Vice Presidents Barb Byers and Marie Clarke Walker welcomed more than 200 CLC delegates to a women’s forum at the convention in Vancouver. The two officers recounted examples of how women have mobilized since the last convention.
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Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
With those words, Ken Georgetti welcomed Academy Award winning director Charles Ferguson to the stage at the CLC convention. Those same words were used by Ferguson himself the night he accepted the best documentary Oscar for his film Inside Job, a hard-hitting… Read More
Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
Hundreds of delegates and labour activists came together for an evening of solidarity, spectacular entertainment and challenging words on Sunday at the Human Rights Forum.
Following greetings from CLC Secretary-Treasurer Hassan Yussuff, delegates were treated… Read More
Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
CLC President Ken Georgetti congratulated labour councils for their role in electing more than 1250 mayors, councillors and school trustees in the six years since the Municipalities Matters campaign began. “Great things happen for union members and their… Read More
Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
VANCOUVER – The president of the Canadian Labour Congress says that unions have had many successes in standing up for working people, and he is calling on the labour movement to use every form of media available to tell that story.
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Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
Hassan Yussuff, CLC Secretary-Treasurer, opened the 26th Constitutional Convention this morning. He asked representatives from the Musqueam Nation to bring greetings and to welcome delegates to Coast Salish Territory. Elder Rose Point reminded those present… Read More
Posted: Monday, 9 May 2011
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Sisters and Brothers!
On behalf of the CLC and our 3.2 million affiliated members – welcome to my home city of Vancouver.
And welcome to the Convention where our labour movement democratically decides its future.
And Sisters and… Read More
Posted: Sunday, 8 May 2011
A warm welcome to each of the 2600 delegates and guests attending the CLC’s 26th Constitutional Convention at the Vancouver Centre, May 9-13. Unions do make a difference in people’s lives and this convention is all about finding better ways to get that… Read More
