Publication Archive

Dispatches from Copenhagen - Labour movement pushes just transition in climate agreement

Posted: Friday, 18 December 2009

As we begin the final hours of COP 15 in Copenhagen, our goal as an international trade union movement is to ensure that social and economic concerns are included in what had once been solely an environmental discussion. In simple terms, we want a fair, amb… Read More

CLC’s Hassan Yussuff leads labour fact-finding delegation to Mexico

Posted: Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Hassan Yussuff, CLC Secretary-Treasurer, headed a recent fact-finding mission to Mexico to investigate that government’s October 10th liquidation of the publicly-owned Central Light and Power Company (LFC). Subsequently, the government fired 44,000 electr… Read More

Recession Watch Bulletin #3

Posted: Monday, 14 December 2009

This is the third in a series of analytical reports from the Social and Economic Policy Department of the Canadian Labour Congress looking at the impacts of the global economic crisis on the jobs, wages, and economic security of working Canadians. One Year… Read More

Green, Decent and Public

Posted: Saturday, 12 December 2009

Abstract Canada and the world must address the climate crisis – the most urgent issue of our time. There is a desperate need to stop the average global temperature from rising any more than 2°C. We are also faced with a serious global economic crisis th… Read More

Dispatches from Copenhagen

Posted: Thursday, 10 December 2009

Day 1: Canadian Labour Congress Leads Strong Labour Delegation to COP 15 The Canadian Labour Congress is leading a delegation of trade unions at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. The CLC’s delegation is at COP15 to pre… Read More