Publications

Realtiy Check - Actually, Mr. Cannon, it IS up to you

Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010

While Canada’s largest union central, the Canadian Labour Congress, along with Federations of Labour, public and private sector unions and district labour councils have come forward to join hundreds of individuals across Canada to uphold Abousfian Abdelr… Read More

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from CLC President Ken Georgetti - Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from CLC President Ken Georgetti urging the government to withdraw Bill C-2 on the Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement and to suspend the agreement altogether.  “ ...This campaign of terror on Colombian trade unio… Read More

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from CLC President Ken Georgetti - Visit of Mexican President Calderon

Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010

Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from CLC President Ken Georgetti, formally requesting that Harper raise the issue of the continued violation of fundamental labour rights and repression of democratic labour unions with Mexican President Calderon duri… Read More

CLC defies federal government to help Abousfian Abdelrazik

Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010

The Canadian Labour Congress is challenging sanctions being applied against Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen whose name remains on a United Nations Security Council watch list. The list bans Abdelrazik from air travel and paid work and he has had h… Read More

A Quick Education in Pay Equity - Women's Economic Equality

Posted: Monday, 17 May 2010

Why do we need pay equity laws? The simple answer is that without laws (or unions fighting for higher wages), employers will pay as little as possible for wages. If they can get away with paying women less, they will. Until the 1950s, men and women wo… Read More

Mexican trade unionists suffer under heavy-handed government action and corporate greed

Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010

Free trade unions in Mexico continue to suffer from heavy-handed government actions, demonstrating the failure of the labour side agreement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to raise labour standards in Mexico. Returning from a visit to Me… Read More

Rights & Democracy needs your help!

Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010

Rights & Democracy is an independent non-partisan Canadian institution created by Parliament in 1988 to defend and promote universal human rights and to support the development of democratic institutions and practices around the world. Its independence is … Read More

Ken Georgetti nominates prominent woman trade union leader to lead ITUC

Posted: Thursday, 6 May 2010

CLC President Ken Georgetti recently placed his support behind Sharan Burrow, president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) to head the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). In a letter to outgoing General Secretary Guy Ryder, George… Read More

G8 Nations urged to act on commitments on HIV-AIDS

Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Treatment and care in Africa – Canada stands isolated among G8 nations on maternal health As Canada hosted development ministers for the G8 countries in Halifax April 26-28, the Canadian Labour Congress reiterated its call for global action on poverty an… Read More

Historic Municipal Policy a First for Canada

Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010

New Westminster, British Columbia is the first city in Canada to adopt a municipal living wage policy. The historic policy, unanimously passed by the New Westminster City Council on April 26, 2010, will reduce poverty and support working families. Workers … Read More