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CLC’s Barb Byers speaks to CFS National Day of Action

Posted: Wednesday, 1 February 2012

OTTAWA -- Barb Byers, CLC Executive Vice-President, told a national student rally in Ottawa that the Canadian labour movement stands with students in their demands for lower tuition fees, the elimination of student debt and an increase of funding for public… Read More

Younger workers being left behind: CLC President comments on job numbers for September 2011

Posted: Friday, 7 October 2011

OTTAWA – Young workers continue to experience high rates of unemployment and the Canadian Labour Congress wants Ottawa to devise a strategy that would assist in providing full-time and secure employment for them. CLC President Ken Georgetti was commenting… Read More

Young workers bearing brunt of unemployment: CLC president comments on job numbers for July 2011

Posted: Friday, 5 August 2011

OTTAWA – Young workers continue to bear the brunt of unemployment in Canada and the government has to do something about it, says Ken Georgetti president of the Canadian Labour Congress. “There are far too many young people unemployed or working in par… Read More

CLC’s Erin Harrison speaks at UN about youth employment

Posted: Tuesday, 26 July 2011

The CLC’s Erin Harrison spoke on July 25 to a high level meeting at the United Nations in New York, which is considering the importance of youth participation in social integration, full employment and the eradication of poverty. Harrison, a CLC represen… Read More

Ottawa must focus on younger workers: CLC President comments on job numbers for June 2011

Posted: Friday, 8 July 2011

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress says that young workers continue to be victimized by high rates of unemployment and it wants Ottawa to create a strategy that would assist in providing full-time and secure employment for them. Ken Georgetti, preside… Read More

CLC President says Conservatives complicit in attack on young workers and retirement security

Posted: Tuesday, 28 June 2011

OTTAWA ― With the passage of back-to-work legislation, the federal government and Canada Post are one step closer to dismantling decent wages for young workers and their future retirement security, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Cong… Read More

Government must focus on jobs for young workers: CLC President comments on job numbers for May 2011

Posted: Friday, 10 June 2011

OTTAWA – Young workers continue to be the victims of Canada’s high unemployment rate, says Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress. “Our labour market is congested,” says Georgetti. “Older workers can’t get out because many of … Read More

Mobilizing young workers

Posted: Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Well over one hundred delegates to the CLC convention in Vancouver attended a Young Workers Forum that heard from presenters about how young workers are mobilizing across North America. Special guest Christine Kistner from Wisconsin said that during the rec… Read More

Unions and the social contract

Posted: Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Delegates to the CLC convention in Vancouver were treated to a lively debate moderated by the CBC TV’s Wendy Mesley. Four panelists analyzed the decline of the social contract in Canada’s economy in the years since World War II. They talked about the bi… Read More

Journalist challenges labour to stand up to the Conservative agenda

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 trea… Read More

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