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The Buck Shouldn't Stop at Theresa Spence

Posted: Thursday, 10 January 2013

As published on huffingtonpost.com Imagine a country where the national government introduces and passes legislation that detrimentally affects all of its First Nations communities but it doesn't bother to consult with them. Then a chief of an impoverished… Read More

Georgetti to Poilievre: apologize

Posted: Thursday, 6 September 2012

OTTAWA – The veiled threats of a backbench Conservative MP to punish federal public servants for exercising their democratic rights as citizens has drawn the ire of the country’s largest labour organization. The president of the Canadian Labour Congres… Read More

People power in Africa and the Middle East

Posted: Thursday, 12 May 2011

An International Solidarity Forum at the CLC convention in Vancouver drew panelists from the International Labour Organization, the Kenyan Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review, and the Tunisian General Labour Union. CLC President Ken Georgetti open… Read More

CLC helps build Arab country trade unions. New office to open soon in Egypt

Posted: Thursday, 17 March 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress has pledged $5,000 toward an international effort to help build and strengthen the labour movement in the Arab countries and has asked its affiliates to consider doing the same. As part of this network building, the Internation… Read More

World Trade Unions Mobilising for Democracy in Egypt: February Action Day

Posted: Friday, 4 February 2011

Trade unions around the world will join a Day of Action for Democracy in Egypt on 8 February, following a decision by the International Trade Union Confederation General Council meeting in Brussels. Unions will organise demonstrations at Egyptian embassies,… Read More

Largest G20 protest puts people and their safety first - Organizers support injunction to prevent use of sonic cannons during Summit

Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010

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CLC condemns coup in Honduras

Posted: Thursday, 2 July 2009

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) condemns the overthrow of democracy by the military in Honduras and supports the call of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the immediate, safe and unconditional return of its democratically-elected constitution… Read More

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