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CLC pleased with developments for Mexican electrical workers: Canadian and American offices accept complaint under NAFTA

Posted: Wednesday, 18 January 2012

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress says it is pleased that a complaint by the Mexican Union of Electrical Workers (SME) against their government will be heard in both Canada and the United States under the North American Agreement on Labour Cooperation… Read More

Time for federal government to get tough on multinationals: Investment Canada Act needs serious overhaul says Canadian Labour Congress

Posted: Tuesday, 3 January 2012

As nearly 500 workers in London, Ontario are locked out by Electro-Motive – a subsidiary of US multinational giant Caterpillar – the Canadian Labour Congress reiterates its call for a serious overhaul of the Investment Canada Act. The Canadian governme… Read More

It’s not about the tents: Canadian Labour Congress comments on moves to evict Occupy Protesters in Canadian cities

Posted: Friday, 18 November 2011

As cities in Canada move to evict and dismantle Occupy camps, the issues the protests raised won’t go away. “It is a shame that media and politicians have made this into a debate about tents, rather than a debate about the issues the occupiers are rais… Read More

CLC supports aims of Occupy Canada protest

Posted: Friday, 14 October 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress supports the aims of thousands of citizens, many of them younger people, involved in the Occupy Canada protests. They are gathering in Canadian centres from coast to coast to bring attention to how corporate greed is shattering … Read More

CLC Statement on the United Nations 10-year Commemorative Meeting of the World Conference to Eliminate Racism

Posted: Friday, 30 September 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is gravely disappointed that once again the Canadian government has chosen to withdraw from an important United Nations (UN) gathering dedicated to eliminating racism. Earlier this year, the Conservative government announ… Read More

On Labour Day we ask: what has gone so wrong in Canada for working people?

Posted: Wednesday, 31 August 2011

There was a time in Canada – not that very long ago – when a working person could expect to have a family-supporting job throughout their life. For an honest day’s labour, a worker could raise their kids, buy a house, pay off the mortgage, take vacat… Read More

Statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance Regarding the 2012 Federal Budget

Posted: Friday, 19 August 2011

The CLC has made a submission to the House of Commons Finance Committee regarding the 2012 federal Budget. The brief argues that the federal and provincial governments should pursue as an urgent priority an expansion of the Canadian Pension Plan by doublin… Read More

Financing Employment Insurance

Posted: Friday, 19 August 2011

The federal government has launched consultations on the setting of Employment Insurance premiums. Currently, EI premium rates are rising to pay for the deficit of over $10 Billion in the “new” Employment Insurance fund which was accumulated during the… Read More

International Youth Day: Canadian Youth Rely on Quality Public Services

Posted: Wednesday, 10 August 2011

OTTAWA – To mark this year's International Youth Day, August 12th, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) have joined forces to draw attention to the many challenges facing Canadian youth today. The unemployment … Read More

Thank you!

Posted: Thursday, 30 June 2011

I am sending a heart-felt thanks to everyone who answered the CLC's urgent appeal last week, sending letters via our web site to Prime Minister Harper and Labour Minister Lisa Raitt, and sending your stories for the Official Opposition NDP to use in their w… Read More

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