Statement Archive

2009 Labour Day Message

Posted: Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Unions and workers in Canada were celebrating Labour Day decades before it was a national holiday for the first time on September 4, 1894. Over the past 115 years, working people around the world mark either the first of May or the first Monday of September… Read More

Solidarity with Mexican Mineworkers

Posted: Wednesday, 19 August 2009

The CLC joined an international delegation of parliamentarians and trade union leaders in Mexico last weekend in a demonstration of solidarity with the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers (SNTMMSRM) and its elected leader, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia. Th… Read More

Tri-National Union Declaration on the Occasion of the NAFTA Leaders Summit

Posted: Tuesday, 11 August 2009

Guadalajara, Mexico August 9/10, 2009 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has, to a significant extent, defined the relationship between the three North American nations over the last fifteen years. NAFTA was sold on the promise that it would … Read More

International Youth Day - August 12, 2009

Posted: Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Sustainability: Our Challenge. Our Future. The United Nations General Assembly declared August 12 "International Youth Day" welcoming the mobilization of youth globally around a common issue and theme annually. This International Youth Day 2009, as the wo… Read More