Showing posts with label Labour Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labour Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Historic convention to create largest private-sector union gets underway this weekend

(TORONTO) – The founding convention to create a new union — Unifor — uniting more than 300,000 members from two of Canada’s largest unions will be held Aug. 31st and Sept. 1st at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
http://www.newunionconvention.ca/historic-convention-to-create-largest-private-sector-union-gets-underway-this-weekend/

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

A Labour Day message by CAW National President Ken Lewenza: We Must Set Our Sights Higher

Labour Day has always offered working Canadians a chance to step back and reflect on our collective achievements. Workplace safety rules. Decent wages and benefits. Work-life balance. Equality. Fairness. Even as a child, marching along Labour Day parade routes in Windsor with my mother and father, I've understood this day as a celebration of social progress and collective prosperity, amid the daily struggle for improved worker rights. And the progress we celebrated benefitted all working families - whether in a union or not.  Read the rest here: http://www.caw.ca/en/10578.htm