Tag: Solidarity
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Solidarity with striking Labatt workers
Standing your ground against a multi-billion dollar corporation isn't easy. But that's exactly what 45 workers in St. John's, Newfoundland have been doing for almost six months. As members of NUPGE, OPSEU is proud to stand in solidarity with these workers. NAPE members on strike against concessionary bargaining by multi-billion dollar corporation, AB InBev Workers…
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Human rights protections rare in Brison’s steak-dinner amendment to Canada-Colombia free trade agreement
A human rights side-agreement to the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (Bill C-2), developed by Liberal trade critic Scott Brison over steak dinner with his Colombian counterpart and tabled by the Conservatives in the House of Commons, is toothless, insufficient, and would allow the Colombian government to assess its own human rights violations, says the Council…
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Thirteen Colombian Human Rights Defenders Targeted in Death Threat
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) issued an urgent action today (see below in Spanish) following a death threat that was sent on July 4, 2012 to 13 Colombian human rights defenders. The threat…
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Help pass bill to deliver affordable medicines to dying children
On Wednesday, March 9th, Members of Parliament made history by voting for legislation that has the potential to save thousands of lives. With the passage of Bill C-393, MPs approved a plan to reform Canada’s broken Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) and ensure access to affordable, generic medicines for people dying of treatable diseases like…
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Labour to picket cabinet meeting June 23, 2010
LCBO employees represented by OPSEU, and Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation employees represented by the Society of Energy Professionals, will stage an information picket outside Glendon College on Wednesday June 23 to protest the McGuinty government’s threat to privatize several Crown corporations. The information picket is scheduled to coincide with Wednesday’s regular weekly meeting…
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The situation in Honduras calls for our action!
Please take a few minutes to voice your concern over human rights abuses in Honduras. Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was forced into exile following a military coup in the country on June 28. Zelaya defied the coup regime"s efforts to keep him out of the country by staging a return to Honduras on September 21.…
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Free trade deal will not lead to democracy in Colombia, say Canadian election monitors.
Carleen Pickard of the Council of Canadians and Barbara Wood representing CUPE were part of an international election monitoring mission to Colombia head of the presidential election in May. They say systematic human rights abuses, corruption and escalating violence cast doubts on whether the election can be free and fair. Most disturbingly, the mission’s report…
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Education sector unions launch legal challenge to Bill 115
To mark one month since the Ontario government’s passage of Bill 115, a joint media conference will be held tomorrow afternoon in Toronto with the presidents of: The Elementary Teachers" Federation of Ontario (ETFO) The Ontario Secondary School Teachers" Federation (OSSTF) The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario Ontario Public Service Employees Union…
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The East Africa Food Crisis needs an urgent response.
Meet Betty Matamoros and stand in solidarity with the resistance movement of Honduras. Honduras resists! Betty Matamoros is an organizer with social movements on human rights, trade and militarization issues and has been key in building international solidarity with the non-violent resistance movement in Honduras following the coup d"état in June of 2009. Thursday, November…
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Declaration of the Colombian Labour Movement
Declaration Of The Colombian Labour Movement In Response To The Agreement On Labour Co-Operation Between Canada And Colombia Resulting From The Colombia-Canada Fta Agreement
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Community social service workers care to make a difference: NUPGE
Millions of Canadians depend on community social services to live independently, to participate fully in the community, or for their safety. Whether it is seniors, people with disabilities, women fleeing violence or many others, community social services make an enormous difference in people"s lives. But more and more, those who rely on community social services…
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Take action on the tragedy in Bangladesh
The Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN), along with trade unions and labour rights organisations in Bangladesh and around the world, is calling for immediate action from international brands following the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, in Dhaka Bangladesh. The eight-story Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed April 24th, killing hundreds of workers…
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Death Threats continue on the heels of International Human Rights Day
Days after organizing a public event to commemorate December 10th – International Human Rights Day – human rights organizations have started receiving a series of death threats. Included among those threatened are Berenice Celeyta of NOMADESC and SINTRAUNICOL, the university workers union. OPSEU and activists in Colombia are familiar with these organizations and individuals. They…
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Solidarity Funds: Golf Grand Prize Winner 2009
Congratulations to Jacques Senechal, Local 556, grand prize winner at OPSEU’s 1st Annual Charity Golf Tournament. Jacques won a 7-Day All-Inclusive Caribbean Vacation courtesy of Vision 2000. Because the event was such an overwhelming success, plans are underway for the 2nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament. It is tentatively scheduled for Monday, June 7, 2010 at…
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Mandela Day – A Global Call to Action
Mandela Day is a global call to action that celebrates the idea that each individual has the power to transform the world, the ability to make an imprint. The Mandela Day campaign message is: Nelson Mandela has fought for social justice for 67 years. We’re asking you to start with 67 minutes. “We would be…
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Jonsía Jomata – Everyone Together!
Call to action – June 2, 2011 On June 2, 2011, OPSEU joins together with people in Colombia and other parts of the world to mark the 10th anniversary of the forced disappearance of Colombian Indigenous leader Kimy Pernia Domico, and draw attention to ongoing threats and attacks against Indigenous peoples in Colombia.