Day of Mourning honours workers hurt or killed on the job; SAFETY: Employers, government not listening to employees’ concerns, speaker says;

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Northumberland Today.com Wed 29 Apr 2009 Byline: VALERIE MACDONALD, [email protected]; Dateline: COBOURG After a quarter of a century of honouring workers who have died and been injured on the job, statistics are…

The Haymarket “Riot” and the Martyrs

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Two days later, on May 3, 1886, violence broke out at the McCormick Reaper Works between police and strikers when scabs were brought in to work in the Chicago plant. During speeches…

May Day

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is the traditional day for workers and the Labour Movement to celebrate their social and economic achievements. The day commemorates the general strikes…

May Day 2009

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is the traditional day for workers and the Labour Movement to celebrate their social and economic achievements. The day commemorates the general strikes which…