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Stephen Lewis on unions and social justice

International SolidarityBy Deva Nadesan January 28, 2016

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2B9YOPO6GvI%3Fhl%3Den-ca%26%23038%3Brel%3D0%26%23038%3Bautohide%3D1%26%23038%3Bshowinfo%3D0 A riveting keynote address at the CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurers Conference by Stephen Lewis, co-director and co-founder of AIDS-Free World. In it, he speaks of the role AIDS-Free World played in exposing child sexual abuse at the hands of U.N. peacekeepers, the foundation’s work to end child marriage and abuse, and the important role unions…

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Federal government should create a national registry of asbestos in public buildings: union

Health CareBy Deva Nadesan January 28, 2016

KINGSTON, Ont. — The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE (OCHU) supports the call on the federal government to create a national registry of asbestos in public buildings and for the ban on the use and import of asbestos endorsed by the European Union, Australia and other countries. “Increasing rates of mesothelioma and other related cancers…

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Don’t scuttle CPP expansion, CUPE Ontario tells Wynne

GovernmentalBy Deva Nadesan January 27, 2016

TORONTO, ON – With a Liberal government in Ottawa, there is no need for Kathleen Wynne to push forward her flawed, non-universal Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), says the president of Ontario’s largest union. “By moving forward with their non-universal ORPP, the Ontario Liberal government is abandoning the push to expand the Canada Pension Plan…

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Stop attacks on nurses, charge violent patients under criminal code: union

Health CareBy Deva Nadesan January 27, 2016

Kingston, ON – All 150 registered practical nurses (RPNs) from across Ontario attending a conference on violence this week reported that they have been assaulted at work. They point to underfunding that leaves staff vulnerable to increased patient aggression. And nurses say there is a gender bias in new provincial and federal spending on bricks and…

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City of Toronto workers need stable jobs, say part-timers

MunicipalBy Deva Nadesan January 27, 2016

TORONTO, ON – As bargaining with the City of Toronto heats up, part-time city workers are speaking out about their working conditions to help raise public awareness that half of the city’s employees deliver valuable services without stable jobs or benefits. “I watched my scheduled hours drop from 30 hours a week to 10 hours…

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Stephen Lewis on unions and social justice

Federal government should create a national registry of asbestos in public buildings: union

Don’t scuttle CPP expansion, CUPE Ontario tells Wynne

Stop attacks on nurses, charge violent patients under criminal code: union

City of Toronto workers need stable jobs, say part-timers

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