CEP calls for change to legislation to protect laid-off workers
TORONTO -- The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada is calling on the Ontario government to pass the NDP Private Member's Bill introduced today, which would amend the Employment Standards Act so that Ontario's workers are better protected in the event of company closures
Broadband workers to protest Telecom
Downer workers in Auckland and Christchurch will stop work for two hours on Wednesday to protest outside Telecom's head offices against the telco's failure to properly fund maintenance on its...
New leadership for UNI-Americas Women
The 3rd UNI-Americas Women's Conference held in Panama at the end of April, elected its new Committee and leadership for the next...
PaRL - Information and consultation rights in Europe - May 2008
Letter to ILO Director General, Juan Somavia on Zambia
We write in support of the complaint submitted to the ILO by the Federation of Free Trade Unions (FFTUZ) and the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions...
New Zealand: Mill closure highlights importance of redundancy
After three weeks of consultation with Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union members and officials as well as non-union workers, Carter Holt Harvey has decided to close its Kopu mill.
AMWU is reallocating its resources to grow the Union
The AMWU is reallocating its resources to grow the Union and strengthen our industrial and political muscle.
Unite members lodge a petition in the High Court
Unite members and workers dismissed by Mike Dolan the owner of Butler and Tanner Printers Ltd have presented a petition to the Birmingham District Registry of the High Court, seeking the winding up of the company