Issue – Page 12 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Building a Better Future: June 12th and the Fight against Child Labour

Building a Better Future: June 12th and the Fight against Child Labour

The United Nations’ World Day Against Child Labour is observed annually on June 12th to raise awareness and take action against child labour worldwide. It is an initiative led by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialized agency of the...

June 12, 2023

Building Solidarity: The Canadian Labour Movement’s Support for Indigenous Rights

Human rights Labour history Labour movement Social justice

Building Solidarity: The Canadian Labour Movement’s Support for Indigenous Rights

The Canadian Labour Movement has played a significant role in advocating for Indigenous rights in Canada, with particular involvement from organizations such as the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). These unions...

June 8, 2023

Human rights Social justice

UCTE Statement on Pride Month 2023

The relationship between the LGBTQ2S+ rights movement and the Canadian labour movement has been intertwined and mutually supportive, driven by shared goals of equality, fairness, and social justice. The Union of Canadian Transportation Employees (UCTE) and the Public Service Alliance...

June 7, 2023

A brief history of Russian-Ukrainian relations and war

Human rights

A brief history of Russian-Ukrainian relations and war

It’s been 1 year since the tyrannical President Putin of Russia rolled tanks over the Ukrainian border from Belarus and began his latest escalation in a war that has been ongoing since his 2014 invasion and annexation of the Crimean...

February 24, 2023

The enduring legacy of slavery in North American prison labour

Human rights Labour history

The enduring legacy of slavery in North American prison labour

Slavery was officially abolished throughout the British Empire, including Canada, on 1 August 1834[1], by the coming into effect of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. Canada had already made baby steps toward abolishing slavery 41 years earlier, in 1793,...

February 21, 2023

Human rights Job Action

Constructive Dismissal

Do you know what it means? Has it happened to you? You have rights and responsibilities when it comes to exercising those rights.

February 17, 2023

Equity Human rights

Chloe Cooley, a Black Woman Enslaved

On March 14, 1793, after spending her life enslaved, Chloe Cooley, a young black woman was abducted by enslaver Adam Vrooman (who’d purchased her only a few months prior from another Ontario slave owner, Benjamin Hardison) and sold over the...

February 8, 2023

Human rights

World Human Rights Day 2022: Dignity, Freedom, & Justice for All

In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer. Today we celebrate World Human Rights Day, which commemorates the day the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948.[1]...

December 10, 2022

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Human rights

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer. In the late afternoon of December 6, 1989, a gunman arrived at the École Polytechnique in Montréal armed with a semi-automatic assault rifle and hatred in his heart. The 25-year-old made his...

December 6, 2022

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Orange Shirt Day

Equity

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – Orange Shirt Day

In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer Last year, the Government of Canada passed legislation to make September 30th a federal holiday, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. “The day honors the lost children and Survivors of residential schools,...

September 30, 2022