Labour history – Page 5 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

World Maritime Day – The Grey Zone: Machias Seal Island

For World Maritime Day, UCTE decided to tell you the story of a somewhat nebulous area between Canada and the United States. For approximately 250 years, Machias Seal Island has been the source of conflict between the United States and...

September 30, 2021

Building a Modern Union – Part IV: Building solidarity was hard work

Labour history PSAC UCTE history

Building a Modern Union – Part IV: Building solidarity was hard work

The Civil Service Federation (CSF) did not operate as a union. Its name said it all – it was a federation of associations. A key role was helping small local association come together into larger ones in an attempt to...

September 27, 2021

Building a Modern Union – Part III: Militancy was growing day by day

Labour history PSAC UCTE history

Building a Modern Union – Part III: Militancy was growing day by day

At the end of the Great War workers were frustrated and angry with the government and businesses. There was little concern for their contribution to the war effort or the welfare of their families. Militancy was growing day by day...

September 20, 2021

Building a Modern Union – Part II: Searching for unity

Labour history PSAC UCTE history

Building a Modern Union – Part II: Searching for unity

An organization like the Union of Canadian Transportation Union (UCTE) or the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) does not spring out of the air fully formed. These are organizations that were built on years of hard work and effort....

September 13, 2021

Building a Modern Union – Part I: Building a union for federal workers

Labour history PSAC UCTE history

Building a Modern Union – Part I: Building a union for federal workers

September 6, 2021

The Occupational Health Act in Saskatchewan – 1972

Health and safety Labour history

The Occupational Health Act in Saskatchewan – 1972

Today, Canada is recognized as a country mostly advanced in the area of occupational health and safety. It has gotten more difficult in recent years, but a lot of work has been accomplished by activists fighting for the working environment...

August 4, 2021

In honour of Pride Month, UCTE exposes the “Fruit Machine” – The homosexual purge

Campaigns Equity Human rights Labour history

In honour of Pride Month, UCTE exposes the “Fruit Machine” – The homosexual purge

Many of us do not understand systemic discrimination. We have the false impression that, in Canada, a country with a reputation for acceptance and tolerance, we are well aware that such situations occur. But our history is one that includes...

June 14, 2021

Equity Labour history

Pride Month – The story of Marsha P. Johnson

June is designated as Pride Month in Canada. It all began in 1924 in the United States when Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights. This event, which was a real trigger, manifested itself a few years later on...

June 11, 2021

“Educate, Agitate, and Organize” in our communities

Labour history Labour movement UCTE history

“Educate, Agitate, and Organize” in our communities

While workers in Canada started organizing themselves into unions in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia as early as 1812, the real boom took place in the 1860s and 70s. There was a new country being formed and a workforce that...

May 25, 2021

Labour history

The 1972 Common Front Strikes in Quebec

In 1972, Common Front strikes took place as part of a coalition of public and para-public sector unions in Quebec with a view to ending negotiations with the provincial government. The first strike took place in 1972 during a round...

May 21, 2021