Category: Labour movement
May: Asian Heritage Month
The labour heritage of Asian-Canadian workers is a lesser-known part of our shared history. Even many of our Asian-Canadian members might not have heard much about it. The Labour movement and UCTE could not be where we are today without...
May Day 2026
The fight for better working conditions never ceases. May Day is International Workers’ Day. It commemorates the Haymarket massacre: unions in the U.S. had set May 1, 1886, as their goal for achieving the eight-hour workday. A general strike was...
Workers’ Day of Mourning
Each April 28, workers and advocates gather at memorials around the world to mourn those killed or injured on the job. Flags will be at half-staff on federal government buildings, and many workers will wear black armbands, pins, or ribbons...
Become a Member in Good Standing in One Simple Step
Canadian labour law requires that every worker who is protected by a collective bargaining agreement must pay dues to the bargaining agent. The union negotiates and enforces the agreement for everyone in the bargaining unit. Under Canadian labour law, everyone...
2025: A Year of Growing Resistance to Code Section 107 and its Abuses
The use of “Section 107” of the Canada Labour Code (the Code) has been raised, and challenged, in several recent labour disputes. It’s been in the Code for decades, so why has it become a battleground this year? The Basics...
Fund the Canadian Disability Benefit
On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities we spotlight the Fund the Benefit campaign. Persons with Access needs are disproportionately likely to face poverty and food insecurity. The campaign aims to financially support Canadians with disabilities. Years of activism...
World Day for Decent Work
On the World Day for Decent Work 2025, we join the global labour movement in acknowledging some big gains and some big setbacks for workers. The International Trade Union Confederation’s Global Rights Index reports that worker rights and union rights...
The Fifth National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
We are more than ten years into the Truth and Reconciliation process, yet sometimes it feels like we are just beginning. It falls to all of us, whether Indigenous or not, to learn, unlearn, and act in better ways –...
Labour Day Check-in
Monday, September 1 is Labour Day. Each year we celebrate, commemorate, and march while looking to the fight ahead. Looking Back: Recent ups and downs So far, the Carney Government seems to be at least as willing as the Trudeau...