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Women still earn less than men.

In our third installment in honour of Women’s History Month, we’re addressing the persistent issue of gender pay inequity and the need to pick up the pace on achieving gender pay parity. Currently, women working full-time and part-time are paid...

March 16, 2023

Women Life Freedom: We stand with Iranian Women

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Women Life Freedom: We stand with Iranian Women

On this International Women’s Day, we are struck that protesters in various Iranian cities and towns are still pushing for women’s rights. The Women Life Freedom (WLF) movement was sparked after the killing of Mahsa Amini in state custody after...

March 8, 2023

NAV CANADA: Tentative agreement ratified by members

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NAV CANADA: Tentative agreement ratified by members

UCTE members in the NAV CANADA bargaining unit voted in favour of the tentative agreement struck with the employer, thanks to the hard work of our bargaining team and members across the country. The NAV CANADA group represents workers in...

March 7, 2023

Celebrating the women who shaped our past

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Celebrating the women who shaped our past

In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer in honour of Women’s History Month 2023. On March 8, 2023, we will celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), which grew from the labour movement to become an annual celebration recognized by...

March 2, 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

Local 20215 at Prince Rupert Airport Ratifies Collective Agreement

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Local 20215 at Prince Rupert Airport Ratifies Collective Agreement

The membership of UCTE Local 20215 has ratified the tentative agreement reached on December 15, 2022. The agreement will expire on December 31, 2025.

February 16, 2023

NAV CANADA: Registration open to cast your ratification votes!

Bargaining Updates PSAC

NAV CANADA: Registration open to cast your ratification votes!

Between February 20-March 3, UCTE-NAV CANADA members will have the opportunity to vote on the NAV CANADA tentative agreement reached with the employer due to the hard work and dedication of the NAV CANADA bargaining team and members across the...

February 13, 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