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How to join the IAM Canadian National Human Rights Committee

Thank you for showing an interest in the National Human Rights Committee. We meet one or two times per year and usually in Toronto for 1- 1/2 days (Friday (travel)/Saturday (meeting)). We also ask our committee members to touch base with other IAM members in the Province or Territory where you reside, with any information from the Canadian IAMAW office that is of interest to Human Rights committees. We also

USO leader murdered in Colombia

13.12.2012    Hours after EU-Colombia Trade Agreement was signed, another cold-blooded assassination of a Colombian trade unionist occurred 11 December, murdered for his trade union activities inside a multinational company.   On the afternoon of 11 December, in the Colombian municipality of Puerto Gaitan, gunmen assassinated Milton Parra Rivas, an operator and electrician at Termotécnica Coindustrial SA, a subcontractor of Spanish-based CEPSA.   Milton Rivas was a leading activist of

Care About Climate Justice? Come to PowerShift!

On the weekend of October 26-29th over 1500 youth from all walks of life, coming from communities all across Canada will come together for a historic gathering to build the movement for a just and sustainable future. Including leading voices from the global movement to stop climate change, this gathering will empower our generation to chart a new pathway forward towards the world that we want.   The event will

Light a Candle

  WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON OCTOBER 4TH?   October 4th is a day where we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls. The violence experienced by Aboriginal women and girls in Canada is a national tragedy. We must take the time to give thanks to the families who have inspired the SIS movement and who are our reason we all continue to demand action.  

International Solidarity Dominates Opening of 38th Grand Lodge Convention

“As this week progresses, you will see how workers all across the globe are connected,” said Buffenbarger. “What happens to workers in China impacts workers in Nigeria. What goes on down in South Carolina affects what happens in South America. Working conditions in India have an impact on conditions for workers in Indonesia, Vietnam and Bangladesh.”   Delegates at the Convention will have ample opportunity to consider the scenarios described

Shameful passing of Columbia-Canada Free-Trade deal

The Liberals this week closed ranks with the Conservatives in passing legislation that brought two years of vigorous public debate to an end—and finalized a free trade deal alongside a new human rights agreement with Colombia that civil society leaders say lowers the bar on human rights. “This new human rights agreement is empty. It does nothing to repair Canada’s sullied human rights reputation in the world,” said Gerry Barr,

Workers Arts & Heritage Centre - Working Women Project

This project will generate increased awareness of and discussion about the historical and contemporary experiences of Canada’s working women, particularly amongst women, seniors and youth. Through their involvement in the conceptualization and creation of the project (as the subject of oral histories or by participating in the project advisory committee), by seeing their stories and images, and those of their mothers and grandmothers, reflected in an exhibition, Canada’s working women

The informal economy: women on the front line

Informal employment is on the rise throughout the world, including in developed countries, and is synonymous with lack of protection and serious vulnerability. Women are discriminated against and edged out of the formal labour market, but are over-represented in the informal economy. On 8 March, International Women’s Day, the ICFTU will be focusing on organising women in the informal economy so that they can gain better rights and become a

Machinistes Inscription New Deal avec Air Transat!

Montréal, QC – membres de l’AIM employés par Air Transat ont ratifié une nouvelle entente de cinq ans collective avec leur employeur. “Après leurs résultats du deuxième trimestre est entré, Air Transat a demandé que tous les employés syndiqués des salaires gelés jusqu’en 2016», a expliqué sa retraite IAM district 140, président général Georges Bujold. “Nos membres ont convenu de le gel jusqu’en 2016 à condition que nous avions la