Citizens throughout Canada are outraged by Stephen Harper and the Conservative government’s implementation of the 425-page omnibus budget legislation, bill C-38. With little time for parliamentary debate, the bill is a “Trojan horse” piece of legislation that includes dozens of harmful new measures that cuts public pensions and employment standards, destroys environmental protection, reduces democratic […]
The term “solidarity” isn’t just a cliché. It is a fundamental necessity for students and working people throughout the world who want to create a fair and democratic society. This has been on brilliant display in the province of Quebec during the past four months, where the largest student strike in the Canada’s history […]
Employees of Cole Harbour Place are preparing to be on the picket line tomorrow morning. Last ditch talks between the community recreation facility and its custodial and maintenance employees broke down Tuesday when Cole Harbour Place rejected the Union’s latest offer. The only issue in the dispute is wages. The 25 workers currently earn between […]
It was in 1963 that the Public and Private Workers of Canada was founded in British Columbia. Through the leadership of Prairie-born Orville Braaten, an earlier union broke away from its American leadership to form a progressive, democratic and fully Canadian union, the PPWC. To celebrate this achievement, the 50th Annual PPWC Convention took place […]
On March 12, 2012, Madeleine Parent, the founder of the Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU), of which the Public and Private Workers of Canada is affiliated, passed away at the age of 93. In September 2011, I had the privilege of meeting her in Quebec. It was a moment I will never forget. She was […]
Well, a heck of a lot, actually. Let’s run down a short list: Go to PPWC YouTube Channel
The PPWC organized another protest recently, calling on the provincial government of British Columbia to ban the export of raw logs. Keeping raw logs in Canada would create and protect good-paying jobs in smaller communities in British Columbia. The PPWC calls on the provincial government of British Columbia to protect jobs in the forestry sector […]
At the National Executive Board meeting in December, 1999, a motion was passed to sponsor a child through World Vision. Our sponsored child, Daniel Lapikaana, was from the Alor area in Indonesia. He was born October 3, 1991. At the end of December, 2008, Daniel and his family left World Vision care and moved to […]
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