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Thursday, March 22, 2012
This article originally appeared on the ICEM website.
“Local Actions, Global Impact” was the motto of the annual Job Stewards’ Seminar of the ICEM Canadian affiliate, Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 378, which was held 9-11 March in Vancouver, British Columbia. COPE Local 378 represents 14,000 union members at public- and private-sector companies in the...
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Labour Day marks the end of summer, and for many of our members this long weekend is one last opportunity to enjoy time with their families before children return to school and the busy fall season begins at work.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
Brussels, 16 June 2011: The International Trade Union Confederation today welcomed the historical adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation by the International Labour Organisation, but called on the ILO to ensure governments around the world were put on notice about protecting the millions of people in the domestic work sphere.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
At the top of the town of Cananea, with the afternoon sun beating down, the members, families, children, and supporters of the striking miners union gathered by the hundreds for a rally and celebration to welcome us.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Personal Blog: COPE 378 Communications Director Mike Bruce
COPE 378 President Andy Ross and Communications Director Mike Bruce joined an international delegation on stage at the 36th General Convention of the Mexican mineworkers union Los Mineros today.
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Monday, May 3, 2010
Andy Ross and a delegation of Canadian and US labour leaders visited Juan Linares in prison on the outskirts of Mexico City today, and reported that he is in good health and good spirits.
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Sunday, May 2, 2010
COPE 378 President Andy Ross and Communications Director Mike Bruce visited with hunger strikers and union leaders from the Sindicato Mexicano de Electricistas (SME) on Sunday at the workers’ protest camp.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Delegates hears a sobering and gripping tale Monday afternoon as Napoleon Gomez, exiled leader of the of the Mexican union Los Mineros, detailed the daily and often deadly struggle for workers rights in Mexico.