By: Bill Gllespie & Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Christopher Daniels knows about Internships. Daniels is a Red Seal certified chef, worked as an…
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By: Rankandfile.ca Last week, we published an analysis of the situation confronting teachers and all other educators in the Ontario elementary and secondary school…
By: WHSC/CALM Diesel engine exhaust has long been considered a significant threat to worker and public health. However, it’s now officially considered…
By: WHSC/CALM Nurses who are bullied and those who witness bullying report a similarly high desire to quit, according to a study…
By: industriALL/CALM On Monday there were clashes between workers and guards in Foxconn's plant in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, China. Reports indicate the…
By: industriALL/CALM In an important development, Canada's Industry Minister, Christian Paradis, announced September 14 that Canada would drop its efforts to prevent…
By: CEP/CALM Celebrate World Day for Decent Work on October 7 by joining the international campaign to Stop Precarious Work. All over…
By: Suzanne Ma What a spectacle we were. The enormous bus roared down the highway, then slowed and pulled to the side…
By: WHSC/CALM For nearly a century, studies have consistently shown that newly hired workers are more likely to be injured than those…
By: AFL-CIO Label Letter/CALM Fifty years ago, Sam Walton began a store with a vision. Walton believed that if you worked hard…
By: Neil Monckton/CALM Some Canadian parties are developing a taste for American anti-union laws like the one passed in Wisconsin. In the past…
By: Patty Gibson HEU/CALM Vancouver mother Dawn Steele has spent more than a decade fighting for children and adults with developmental disabilities. …
By: industriALL/CALM Expressing outrage over the negligence of government authorities, IndustriALL Global Union launched a LabourStart campaign today, calling on the government of…
The Guardian is the flagship publication of the Hospital Employees' Union. Members of CALM are welcome to reuse any content with credit…
By: ITUC/CALM From dawn in Fiji to sunset in Hawaii, workers from more than 100 countries will take part in a global…
By: United Way of Canada/CALM Many communities and unions run United Way campaigns through their workplaces in the fall. Some campaigns last…
By: CUPE/CALM CUPE launched a fun and informative game on literacy and clear language to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8.…
By: BCFL/CALM B.C. Government workers across the province went on a province-wide, one-day strike on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Approximately 27,000 BCGEU,…
By: FTQ/CALM The Quebec Federation of Labour (Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec) congratulates the leader of the Parti Québécois becoming…
By: CALM/PSAC An airplane towing this aerial banner, which translates as "Stephen Harper hates us" in English, was ordered grounded by the…
By: WHSC/CALM August 21, 2012 (Toronto, Ontario)—Women with low job control are at greater risk of diabetes, according to a new nine-year…
By: CLC/CALM The Canadian Labour Congress says that too many young workers are unemployed and they risk being left behind in a…
By: CanuckSRY's/CALM Labour Day (Canada) and Labor Day (USA) History
By: NUPGE/CALM Governments have a role to play in ensuring citizens live healthy lives. Ottawa (15 Aug. 2012) - The Canadian Medical…
By: WHSC/CALM Working shifts increases the risk of suffering a major vascular event, including a stroke and heart attack, according to a…
By: CUPE/CALM BURNABY, BC—In their latest attack on post-secondary education, the B.C. Liberals are fast-tracking a new plan to slash jobs and…
OTTAWA - Human Resources Minister Diane Finley's language was designed to be reassuring and moderate. Canada is facing "unprecedented skills shortages," she…
By: CCPA Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the federal government—and the banks themselves—as being much more stable…
CALM has hired Martin Lukacs as its interim editor. Martin comes to CALM with solid experience as an independent journalist editor, and…