November 30, 2011 It's not often recognized, but music, dance, theatre,
poetry, drumming, song - they're all part of the response to the AIDS pandemic.
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November 10, 2011 Meet Betty Matamoros and stand in
solidarity with the resistance movement of Honduras at OPSEU Head Office,
November 17, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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July 19, 2011 As unions, sometimes we respond together to communities in desperate need and at other times we urge our members to respond directly to calls from sister organizations with similar aims. A call for help has come from Oxfam Canada.
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May 25, 2011 On June 2, 2011, OPSEU joins together with people in
Colombia and other parts of the world to mark the 10th anniversary of the forced
disappearance of Colombian Indigenous leader Kimy Pernia Domico, and draw
attention to ongoing threats and attacks against Indigenous peoples in Colombia.
more...
March 18, 2011 As Japan suffers the effects of a
devastating earthquake and tsunami, global unions are coordinating a world-wide
trade union response. more...
March 15, 2011 On Wednesday, March 9th, Members of
Parliament made history by voting for legislation that has the potential to save
thousands of lives by ensuring access to affordable, generic medicines for
people dying of treatable diseases like AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in
developing countries. more...
March 2, 2011 Come out to this public forum on March 11
at 7 p.m. to learn more about the role of the Canadian Government in undermining
human and civil rights through its free trade agenda.
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February 11, 2011 In recent years the few genuinely
independent trade unions seeking to improve the lives of Mexican workers have
found themselves increasingly under fire.This February, trade unions in Canada
and around the world are joining in actions to support the independent trade
union movement in Mexico and the right of Mexican workers to be represented by
the union of their free choice..
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January 10, 2011 Days after organizing a public
event to commemorate December 10th - International Human Rights Day - human
rights organizations have started receiving a series of death threats. Included
among those threatened are Berenice Celeyta of NOMADESC and SINTRAUNICOL, the
university workers union.
more..
2007 - 2010 Archive
