Worker Education News

Worker Education News

Updates

October
5

5
October

Apply to participate in the Education in Action project in Guatemala [1]

PSAC Social Justice Fund (SJF) is organizing a delegation to travel to Guatemala in the spring of 2024 to work with and learn from grass roots organizations empowering communities.

October
5

5
October

Apply to participate in the Education in Action project in Guatemala [1]

PSAC Social Justice Fund (SJF) is organizing a delegation to travel to Guatemala in the spring of 2024 to work with and learn from grass roots organizations empowering communities.

June
30

30
June

Statement from Canadian and Québec labour unions in solidarity with the family and colleagues of Shahidul Islam [2]

The Canadian and Québec Labour movement, joining workers around the globe, condemn the brutal murder of Shahidul Islam, a 45-year-old father of two and President of the Gazipur unit of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF).

June
13

13
June

PSAC donates to Partners in Pride in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in Africa [3]

PSAC’s Social Justice Fund [4] is proud to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Partners in Pride program with a donation that will help fund the health and human rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in sub-Saharan Africa. The contribution aligns with the 2023 Pride season, an annual celebration of the progress we’ve made, and a reminder of the work that still lies ahead for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

February
22

22
February

PSAC donates $15,000 to support emergency relief in Turkey and Syria [5]

PSAC’s Social Justice Fund has donated $15,000 to Oxfam to support emergency relief in Turkey and Syria, following the February 6 earthquake — the worst to hit the region in nearly 100 years. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 40,000 people, with the death count still climbing, and left millions more displaced without shelter from the freezing temperatures.

November
23

23
November

Canada-Colombia Frontlines Delegation 2022 [6]

Joint Statement

October
5

5
October

PSAC pledges support to Hurricane Fiona and Pakistan flood relief efforts [7]

As Atlantic Canada continues the long road to recovery in the wake of Hurricane Fiona, PSAC’s Social Justice Fund has pledged $25,000 to the Canadian Red Cross as part of the Hurricane Fiona in Canada Appeal to help communities rebuild. The Red Cross is working closely with local, provincial, and federal governments to get humanitarian assistance delivered to people in need as quickly as possible, and with Indigenous communities in the Atlantic to assess damage and needs moving forward.

April
27

27
April

Pressure building for human rights legislation for Canadian companies abroad [8]

Momentum is growing around proposed federal legislation to prevent human rights abuses abroad by Canadian corporations.

December
9

9
December

PSAC pledges aid for B.C. communities hit by catastrophic flooding [9]

November
23

23
November

Stop abuse of labour rights in Bangladesh [10]

Repressive laws, obstacles to unionization, and brutal repression of strikes make Bangladesh one of the 10 worst countries in the world for working people. Extremely low wages keep most workers under the poverty line and, according to the latest information from International Trade Union Confederation, the situation is only getting worse.

October
15

15
October

To eradicate poverty, we must end inequality [11]

October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

October
13

13
October

PSAC supports communities affected by natural disasters in Haiti [12]

PSAC’s Social Justice Fund is allocating $20,000 to help with a major relief and reconstruction project led by the Confederation of Public and Private Sector Workers (CTSP) in Haiti, whose members

September
14

14
September

PSAC urges Canadian government to call on U.S. to ease embargo on Cuba [13]

PSAC is calling on the Canadian government to press the United States into easing its embargo and sanctions on Cuba. The country is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis following 62 years of U.S. sanctions and the outbreak of COVID-19.

July
23

23
July

Canada must suspend military and police support to Philippines as crisis continues [14]

As union members and activists, we encourage you to learn more about the worsening situation in the Philippines.

May
17

17
May

Social Justice Fund supports evacuated communities in Northwest Territories [15]

PSAC Social Justice Fund, in collaboration with the Union of Northern Workers (UNW), is allocating $60,000 for emergency relief to support the residents of the flooded communities of Fort Simpson a