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February
22

22
February

PSAC donates $15,000 to support emergency relief in Turkey and Syria [1]

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 [2]

Joint Statement

October
5

5
October

PSAC pledges support to Hurricane Fiona and Pakistan flood relief efforts [3]

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 [4]

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 [5]

November
23

23
November

Stop abuse of labour rights in Bangladesh [6]

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 [7]

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

October
13

13
October

PSAC supports communities affected by natural disasters in Haiti [8]

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 [9]

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 [10]

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 [11]

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

May
13

13
May

Public service pensions putting profit before people [12]

PSAC opposes the use of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) funds to take water out of public hands in Brazil. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is buying 45 per cent of Igua Saneamento, a Brazilian s

April
23

23
April

Remembering the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster: building a safer, fairer and sustainable recovery [13]

April 24th marks the grim anniversary of one of the world’s worst industrial disasters that killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured more than 2,500 when the Rana Plaza building collapsed

March
26

26
March

PSAC urges Canadian government to publicly condemn state-sponsored terror against Filipino people [14]

In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Trudeau, PSAC along with other unions, human rights groups, faith-based organ

March
16

16
March

PSAC demands COVID-19 vaccines be made available for all countries [15]

There has been a [16]

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