Global Justice
Mandate:
The purpose of this Committee shall be to promote awareness in and work on active solidarity programs to improve conditions workers find themselves in as a result of global economic policies.
Members:
Jake Braaten, (CUPE 829) CUPE AB Liaison
Ernie Jacobson (CUPE 38)
Tony Partridge
Darrell Wilson (CUPE 1012)
Mike McCann (CUPE 30) - Chair
Greg Ingram - National Representative
CUPE to donate $50,000 for disaster relief in Pakistan
OTTAWA – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will contribute $50,000 towards emergency aid in Pakistan.
Global Justice Blog - Phillippines Tour
Read about CUPE members touring the Philippines studying the state of workers' rights there.
Call for universal access to HIV treatment
In 2005, the G8 committed to providing access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support for all those who need it by 2010. Despite that promise, in 2008 two million people died of AIDS-related illness, and the number of new HIV infections continues to outstrip the number of people being treated.
Statement by CUPE National President Paul Moist, regarding CUPE Ontario Israel resolution
CUPE National would like to state its position on the January 2, 2009 media release by CUPE Ontario announcing a plan to introduce a resolution to ban Israeli academics from Ontario universities unless they condemn the “assault on Gaza.”
Defend Human Rights in the Philippines:
A Worker-to-Worker Solidarity Exchange
Human Rights in the Philippines: What is going on?
The Philippines is one the most dangerous countries in the world to be a trade union activist. There have been over 1,000 politically motivated killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests, detentions and other human rights violations in the last eight years. Labour organizers, human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, church workers, and peasant leaders are the targets. Over 100 of these victims are trade unionists.