At the end of the day, the organized strength of the left and centre forces in the trade union movement, organizing and mobilizing in the workplace, pressing for independent political action around labour’s policies, and fighting for a united, class-oriented trade union movement – these will move labour from the defensive to the offensive against the employers and their governments.
The Communist Party of Canada strongly denounces bill C-29 adopted by the House of Commons and the Senate on Friday April 30.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Canada calls on Parliament to refuse to ratify the USMCA, and we urge the labour and democratic movements to mobilize against this sellout of the interests of working people and farmers across Canada.
The action of stripping CLC VP Donald Lafleur of his duties runs counter to the urgent need for labour to adopt a more militant fightback, to strengthen the role of trade unions in the struggles for peace and international solidarity, and to promote a more democratic leadership style.
In the wake of the recent announcement from Bombardier that it will cut 550 jobs at its Thunder Bay Rail Transportation facility, the Communist Party of Canada is reiterating its call for the aerospace and transportation corporation to be placed under public ownership and democratic control. The job cuts are devastating to the Northern Ontario…
The Communist Party of Canada calls on the federal government to nationalize the General Motors operations in Canada under democratic control, as the only way to save the jobs of the 2,700 workers in Oshawa and the many jobs in parts plants and in the surrounding communities dependent on the income from workers in the factory.
The Communist Party of Canada today demanded the federal government withdraw back to work legislation and an enabling bill to speed its passage, which the government will use against the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The union has been forced to strike as a result of the employer’s refusal to negotiate a fair contract that…
The announcement on January 17 by the National Executive Board of UNIFOR, Canada’s largest private sector union, that it was disaffiliating from the Canadian Labour Congress, effective immediately, is a shock to millions of workers in Canada – over 3 million of whom are members of unions affiliated to the CLC, and 300,000 who are…
After protracted intransigence at the bargaining table over fundamental human rights issues, a long over-due intervention by the government, and a united and militant fight against concessions put up by the union with the full support of the public, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers finally has a tentative two-year deal with Canada Post. The…
Labour Day 2016 statement from the Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada Coming almost a year after the defeat of one of the most dangerously reactionary governments in Canadian history, Labour Day 2016 is an important point for the organized trade union movement to respond to challenges facing the working class in the changed…