International Solidarity

NUPGE and its Component unions have contributed $50,000 so far as fallout from the disaster in Pakistan escalates.

'The record of horrific human rights abuses by the military government of Burma is lengthy.' - James Clancy.

James Clancy has written Stephen Harper urging the Canadian government to condemn the attack on the flotilla during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Late night Liberal-Conservative deal concocted to try to force the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement through parliament is an insult to Canadian and Colombian civil society.

Unions working together include dozens of labour organizations from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Peru, Sweden, South Africa, Zambia, among others.

National Union of Public and General Employees supporting campaign activities that will target Canadian embassies and Prime Minister Harper.

Union says Harper must take action at home and abroad to show he is serious about championing maternal health and child care around the globe.

Canadian public sector unions along with the European Federation of Public Service Unions release study arguing that the deal is fundamentally flawed.

'Peace and stability cannot be brought to another country through war and occupation.' - NUPGE president James Clancy.

Ben Powless, a Mohawk youth and a student at Carleton University, has just returned from Panama and the International Indian Treaty Council. His brief report for NUPGE is included below.

New public opinion research by Ipsos Reid reveals that a majority of Canadians want all of the troops in Afghanistan brought home in 2011 when Canada's mission there is due to end.

Join the online letter campaign now. Thousands of e-mails and phone calls are having an impact. Liberal MPs are the key. Let's keep up the pressure.

National labour federations and major unions say deal will be 'catastropic for a country like Colombia.'

Thirty-nine trade union leaders were killed in 2007, and 41 in 2008, an average of one per week.

The role that public sector workers played in fighting the fire - and saving lives - has not received the recognition that it deserves.  Public sector workers have been at the forefront of responding to the disaster.

'We continue to use your encouragement and spend these donated funds wisely to better the lives of the people of Lesotho fighting for their lives against the AIDS pandemic.' Executive Director Andy McDougall

Designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2002