NUPGE and its Component unions have contributed $50,000 so far as fallout from the disaster in Pakistan escalates.
International Solidarity
NUPGE presses Ottawa on Burma rights campaign
'The record of horrific human rights abuses by the military government of Burma is lengthy.' - James Clancy.
NUPGE urges PM to take stand against Gaza attack
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.
Stop backroom deal on the free trade agreement with Colombia!
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.
World unions organize global action against Vale
Unions working together include dozens of labour organizations from Australia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Peru, Sweden, South Africa, Zambia, among others.
Canadian-African week of action on HIV-AIDS
National Union of Public and General Employees supporting campaign activities that will target Canadian embassies and Prime Minister Harper.
NUPGE challenges PM: live up to lofty G8 rhetoric
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.
Public sector unions in Canada and Europe alarmed by proposed trade deal
Canadian public sector unions along with the European Federation of Public Service Unions release study arguing that the deal is fundamentally flawed.
Harper must hold firm to 2011 Afghanistan deadline
'Peace and stability cannot be brought to another country through war and occupation.' - NUPGE president James Clancy.
The Vanishing Islands and Indigenous Rights in Panama
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.
Majority of Canadians want troops home from Afghanistan, says new poll
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.
Liberals may be wavering on Colombian trade deal
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Canada-Colombia free trade agreement condemned
National labour federations and major unions say deal will be 'catastropic for a country like Colombia.'
Death threats a way of life for Colombian unionists
Thirty-nine trade union leaders were killed in 2007, and 41 in 2008, an average of one per week.
National Union mourns deaths in Australian disaster and applauds heroic efforts of public sector workers
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.
Masai for Africa campaign thanks National Union for ongoing support
'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
PSI affiliates urged to mark Public Service Day on June 23
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