'I can say with confidence that McGuinty knows the broad strokes of where OPSEU members are at on the big issues.' - Warren (Smokey) Thomas.

'The only place for this dialogue is at the bargaining table or, where that fails, at arbitration.' - Warren (Smokey) Thomas.

'Inmates are not just being double-bunked in some places they are triple-bunked and sleeping on cots in every available bit of floor space. To add to this problem is a recipe for disaster.' - James Clancy.

“The really outrageous thing is that the banks are still talking about this as if they were unlucky… That’s rubbish. It’s like drinking a bottle of vodka, tying a scarf over your eyes and trying to run down Georgia street then complaining that you are unlucky when you get hit by a taxi.”

'Canada may be pulling into recovery but Ontario is not yet out of the recessionary woods.' - CCPA.

"This is an idea that NUPGE has supported for a long, long time." - NUPGE president James Clancy.

(11 Feb. 2010) - The top priority for the upcoming federal budget must be to preserve and create good jobs. The budget should also invest in building a healthier, smarter, greener and more secure Canada, says NUPGE president James Clancy.

(29 Jan. 2010) - While 2009 provided several significant victories for workers across Canada, governments continued their legislative attack on the rights of labour, says NUPGE president James Clancy.

(16 Dec. 2009) - 'We need a National Pensions Summit that provides Canadians from all walks of life with an open forum to fairly explore and assess the viability of all options designed to improve retirement security for all Canadians.'  - James Clancy.

James Laxer: 'Labour is the source of wealth ... the sustainable well-being of wage and salary earners should be the central objective of economic policy.'

NUPGE publishes the first of three reports on ideas that emerged from a series of 26 town hall meetings across the country to assess the way forward from the global economic collapse.

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is encouraging all Canadians to get involved in the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) campaign to transform Canada's pension and retirement income system.

(22 Oct. 2009) - NUPGE president James Clancy says Canada needs serious tax reform. But he says the new HST in Ontario and BC unfairly targets working families and should be cancelled. Instead, Canada must look at restoring fairness to its tax system by cancelling the Harper government's planned corporate tax cuts and by creating new tax brackets at the top for the wealthiest Canadians.

'Only 38% of paid workers have workplace pensions.'- Monica Townson.

The minimum wage has not been changed in British Columbia for the past eight years.

(31 Aug. 2009) - 'I ask you to reflect on the victims of this powerful recession and to speak out for the changes that our government must make if we are to build a better world for ourselves and our families.'

Rolling in massive profits again after taking billions in public bailout measures.

Canada ranks almost dead last among OECD countries in terms of access, benefit duration and income replacement levels for Employment Insurance, according to a recent study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

(2 June 2009) - Canada's social infrastructure is starving for funds despite right-wing lies about the cause of Jim Flaherty's projected $50 billion deficit.

“This is really outrageous and it understandably offends people,” said Clancy. “How can they possibly justify these bonuses when the fund lost over $23 billion dollars last year? That defies common sense.”

Poll finds 90% believe chartered banks should be required to cut interest rates by the full amount of cuts approved by the Bank of Canada.

Community‐organized Town Hall Meeting coincides with the Federal Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (HUMA) hearings in Toronto on June 1st & 2nd, 2009. HUMA is a committee of MPs from all parties.

Canada’s forest industry is in crisis. Ten of thousands of laid off workers from coast to coast are at risk of losing their homes, their savings and their pension. Hundreds of forest communities are fighting for their survival. The Conservative government has done nothing meaningful yet to help one of the main industrial sectors of the country.

(24 May 2009) - As long as Harper and his cabinet let the big banks write the rules, we'll continue to have a financial system that's good for them and bad for everyone else.

'The private sector has failed miserably.... The only way to ensure that all Canadians are able to retire with security and dignity is by expanding Canada's public pension system.' - James Clancy.

The Canadian Labour Congress has designed a poster for the June 13th rally in Toronto.  Download a copy and put it up.

The Canadian Labour Congress has designed a poster for the June 13th rally in Toronto.  Download a copy and put it up.

The Canadian Labour Congress has announced more details of rallies and events, addressing the economic crisis, that are taking place during the spring of 2009.

'The suggestion we often hear, that taxes are a burden, hides the reality that our taxes fund public services that make Canada’s standard of living among the very best.'

The London and District Labour Council and the Canadian Labour Congress hosting ECONOMIC CRISIS rally and educational forum on May 2nd, 2009.

Series of town hall meetings being organized by the Canadian Labour Congress along with NUPGE/BCGEU, USW, CEP, CUPE, HERE, BCFL and FPSE.

Major rallies announced for the Ontario cities of London, Oshawa and Toronto.

Web resource helps Canadians demand that the federal government act to improve Employment Insurance, pension and retirement security as well as stop banks from gouging consumers.

Critics pounce on Harper government for failing to expand program to cope with rapidly rising unemployment figures.

Why are several Canadian provinces cutting back at a time when the economy needs stimulus across the board, asks NUPGE's Larry Brown.