February 12, 2013

Machinists Expand Membership at Fairfield Inn!
News Releases

  Tuesday February 12, 2013   For Immediate Release   Brampton, ON – More workers at the Fairfield Inn in Brampton have decided to join the IAM.   “We have already organized the housekeeping staff at this facility and were approached by the remaining workers who wanted union representation,” explained IAM District Lodge 78 Business Representative Derek Ferguson. “They see how much the housekeeping staff have benefited by becoming IAM

Colombia: trade union leaders killed and threatened
International News

4 February 2013: The ITUC and the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) have firmly condemned the most recent killing of a trade union activist and the serious intimidation suffered by union leaders. The international trade union movement also expressed alarm at the deteriorating climate of insecurity, manifested in the form of direct threats against the trade union movement’s national leadership. According to reports received by the ITUC, two