September 3, 2015

This is Our Time

Transportation Developments Usher In Change Fort Lauderdale, Fla – Over a five-day period, 600 delegates to the 2015 IAM Transportation Conference heard of organizing victories, the promise of real change in the Canadian political landscape, the implications of contract flipping as well as the need to do more. But at the end of the week, delegates left knowing that “This is Our Time.”

Tens of Millions Strike in India to Defend Labour Rights

Tens of millions of Indian workers have joined a national strike called by ten major trade union bodies today, in what may be the largest strike in history. The unions are protesting at plans announced by Prime Minister Modi to deprive large segments of India’s workforce of labour law protection at the behest of local and foreign investors.   Workers from manufacturing, mining, the public sector, transport and other sectors,