Historical Events
Pay rate reductions took effect for all Prince Edward Island public employees as a result of the Public Sector Pay Reduction Act passed by the Catherine Callback Liberal government. Pay rates were more...
May 17, 1994
Nova Scotia was the last provincial government to grant collective bargaining rights to public employees with the proclamation of hen the Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act. The Act was and more...
May 5, 1978
The International Labour Conference meeting in Philadelphia adopted the ILO Declaration of Philadelphia, which redefined the aims and purposes of the ILO. The Declaration remains a guiding more...
May 10, 1944
This was the beginning of the famous Winnipeg General Strike. Twenty-five thousand workers in the city of Winnipeg went on a strike called by the Trades and Labour union, the central union body more...
May 15, 1919
Legislation passed in the House of Commons creating the Office of the Minister of Labour to oversee the federal Department of Labour which was established pursuant to the Conciliation Act, 1900. more...
May 15, 1909
Take Action
Draft a resolution
Draft and sponsor a resolution to your Federation of Labour or Labour Council condemning the use of labour laws that restrict or deny the fundamental rights of workers and proposing that progressive labour law reform be a central focus of labour’s political agenda.
Sign the Workers’ Bill of Rights
Since 2006, thousands, including all Federal Leaders of the Opposition, have signed a pledge to uphold workers rights.