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CAW Local 1996
Represents 530 workers at Pepsico Foods (the former Quaker Oats) in Peterborough.
City of Peterborough
Provides information about the City's Municipal Government, its departments and their services.
CUPE Local 1453
Local union for the support staff of the Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, and Clarington Catholic District School Board
CUPE Local 3908
The web site for Unit 1 (Trent University Part Time Instructors) and Unit 2 (Trent University Teaching Assistants)
Kawartha Pine Ridge Local, Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario
The ETFO 2004 award-winning website for the local union representing area public elementary school teachers.
Kawartha World Issues Centre
KWIC is a community-based, non-profit, charitable global education and resource centre, serving Peterborough and surrounding communities, which promotes dialogue and understanding of world issues to enable people to engage in positive social and environmental change
NDP - Peterborough Riding Association
The web site of the Peterborough area federal and provincial New Democratic Party.
Ontario Public Interest Research Group - OPIRG Peterborough
Established in 1976, OPIRG Peterborough is a campus-based, community-oriented, non-profit organization committed to research, education and action on social justice and environmental issues
OPSEU Local 351
Support staff at Sir Sandford Fleming College
OPSEU Local 352
Faculty at Sir Sandford Fleming College
OPSEU Local 362
Represents Ministry of Natural Resources staff at 300 Water Street
OPSEU Local 365
Support staff at Trent University.
OSSTF District 14
Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation - District 14
Peterborough Coalition for Social Justice
The Peterborough Coalition for Social Justice is a broadly based social action group committed to working towards justice and equality in our community. It is dedicated to advocating social and economic policies that lead to full employment and adequate social welfare programs. It is also committed to working towards quality education, universal access to health care, enhanced seniors' pensions, environmental protection and equality for women
Peterborough Community Legal Centre
The Peterborough Community Legal Centre provides legal services to low income residents of Peterborough County to improve individual access to income security, housing and related needs
Peterborough Social Planning Council
Through research, community development, and public education, the Peterborough Social Planning Council works to build a strong community
Peterborough Typographical Union Local 30248
Contact information for the Peterborough Typographical Union Local 30248, the oldest trade union local in Peterborough, respresenting workers at the Peterborough Examiner.
United Way of Peterborough
A community of people with a common goal of caring. By helping people in our community, we are changing lives.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 175
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 175 is Canada's largest local representing 50,000 Central Ontario workers in a variety of food and retail industries.
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish Barristers and Solicitors
"Pursuing justice in workplaces and communities" -- publications
CAW Durham Regional Environment Council
The CAW D.R.E.C. is composed of members of CAW locals from the GTA, including Oshawa and Peterborough (524, 1987 and 1996), dealing with workplace issues which affect the environment
Durham Region Labour Council
The Durham Region Labour Council represents working people in the Oshawa area and “ serves as a forum to advocate workers rights and to better the quality of life for workers, their families and their communities
Kingston and District Labour Council
The Kingston and District Labour Council is well aware of its place in the history of the labour movement and traces their story back to the early 1800s
New Democratic Party of Ontario
The voice of labour in Ontario. Keep up with party events, policies and campaigns.
Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers
OHCOW is a non-profit organization, founded by the OFL and funded by the WSIB. OHCOW's goals are the recognition and prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries.
Ontario Federation of Labour
Speaks for 650,000 organized Ontario workers and provides its affiliated labour councils and local unions with services in the fields of communications, research, political action, human rights, health and safety, workers' compensation and basic education skills.
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Provides information regarding employment standards, occupational health and safety.
Ottawa and District Labour Council
The Ottawa and District Labour Council had its first incarnation in 1872 and currently represents 50,000 union members from 90 affiliated locals
Province of Ontario
A virtual tour of Ontario, which also provides links to other web sites that can give you more detailed information about the people, the places and the events that give Ontario its vitality.
Sack Goldblatt Mitchell Labour Law Library
Summaries of significant labour and employment law cases
SEIU Local 1
SEIU Local 1 represents all this union’s workers in the Province of Ontario, including members in nursing homes, cleaning and retail companies in the Peterborough area.
Workers Arts and Heritage Centre
OWAHC preserves and celebrates the arts, culture and heritage of working people in the province of Ontario and in Canada. The Centre is located at the historic Customs House in Hamilton, Ontario.
Workers Health & Safety Centre
"We envision hazard-free workplaces that prevent work-related injury, illness and death and promote the well-being of workers, their families, communities and the earth, which sustains us all."
Canadian Association of Labour Media
The Canadian Association of Labour Media provides resources, current news and graphics for editors of union publications.
Canadian Labour Congress
The national voice of the labour movement, but they speak for all workers and their families, in Canada and beyond. Representing 2.3 million unionized workers, the majority of national and international unions in Canada belong to the Congress.
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Think again. The CCPA offers an alternative to the message that we have no choice about the policies that affect our lives.
AFL-CIO
The 13 million working women and men of the AFL-CIO welcome you to today's unions. The AFL-CIO is the central body for labor in the United States and a leader around the world.
Australian Council of Trade Unions
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is the national union centre representing 1.9 million workers. The ACTU provides a strong voice for working people and their families in politics, the economy and the community.
Change to Win Federation
The other U.S. labour federation which focuses on organizing workers
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a tripartite UN agency founded in 1919 with workers, employers and governments participating as equal partners. The ILO formulates international minimum standards of basic labour rights.
International Trade Union Confederation
ITUC was set up in 1949 and has 221 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories on all five continents, with a membership of 156 million.
The New Unionism network
"New Unionism is an approach being developed internationally by trade unions who want to make change and set agendas, rather than just reacting to them."
Trade Observatory (formerly WTO Watch)
International site for articles and news concerning world trade and globalization issues.
Organize
- illustrates the vital need for workers to join unions. Click the link above and wait briefly for the action to appear. Turn on your 'sound', for the full effect.
The Union Art Service
A Toronto-based organization offering union-friendly cartoons and animation.
