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August 2016
Last year we rallied against Harper who was daring enough to attack unions. But his daring was not enough. Trade unions, including SEU local 800, worked hard and helped to elect a different government. We needed to get rid of him, and we succeeded. Read the journalJournal
December 2015
2015 has been eventful for workers in our union. We can no longer keep count of the protests against austerity, whose first victims are undoubtedly Quebec citizens. Read the journalJournal
June 2015
TOWARDS A FAIRER WORLD Read the journalJournal
December 2014
“It is our collective responsibility to ensure that our society remains a society of which we are proud: not a society of undocumented migrants, expulsions, suspicion towards immigrants; a society where we question pensions or acquired social security; a society where the media is in the hands of the rich…” 1 Stéphane Hessel: Time for […]Journal
June 2014
In Quebec, following the statements of the Charter of Values, there has been much debate about our differences. Yet in our union action, it is our common status as workers that we need to focus on. We sell our labour to produce a good or service in exchange for a fair wage, in order to […]Journal
December 2013
Our strength is that, despite our differences of opinion, we stand together when it comes to defending the rights of our members and workers. Read the journalJournal
June 2013
Looking at the Canadian political scene, it is easy to notice which parties are from the left wing or from the right wing. The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Conservative Party (CP) are opposed in their position, it is rather obvious. No need for a political science degree to understand that. Read the journalJournal
December 2012
Normally, when we use the word proletarian, we imagine a speech related to battles fought by workers, to Karl Marx or to communism. Not this time, during my readings, I came upon the etymology of the word that means, at its origin a Roman citizen who has only his children as his riches. Read the […]Journal