OTTAWA – Today's ruling from the World Trade Organization (WTO) shows that trade deals to which Canada has signed are preventing governments from taking responsible action to develop a green economy. One of Canada's largest private sector unions, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP) is calling the decision undemocratic and unacceptable.
OTTAWA (April 23, 2013) -- CEP Assistant to the President Fred Wilson and CAW Economist Jim Stanford today presented submissions to the House of Commons Natural Resources Committee studying diversivication, jobs, and sustainability.
Until now, we've been having the wrong energy discussion in Canada. As long as the attention is on individual projects like Keystone XL or Churchill Falls, it's relatively easy for the debate to become polarized to the point that Canadians feel we must choose between a safe environment and good jobs.
OTTAWA - The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) is standing in support of the Forward On Climate demonstration this Sunday in Washington, DC. Thousands of Americans will be calling on President Barack Obama to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline and to start his second term with strong climate action.
NEW YORK CITY – Over two hundred people were present to the event called "Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor Help Shape an Effective Strategy?" on Thursday, January 17, at City University of New York (CUNY). The National President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP), Dave Coles, was one of the presenters at the conference.
NEW YORK CITY – Over two hundred people were present to the event called "Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor Help Shape an Effective Strategy?" on Thursday, January 17, at City University of New York (CUNY). The National President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union (CEP), Dave Coles, was one of the presenters at the conference.
The following speech was delivered by the President of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Dave Coles to "Confronting the Climate Crisis: Can Labor Help Shape an Effective Strategy?" at City University of New York.
