This is the call for the third annual march in support of worker and immigrant rights. In the past years, an estimated one million marches flooded the streets of America. Many workers were sent by their employer. These employers also want the immigration issue settled. Many workplaces are raided by government officials, and these raids cause a huge amount of distress for both the worker and the employer.

This banner was presented to provide support for the International Labour Organization Initiative. This year, the focus of the campaign is the promotion of education to help eradicate child labour.

Labour groups from across the globe have come together to demand that the IOC ensure that the workers that are employed to produce Olympic items are treated properly.

The End It campaign brings pressure on politicians to stop their nation's involvement in the war in Afghanistan.

One month after the January meeting (see below) hosted by the CLR, a formal campaign was launched to fight against two tier wage systems. Two-tier wages involve workers at the same facility, doing the same work, during the same time period, being on two or more pay grids. The lower paid workers are never allowed to progress to higher pay scale.
These two-tier wage systems are becoming more common. The autoworker in the US are now working in facilities with two-tier pay scale. The campaign documents were released just as 3,600 American Axle workers, also at two-tier wage grids, began their epic strike.

In early, 2007, five elected officials from the International Truck plant in Charlotte, NC were fired in the middle of their contract negotiations. They are demanding to be reinstated and made whole.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

In late January, an historic meeting took place in Michigan involving Canadian and American rank and file workers. Many of those attending had extensive experience with the dissident groups that nearly brought about the rejection of the Big Three auto contracts of 2007.

Autoworker Martha Grevatt has been working on her book for some time. This bannere was presented to raise awareness to the 2008 publication about the Sit Down Strikes of the 1930's.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

The Canadian Auto Workers signed a deal called the Framework for Fairness Agreement with Magna International. The deal has no language for strikes, and has no language for a workplace union representation system. Many workers and trade unionists have spoken out against the deal.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

For about 150 days, the Saskatchewan Government Employees Union locked out their office staff, members of CEP Local 481. The public sector union's rank-and-file members, namely civil servants turned on their leadership and campaigned to bring pressure to settle the dispute. The locked out staff developed a province wide campaign of their own to get back to the bargaining table.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

Hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs have been lost across Canada in the last five years. An across Canada awareness raising tour brought this message to communities across the country. The Ontario Federation of Labour continues its active awareness raising campaign.

In the run up to the French election of their new president, many supporters rallied behind the left-of-centre candidate Segolene Royal.

This banner was presented to support ETUC campaign to demand public services, accessible to all.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

The European Metalworkers Federation lead the charge against GM Euorpe management who issued statements that announced their departure from Western Europe. Small protests at many GM facilities resulted in the employer losing more than 40 hours of production per week overall. A popup page and banner were presented in support of the campaign to raise awareness.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

This is an update from the 2002 banner that signals no support for the right wing in France.

The UAW leadership in Detroit made it clear that all they had to offer their membership was a way to become unemployed. They had no plan for local strikes, no plan to occupy the production plants, no plan to engage other unions in a large scale withdrawl of labour. This was clear to each and every member. The Soldiers Of Solidarity became more popular as their call for the workers to stand together against the auto makers attacks was taken up.
Numerous banners of various sizes with different messages were presented

The unending demand for apprenticeship information has now been supplemented with links through to America's Career InfoNet Career Video page. These 90 second spots provide video, audio and text to highlight individual careers. They stay on track and are free from endorsements and branding so they can be used in learning and educational setting without modification.
