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CAPE supports CUPE Local 2424

Technical and library staff at Carleton University have been on strike for close to a month. These union members, part of CUPE Local 2424, have taken to the picket line in the hopes of protecting their pension rights.

March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

On March 21, 1960, in Sharpeville, a small township in South Africa, 69 people lost their lives and 180 others were injured when the police fired on a crowd of peaceful Black demonstrators who were challenging laws that restricted black South Africans’ movements under apartheid. Six years after this massacre, the United Nations decreed March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Legionella and public service buildings

Public Services and Procurement Canada has been engaged in a pilot project to test for legionella, an article in the Globe and Mail has revealed. The new technology by Ottawa-based Spartan Biotech has confirmed the presence of legionella in several federal public service buildings, leading some members to wonder if they are at risk of developing legionnaire’s disease.

Progress on mental health

In January 2018, the Joint Task Force on Mental Health released a third report, which puts forward a number of important proposals aimed at fostering positive mental health in the workplace.