News by subject: AVO

With gun violence again on the rise, including four mass shootings in a six-hour period last weekend alone, the U.S. Conference of Mayors is calling on President Biden to prioritize action on gun violence prevention. The U.S. Conference of Mayors...

Last month, President Joe Biden announced that his administration will be reviving an anti-discrimination bill that will protect queer and transgender people from discrimination in healthcare. In response to Biden's decision, Donna Weinberger of...

Noted travel expert Matthew Keezer notes that this one-time desert outpost is currently the destination of choice for many due to its transformation into a city of family fun, shopping and sunshine....

OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is calling for fairness at the Black Creek Community Health Centre, which is refusing to give its striking workers a modest wage increase while giving its executives generous raises. Nearly 70...

Nonprofit organization, Texans Lil Fragile Voices, announces today that Medicaid Managed Care reform activist Linda Badawo has launched a campaign to end Superior HealthPlan's contract with the state of Texas for the management of a health program...

The labour climate continues to deteriorate in the township of Harrington, in the Laurentians, where the seven blue-collar and white-collar workers are trying to renew their collective agreement. Apart from troubled negotiations, the union team also...

In these challenging times, TIAA remains steadfastly committed to supporting historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in fulfilling their inspiring missions. Writing on behalf of TIAA, president and CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett recently sent...

Today, Independent Women's Forum (IWF) released a mini-documentary of the story of Cynthia and Margaret Oneal Monteleone, a mother and daughter in Hawaii who have both faced biological men in their women's track careers and are now fighting for...

A World Vision report and poll released ahead of World Refugee Day reveals that refugees and internally displaced people are at high risk of...

A California public advocacy group is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to answer a specific question -- Can private parties impacted by a private company with a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) sue those licensees in federal court?...

When Paula Sardinas founded the Washington Build Back Black Alliance in December 2020, her goal was to unite the Black community and speak with one voice....

In the name of Allah, the most Merciful and the Most Beneficent, As-Salam Alaikum (May the peace and blessings be upon you). We continue to be humbled by the support our family has received during this very difficult time. We are grateful to those...

Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, according to the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today on Global Wind Day....

As Americans grapple with the racial reckoning since George Floyd's murder, we as a nation, need to push public opinion to be in favor of passing H.R.1280 - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021. We need to raise awareness and make a call to...

This evening, members of United Steelworkers Local 6500, voted to reject the Company's second and improved offer of a new five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement. "We are disappointed that our improved offer for settlement was turned down," said...

In response to a domino effect that first began in the State of Georgia earlier this year, faith leaders from around the country will join together in Washington, D.C., this week for a series of events promoting the need for voting rights...

In response to SEIU Local 2, the Union representing Toronto area Wine Rack Merchants and the recent press release dated June 14th, 2021, we confirm we have not received any request from the Union to go back to the table. We are interested in...

Doug Ford's conservative government proves it will go to any length to silence critics, as it rams though an unconstitutional bill using a power never resorted to in the history of Ontario....

The Métis National Council (MNC) welcomes the appointment of the first Commissioner and Directors of the newly created Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages....

Unifor launched a broad vision for a more inclusive, equitable, and resilient Employment Insurance (EI) program for workers in Canada. "The pandemic exposed the crisis in the existing EI program and Canadians quickly learned it was completely...

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), representing more than 200 African-American owned community newspapers from around the United States, have joined together with the nation's leading Black and Hispanic law enforcement executives...

On Tuesday, the nurses of St. Vincent Hospital will mark their 100th day on strike in what has become an historic struggle by the nurses against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, a for-profit corporation that has spent more than $65 million to prolong...

The Canadian Travel & Tourism Roundtable (The Roundtable) is today calling on the federal government to immediately release a comprehensive, national plan to reopen our economy, ensure the free...

This morning, leadership from the Cree Nation Government, Cree Nation of Chisasibi, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, and Cree School Board have presented their position on the fight against the legacy of damage caused by the...

Sunday kicks off the participation of children's hospitals and 50 patient families from across the nation in the 2021 Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Week, June 13-18, 2021. Having a child, teen or young adult with significant health challenges is...

The Monique Burr Foundation for Children, Inc. (MBF) commends Florida lawmakers for passing HB519, legislation that will provide comprehensive, age-appropriate and developmentally-appropriate K-12 prevention health education instruction in all...

The Indigenous Resource Network, a non-partisan platform for Indigenous workers and business owners involved in resource development, commissioned a poll by Environics Research on Indigenous support for natural resource development. 549...

Advocacy group White Ribbon today released Day After Day, a public service announcement by Oscar-nominated director Hubert Davis that speaks directly to men who are using, or at risk of using, gender-based violence as a response to the stresses of...

Striking Health care workers at Black Creek Community Health Centre will begin picketing Monday, June 14 at North York Sheridan Mall. The strike comes as a result of Black Creek Community Health Centre's management denying workers the one per cent...

Vale is disappointed that the Local 6500 bargaining committee is recommending rejection of a revised Collective Bargaining Agreement that was tabled on June 12th. The company was in active negotiations with Local 6500 when it was informed of this...

Striking Health care workers at Black Creek Community Health Centre will begin picketing Monday, June 14 at North York Sheridan Mall. The strike comes as a result of Black Creek Community Health Centre's management denying workers the one per cent...

American Jewish Committee (AJC) congratulates incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid on successfully forming a new government in Israel. ...

OPSEU/SEFPO says the negotiator for the Black Creek Community Health Centre is bullying and playing mind games with its largely racialized unionized workforce and forcing them onto the picket lines.   OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says...

OPSEU/SEFPO says the negotiator for the Black Creek Community Health Centre is bullying and playing mind games with its largely racialized unionized workforce and forcing them onto the picket lines.   OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says...

Tu Xinquan, dean of the China Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said: "Through the increased tariffs on Chinese goods, US hoped to reduce the trade deficit with China, transfer costs to...

SEIU Healthcare, the union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, has launched an urgent television ad before Doug Ford overrides our Charter of Rights and Freedoms to muzzle the voices of frontline workers....

The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) has joined the call to end to the practice of unpaid internships in the public relations industry. This follows the release of an open letter in May 2021 from a group of leaders in the public relations...

Three years after the Turkish government pledged to assist in uncovering the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey has abducted an innocent man in Kyrgyzstan and holds him in...

Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) launched a vibrant new marketing campaign that highlights the next generation of Canadian dairy farmers and their work towards our shared future. Dairy Farmers of Tomorrow features authentic and relatable young farmers...

The US Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service announced on June 10 that it withdrew a rule proposed by the Department during the Trump administration that would have saved billions in taxpayer dollars by closing a loophole in the food...

The Newfoundland and Labrador government's refusal to fulfil its commitment to the Terra Nova project will kill hundreds of good local jobs and undermine the province's entire oil and gas sector, says Unifor....

SEIU Healthcare, the union that represents over 60,000 frontline healthcare workers in Ontario, has issued the following statement from President Sharleen Stewart:...

TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today applauded the decision of the Delaware Supreme Court to create the Delaware Bench and Bar Diversity Project. This new initiative, announced by...

On June 8, the Baltimore City Council voted 13-2 to approve what would be the most extreme ban by a local jurisdiction on personal and business applications of facial recognition technology. While the Security Industry Association (SIA) supports a...

JEVS Human Services, one of the largest social service agencies in the region offering skills training and career enhancement opportunities, recently launched Where Policy Meets People (WPMP), a podcast investigating ways their mission intersects...

On Saturday, June 12, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Congressman James McGovern will join a large crowd of community, labor, nursing, and political activists for a "Solidarity Rally in Support of the St. Vincent Nurses," who will mark...

The following is a statement from the mayors of Burnaby, Kamloops, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Saanich and Victoria in support of the City of Vancouver's application to Health Canada to decriminalize simple possession: Mayors from...

LCBO workers have voted to accept the three-year tentative agreement hammered out by their bargaining team.  In the face of draconian cuts initially tabled by the employer, the team did a great job beating back significant concessions. "I'd like to...

Millions face potential eviction as current CDC Covid 19 related moratoriums are set to expire at the end of June 30, 2021 and greater confusion may continue as both landlords and tenants search for an answer to the back rent crisis. Adam Almeida,...

LCBO workers have voted to accept the three-year tentative agreement hammered out by their bargaining team.  In the face of draconian cuts initially tabled by the employer, the team did a great job beating back significant concessions. "I'd like to...