Forum draws community interest
VANCOUVER—More than 75 people attended a forum Saturday afternoon about Haiti after the earthquake. The forum was organized by CUPE BC and co-sponsored by CUPE Metro, Haiti Solidarity BC, Co-Dev Canada, CUPE 391, and Help Hear Haiti (a UBC coalition). Doug Sprenger, of CUPE BC’s International Solidarity Committee chaired the forum. Dukens Raphael, secretary-general of […]
Haitian labour leader calls for more solidarity, less charity, in relief efforts
CUPE pledges $20,000, continued commitment to reconstruction VANCOUVER—Haitian labour leader Dukens Raphael stirred delegates on the final day of CUPE BC’s 47th annual Convention with a moving speech that called for greater solidarity—not charity—between international civil society organizations and the people they’re trying to help in his earthquake-ravaged country. Raphael, secretary-general of Haiti’s Confederation of […]
