REFORMING EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE: AN EMPTY PROMISE?

As Parliament new session begins in Ottawa, the National Council of Unemployed Workers (NCUW) is launching new campaign, Reforming Employment Insurance: an empty promise?  asking whether the government intends to …

WE NEED EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE REFORM

The National Council of Unemployed Workers (NCUW) would like to remind the government of its commitment to introduce Employment Insurance (EI) reform and extend sickness benefits from 15 to 26 …

Employment Insurance: A major setback!

Pierre Céré, spokesperson for the National Council of Unemployed Workers (NCUW), accompanied by Nicolas Miot, social rights advisor for the Comité Chômage de Montréal, undertook a march to Ottawa to …

WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE EI SICKNESS BENEFITS?

The National Council of Unemployed Workers (NCUW) expresses disappointment that EI sickness benefits will not be increased. “The 2021 and 2022 federal budgets indicated that sickness benefits would be extended …