NUPGE makes a stand over membership raiding‏

UNISON sister union NUPGE is in conflict with the Canadian Labor Congress (CLC) over the latter's failure to deal effectively with the practice of raiding (poaching) of one union's members by another.

NUPGE President James Clancy says in his commentary on the conflict: "raiding is destructive to solidarity, doesn’t advance the interests of workers and wastes precious resources that should be used to service members and organize non-union workers.

Unfortunately, some CLC affiliated unions continue to raid other CLC affiliates. NUPGE has never subscribed to the position that some other CLC affiliates have taken: “if you are raided, then you should just raid back”:
http://www.nupge.ca/content/3829/presidents-commentary-nupge-clc-dispute-over-raiding