About Common Frontiers

Common Frontiers is a multi-sectoral working group which confronts, and proposes an alternative to, the social, environmental and economic effects of economic integration in the Americas.

We do this through a combination of research, analysis and action, in cooperation with labour, human rights, environmental, church, development and economic and social justice organizations

Common Frontiers grew out of the experience gained by Canadian organizations confronting the Free Trade agenda and the recognition that cooperation must extended across sectors nationally and also across borders. 

Common Frontiers provides a forum for groups to discuss issues, strategize and coordinate campaigns. Active Canadian groups include:

• BC Government and Service Employees Union (BCGEU)
• BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF)
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW)
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
• Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC)
• Comité pour les droits humains en Amérique latine (CDHAL)
• Confederation of Canadian Unions (CCU)
• KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives 

• MiningWatch Canada
• Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO)
• Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
• Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Unifor 
• United Church of Canada – Latin American and Caribbean Division
• United Steelworkers