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Day of Mourning 2023: Workers’ empowerment key to workplace health and safety

April 28, 2023

As unions across Canada mark the National Day of Mourning, the Canadian Labour Congress wants to ensure workers are empowered to know their health and safety rights in the workplace, defend existing gains and use the tools at their disposal. April 28 is the National Day of Mourning, a day to commemorate those who have died or been injured as…

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Work shouldn’t hurt: workplace health and safety rights should be fundamental

April 28, 2022

Canada’s unions are calling on the federal government to take swift action on workplace health and safety to ensure that workers in Canada are protected on the job. We are also calling on the ILO to make occupational health and safety a fundamental right. In Canada, over 1,000 workplace deaths are reported every year; hundreds of thousands more are injured…

Health and Safety Conditions for Re-Opening Sectors of the Economy

May 8, 2020

As Canadian jurisdictions begin to open sectors of their economy it is important that working people have the protections they need to be able to do their jobs safely and get home to their loved ones at the end of every day without being injured, made ill or killed as a result of their work. This is a monumental challenge…

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The hogg’s hollow disaster killed five workers, galvanized a community, and changed workplace health and safety laws for the better.

March 17, 2018

On March 17, 1960 five Italian-born workers were killed while building a Toronto water main tunnel under the Don River. The deaths of these five immigrant workers shocked their community, mobilized unions and resulted in badly-needed changes to workplace health and safety laws. Working conditions on today’s construction sites and factory floors, in schools, office buildings, warehouses, restaurants – any…

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Labour and Employers Discuss Ways to Advance Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace

November 13, 2014

The Canadian Labour Congress and Federally-Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications sponsored a joint symposium in Toronto today on psychological health and safety in the workplace. The meeting included many Canadian unions that represent employees in the Federal jurisdiction and representatives of the major employers in the transportation and communications sectors. The focus of the symposium was to engage in…

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On Labour Day, Canada’s unions launch national campaign demanding a better deal for all workers

September 2, 2024

OTTAWA – This Labour Day, Canada’s unions are launching “Workers Together: For a better deal,” a worker-led initiative to tackle corporate greed, make life more affordable, and hold anti-worker politicians accountable. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is leading the way for workers across the country. Join us at workerstogether.ca to take action and make our voices heard. “Canada’s working class…

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Pride 2024: No one left behind: Equality, freedom, and justice for all

June 1, 2024

For Pride 2024, Canada’s unions stand firm under the banner of “No One Left Behind: Equality, Freedom, and Justice for All.” In solidarity with our 2SLGBTQI+ siblings, we affirm our commitment to safeguarding the rights of 2SLGBTQI+ people and refusing any attempts to turn back the progress we’ve fought tirelessly to achieve. 2SLGBTQI+ workers are integral members of Canada’s labour…

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20 years after its passing, Canada’s unions demand enforcement of the Westray Law

May 9, 2024

On May 9th, 1992, 26 workers at the Westray mine in Pictou County, Nova Scotia were killed in an underground explosion as a result of callous, corporate disregard for health and safety laws. “We remember the 26 miners who died 32 years ago because of what a judge called ‘a complex mosaic of actions, omissions, mistakes, incompetence, apathy, cynicism, stupidity,…

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11 years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse, Canada’s unions honour victims and continue demands to improve conditions for workers

April 23, 2024

April 24, 2024, marks 11 years since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This terrible and avoidable tragedy killed more than 1,134 workers and injured more than 2,600, unveiling the horrific conditions of work for millions of workers in an unregulated industry, not only in Bangladesh but in dozens of other countries as well. This…

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Reject corporate gaslighting and deliver help for people in Budget 2024

March 25, 2024

By Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress as published in iPolitics We hear a familiar call coming from wealthy interests – joining forces once again with Conservatives – banging the drum for more corporate tax giveaways and deeper cuts to government spending in the upcoming Budget. Bay Street analysts and bank lobbyists loudly lament Canada’s “tumbling productivity”, sneeringly spreading blame…