CLC President Hassan Yussuff offers condolences following London mosque attack

CLC President Hassan Yussuff offers condolences following London mosque attack

On behalf of the 3.3 million members of the Canadian Labour Congress, I extend my deepest condolences to those who were targeted in yesterday’s terrifying attack on a London Mosque. There is no question that Muslims around the world today feel the chill and vulnerability that results from being the target of violence directed at their faith. That is the…

Canada’s unions celebrate repeal of controversial anti-union legislation

Canada’s unions are celebrating the adoption of Bill C-4, legislation that repeals the former Conservative government’s controversial anti-union Bills C-377 and C-525. “Our affiliates and labour activists across the country have organized and campaigned against these bills from the beginning, and this is their victory to celebrate,” said CLC President Hassan Yussuff.  “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau then promised that, if elected,…

ILO Convention 98 ratified: Canada’s unions urge government to promote collective bargaining rights at home and abroad

Canada’s unions are celebrating today’s ratification of the International Labour Organization’s Convention 98, The Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949. The Convention reinforces the right to collective bargaining and protects all workers from anti-union discrimination, including being forced to give up union membership in order to get a job, or job termination for participating in union activities. “This…

Canada’s unions welcome national child care framework

Canada’s unions are welcoming today’s signing of a multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework by Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, and his provincial and territorial counterparts. The Framework sets out guiding principles and commits the federal government to funding over time, and will be accompanied by separate bilateral agreements for each of the provinces and…

World Day Against Child Labour: We still have work to do across Canada

Canada’s unions say governments at all levels have work to do to end child labour and keep young workers safe. June 12th marks the World Day Against Child Labour and one year since the Canadian government ratified the International Labour Organization’s Minimum Age Convention. Ratifying countries are required to set a minimum employment age of 15 years and protect young…

Le gouvernement fédéral doit suivre l’exemple de l’Ontario en rendant les services de garde à l’enfance universellement accessibles

Les syndicats du Canada applaudissent à l’engagement par le gouvernement de l’Ontario à rendre universel l’accès aux services de garde à l’enfance, et ils indiquent que le gouvernement fédéral doit s’y engager lui aussi. Le gouvernement de l’Ontario a annoncé un Cadre stratégique renouvelé pour la petite enfance et les services de garde d’enfants qui comprend un engagement à rendre…

Federal government must follow Ontario’s lead on universal approach to child care

Canada’s unions are welcoming the Ontario government’s commitment to a universal approach to child care and say the federal government must do the same. The Ontario government has announced a renewed Early Years and Child Care Policy Framework that pledges to make child care more accessible and affordable to all families, including a plan to invest in new child care…

Manitoba turns the clock back on workers’ rights

The Canadian Labour Congress is urging Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister to bargain in good faith with the province’s public sector workers instead of compromising basic collective bargaining rights. On the last day of the spring legislature sitting last week, the Manitoba Progressive Conservative government rammed through wage freeze legislation that affects the rights of public sector workers in the province,…

Fairer labour laws in Alberta and Ontario set a new standard for Canada

This week, unions and workers’ advocates celebrated as Ontario became the second province in Canada to announce they will raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Following a lead set a year ago by Alberta, the Ontario government announced a phased-in minimum wage increase, with indexing to inflation after that. “Alberta took an incredible step a year ago when…

CLC Statement on Israel-Palestine

June 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War and the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. As part of its ongoing monitoring and assessment of developments in the enduring conflict in the Middle East, the Canadian Labour Congress reaffirms its support of a peace-building process between Israel and Palestine through the establishment of two sovereign nations.…