Canada’s unions take concerns over AI and labour rights to global stage

Canada’s unions take concerns over AI and labour rights to global stage

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Speaking today at the International Labour Conference, Canadian Labour Congress Secretary-Treasurer Lily Chang called on governments around the globe to ensure workers have a meaningful role in shaping their economic future, including artificial intelligence, while warning against efforts to weaken collective bargaining and the right to strike. Addressing delegates from governments, employers, and workers from around the…

No deal is better than a bad deal: CLC sets expectations for CUSMA review

MINNESOTA — Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) President Bea Bruske delivered a message of solidarity and a call for a worker-centred approach to trade during a keynote address today at the AFL-CIO Constitutional Convention in Minnesota. The AFL-CIO represents more than 15 million workers across the United States and is the largest federation of unions in the country. “A trade agreement…

Pride in our solidarity: Canada’s unions celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ workers this 2026 Pride season

Across the country, Canada’s unions are gearing up to showcase our unwavering solidarity and support for 2SLGBTQI+ workers and communities this 2026 Pride season. “Solidarity as a labour movement looks like participating in Pride events from coast to coast to coast, as well as continuing to celebrate and stand with 2SLGBTQI+ communities in defence of their human rights at work…

National AccessAbility Week: Canada’s unions committed to barrier-free workplaces

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) proudly supported the historic adoption of the Accessible Canada Act in 2019. This groundbreaking legislation is committed to realizing a barrier-free Canada by 2040. Canada’s unions are ready to tackle the task alongside governments and employers to make this goal a reality. “Delegates at the CLC’s most recent convention reaffirmed our commitment to fight for…

Canada’s unions ready to fight to protect public health care in Alberta

WINNIPEG, MB — More than 2,000 delegates at the Canadian Labour Congress passed an emergency resolution to send a clear message to Premier Danielle Smith: No two-tier, American-style health care in Canada. “Public health care is a fundamental Canadian value, not a business opportunity,” said Bea Bruske. “Workers across this country are ready to fight to protect our health care…

Canada’s unions stay committed to defend 2SLGBTQIA+ rights this IDAHOBIT 2026

On the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia and Transphobia, Canada’s unions reiterate their commitment and longstanding solidarity in defence of 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, both in Canada and abroad. “Attacks on 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, and all human rights, have no place in just and democratic societies like ours,” said Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress. “When Canada’s unions fight for…

Spring Economic Update response: Workers need real results now

OTTAWA—Today’s Spring Economic Update announced a number of positive steps to address workers’ growing economic anxieties, with major new investments in skilled trades, training, and apprenticeships. Canada’s unions are ready to work with the government to build on these positive steps with a comprehensive plan to meet the urgent challenges Canada’s workers are facing. “Workers need bold action that lowers…

Day of Mourning: Psychological health and safety is a workplace crisis we can’t ignore

Psychological health and safety is occupational health and safety. A workplace injury is a workplace injury—whether it is physical or psychological—and both must be prevented and treated. But too often, work-related stress, burnout, harassment, and violence are dismissed as “just part of the job.” They are not. These harms are real, they are preventable, and they are affecting workers at…

Rana Plaza: 13 years on—remembering the workers, renewing the fight for safety 

Every year on April 24, workers and trade unions in Bangladesh and around the world mark the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in memory of over 3,000 workers killed or injured in the collapse and to ensure it never happens again.  The collapse was due to a failure in the building structure, which did not meet safety codes and expanded…

Statement from CLC President, Bea Bruske, on new NDP leader Avi Lewis

Winnipeg—Today, I met with NDP leader Avi Lewis to discuss the priorities of Canada’s unions with him.  Workers need immediate, tangible, practical solutions that protect their jobs and make their lives more affordable. We are in a jobs crisis, losing private sector jobs to the Trump trade war and public sector jobs to government cuts. We agreed that the NDP…