Spring Economic Update response: Workers need real results now

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…

Canada’s unions call for immediate action as global oil shock drives up costs for Canadians

OTTAWA – The recent events relating to global energy disruptions – from conflict involving Iran to pressures on fuel supply and strategic reserves – make one thing clear: workers in Canada are once again being asked to absorb the shock of events far beyond their control. There is no domestic supply shock in Canada. The cost of refining gasoline here…

Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council Responds to Canada’s 2026 – 2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan

OTTAWA, ON––The Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council acknowledges that many of the government’s priorities and those identified by key partners, are reflected in Canada’s 2026 – 2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan tabled on February 23, 2026. The Council remains committed to consulting with Canadians and providing advice on the creation and protection of sustainable jobs, work we believe is needed now…

The Care Economy Is Canada’s Untapped Economic Superpower

Why Canada’s economic resilience depends on sustained investment in care By Siobhán Vipond, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress and Mitzie Hunter, President and CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation  With global trade in turmoil and economic instability reshaping the world, the Carney government has promised strategic support for key sectors to strengthen Canada’s economy. Without bold, sustained investment in the care economy, those efforts will fall short.  The inclusion of the care economy…

Statement from Bea Bruske: Canada’s unions must be at the table in trade talks

With trade discussions between Canada and Mexico underway this week, Canada’s unions are raising a serious concern: the very workers these deals affect have been excluded from the conversation. With more than 240 organizations and 370 business and industry delegates participating in the Team Canada Trade Mission to Mexico, labour was not meaningfully included in shaping Canada’s trade strategy with…

Unions Call for Corporate Tax Transparency as Billions Shift Offshore

OTTAWA — Today, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), alongside Public Services International (PSI) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), is sending a joint letter to Members of Parliament urging the federal government to require greater corporate tax transparency through public country-by-country reporting (pCbCR) for the largest multinational corporations operating in Canada. Public country-by-country reporting would require large multinational corporations…

Black History Month: Unions demand action on environmental racism

Canada’s unions are marking Black History Month by calling for an end to environmental racism. A 2020 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights noted prevalent discrimination in Canada’s policies and laws related to hazardous substances and wastes, stating: “there exists a pattern in Canada where marginalized groups, and Indigenous peoples in particular, find themselves on…