Publications

Canada’s unions are united: Want our votes? Enhance our rights!

Bruske: We want concrete action, not pretty words

Touchdown! CFLPA joins Canadian Labour Congress

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) celebrates today’s affiliation of the Canadian Football League Players’ Association (CFLPA).

Labour reps discuss election strategy and union momentum

Bruske: Labour movement will aggressively defend the right of every worker to join or form a union.

Bolder action needed to make life more affordable and tackle corporate greed

Bruske: Budget 2024 made some progress with housing investments and tax measures, but workers need greater ambition to make life more affordable

Sustainable Jobs Act passes in House of Commons

Canada’s unions are celebrating the passage of the Sustainable Jobs Act, Bill C-50, through the House of Commons today. “Thanks to the hard work of union members across Canada, the federal government is making sustainable jobs and a shift to net zero a top priority. Workers have the expertise to help decarbonize our economy, and this bill will guarantee unions…

BUDGET 2024 MUST INVEST IN AFFORDABILITY, REJECT AUSTERITY

Bruske: If we make profitable corporations pay their fair share, government can help make life more affordable and deliver critical help workers and families need

Reject corporate gaslighting and deliver help for people in Budget 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…

Canada must address systemic racism and discrimination in the workforce

As we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on March 21, Canada’s unions call on the federal government to take immediate, concrete action to address racism within our workforce. This starts with updating the Employment Equity Act by implementing the Employment Equity Task Force’s recommended reforms. The Employment Equity Act represents a critical tool in our…

Premier Kinew aims to strengthen Manitoba with card check law and anti-scab legislation – now blocked by opposition Tories

Bruske: Despite political games from the Conservative opposition, the Manitoba government announced their plan to introduce historic, worker-friendly legislation today.

CLC President Bruske to all levels of government: Show you stand with workers and implement anti-scab legislation now

OTTAWA – To protect workers and restore fairness at the bargaining table, we need strong anti-scab legislation, in every jurisdiction. On February 27th, while Parliamentarians from all parties voted unanimously in support of Bill C-58, legislation that would ban replacement workers, 239 Unifor members in Nova Scotia went on strike. By the end of that very same day, the employer,…