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Women’s wages shouldn’t come at a discount, but the gender pay gap in Canada hasn’t improved in decades. In fact, for many women, it’s getting worse.

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Domestic violence at work resource centre

Domestic violence (DV) is a pattern of behaviour used by one person to gain power and control over another with whom they have or have had an intimate relationship. It can include physical, emotional, sexual, financial, psychological and/or spiritual abuse, as well as stalking or harassment. It exists in intimate relationships between people of any gender and may be between…
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Rise up! For gender justice 

International Women’s Day 2024  We are facing multiple crises all stacked on top of each other: Affordability, Care and Climate. And women are disproportionally impacted. They are the ones who bear most of the caring and household responsibilities and face impossible choices, every month, to make ends meet.  Workers, especially women, continue to see their wages falling behind while they…
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Our Work

Canada’s Unions Echo Call for Justice for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples

June 21, 2020
Canada’s unions are expressing solidarity and support for Indigenous peoples and communities calling for specific…
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Canada’s unions call for recognition of the importance of domestic workers

June 16, 2020
Canada’s unions are marking International Domestic Workers Day by calling on the federal government to…
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Anti-Black racism runs deep but so does our commitment towards combatting it

June 8, 2020
Amid the horrific scenes coming out of the United States of continued police brutality against…
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