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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

The poem that inspired a movement

December 1, 2018
On December 1, 1911, The American Magazine published a poem with the title “Bread and…
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16 days of action: Towards ending gender-based violence

November 22, 2018
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25 marks the…
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Canada’s unions stand with trans workers

November 20, 2018
November 20 is the Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). Communities around the world hold vigils,…
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