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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

Labour leader’s murder triggers Canada’s first general strike

July 27, 2018
On July 27, 1918, Albert “Ginger” Goodwin, a well-known BC coalminer, pacifist and advocate for…
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Canada’s biggest riot – Canada day, 1935

July 1, 2018
On July 1, 1935 thousands of people were on the streets of Regina, not to…
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Canadian postal workers go on strike for maternity leave – and win big!

June 30, 2018
On June 30, 1981, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers led its members into a…
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