Gender Equality

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…

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…

Canada’s unions mark National Indigenous Peoples Day by calling for two-year extension of MMIW public inquiry

June 21, 2018

This National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada’s unions are calling on the federal government to grant…

Quebec women march for “bread and roses”

May 26, 2018

The first Bread and Roses March, an initiative of the Fédération des femmes du Québec…

Canadian and Colombian labour ministers sign action plan

May 24, 2018

In May 2016, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), together with the CUT (Central Unitaria de…

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Domestic violence at work resource centre

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Canada’s unions mark National Indigenous Peoples Day by calling for two-year extension of MMIW public inquiry

Quebec women march for “bread and roses”

Canadian and Colombian labour ministers sign action plan

Rise up! For gender justice 