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…

A day rooted in women’s ongoing struggle for fairness, economic equality and social justice.

March 8, 2018

March 8, 1975 marked the first declaration of International Women’s Day (IWD) by the United…

Women in Canada are #donewaiting for economic justice

March 7, 2018

This International Women’s Day, Canada’s unions are launching a campaign with a powerful message for…

Canada’s unions encouraged by federal budget commitments on pharmacare and pay equity

February 27, 2018

Canada’s unions say they are pleased to see this year’s federal budget commit to moving…

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Domestic violence at work resource centre

Rise up! For gender justice

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A day rooted in women’s ongoing struggle for fairness, economic equality and social justice.

Women in Canada are #donewaiting for economic justice

Canada’s unions encouraged by federal budget commitments on pharmacare and pay equity

Rise up! For gender justice 