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Federal budget takes steps on affordability but leaves major gaps in worker protections

Federal budget takes steps on affordability but leaves major gaps in worker protections OTTAWA – Canada’s unions welcome measures in Budget 2026 to help Canadians with the cost of living but say the government must do more to protect workers facing job losses, mounting household debt, and economic uncertainty. “If there’s one lesson from the elections south of the border,…

Government’s case for restricting workers’ rights doesn’t pass fact check: CLC

OTTAWA – The federal government is using concerns about labour disruptions to justify new powers to end legal strikes, without demonstrating that those powers would make Canada’s economy more stable, says the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The CLC disputes the government’s portrayal of recent labour disputes as evidence of a collective bargaining system in crisis and its claim that greater…

Canada’s labour leaders to establish war room to fight Carney’s strike restrictions

OTTAWA – Labour leaders from across Canada announced today that they will establish a national labour war room to support unions facing government intervention and coordinate their response to the proposed strike restrictions in Bill C-39. Meeting in Ottawa at the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Canadian Council, union leaders committed to bringing together legal, political and communications resources to defend…

CLC Calls for an End to Arms Shipments to Israel

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Canadian Council has voted in support of a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel. The CLC stands in solidarity with Palestinian workers and their families, and with all those calling for peace, justice and respect for international law. Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons…

European and Canadian Labour Leaders Stand Together for Workers’ Rights

Joint European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) statement ahead of the EU-Canada Summit MONTRÉAL – The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), together representing close to 50 million workers, support a closer and deeper partnership between the European Union and Canada. At a time of tariff threats, geopolitical instability, and…

MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s largest unions unite in Ottawa to challenge Carney government over right to strike

OTTAWA – CLC President Bea Bruske will join David Chartrand, Canadian General Vice President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, and Marty Warren, United Steelworkers National Director for Canada, at a news conference in Ottawa on Thursday, October 29, to address the growing fight over workers’ right to strike. Canada’s unions are standing together against federal legislation…

CLC President available to media following Bill C-39 committee appearance

OTTAWA — Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske will be available to media Tuesday, October 20, following her appearance before the House of Commons committee studying Bill C-39. Bruske will discuss the legislation’s consequences for collective bargaining and the right to strike, and outline the changes workers are demanding: repeal Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and remove the…

CLC brings solution to Parliamentary Committee as Bill C-39 threatens labour stability

OTTAWA – Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) President Bea Bruske will appear before the parliamentary committee studying Bill C-39 today, warning MPs that the government’s proposed powers to end legal strikes could undermine the labour stability they purport to improve. Bruske will urge committee members to remove the proposed expansion of Section 107 and adopt amendments the CLC has already presented…

Workers rally at MPs’ offices across Canada to defend right to strike

OTTAWA – Workers are rallying in 21 communities across Canada today, warning MPs that Bill C-39 will fuel labour unrest as some of the country’s largest unions pledge to defy the proposed restrictions on the right to strike. With MPs home for constituency week, demonstrations are taking place outside constituency offices across the country, including those of Prime Minister Mark…

Bill C-39 could create more labour unrest, union leaders warn

OTTAWA — Bill C-39 could make labour disputes longer and harder to resolve, union leaders warned MPs Thursday, undermining the stability the federal government says the legislation is intended to protect. Ahead of Thursday’s second reading vote, Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske joined Candace Rennick, National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Tom Doran, President of the…