Publications

Rising Up for women’s economic justice

This International Women’s Day, Canada’s unions are Rising Up to demand a worker-centred economic strategy that puts women’s economic justice at its core. It’s time for action on the real economic challenges impacting workers and their families from coast to coast to coast. “Gender equality is not a side issue; it is central to Canada’s economic security. A resilient care…

The Care Economy Is Canada’s Untapped Economic Superpower

Why Canada’s economic resilience depends on sustained investment in care By Siobhán Vipond, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Labour Congress and Mitzie Hunter, President and CEO, Canadian Women’s Foundation  With global trade in turmoil and economic instability reshaping the world, the Carney government has promised strategic support for key sectors to strengthen Canada’s economy. Without bold, sustained investment in the care economy, those efforts will fall short.  The inclusion of the care economy…

Statement from Bea Bruske: Canada’s unions call for de-escalation and diplomacy in Iran

The Canadian Labour Congress, through its affiliation with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), has long stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Iranian workers in their fight for democracy, dignity, safety, and the fundamental right to organize. Our solidarity is rooted in the shared understanding that working people everywhere deserve livelihoods free from fear, repression, and violence.  The CLC stands in unwavering support…

Solidarity with Cuba

The Canadian Labour Congress strongly condemns the U.S. government’s aggression toward Cuba. We stand in solidarity with the Cuban people and workers as U.S. policy puts their very survival at risk. The U.S. declaration of Cuba as an “Unusual and Extraordinary Threat to the Security of the U.S.” and the imposition of a fuel blockade are bullying tactics that violate…

Statement from Bea Bruske: Canada’s unions must be at the table in trade talks

With trade discussions between Canada and Mexico underway this week, Canada’s unions are raising a serious concern: the very workers these deals affect have been excluded from the conversation. With more than 240 organizations and 370 business and industry delegates participating in the Team Canada Trade Mission to Mexico, labour was not meaningfully included in shaping Canada’s trade strategy with…

Unions Call for Corporate Tax Transparency as Billions Shift Offshore

OTTAWA — Today, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), alongside Public Services International (PSI) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), is sending a joint letter to Members of Parliament urging the federal government to require greater corporate tax transparency through public country-by-country reporting (pCbCR) for the largest multinational corporations operating in Canada. Public country-by-country reporting would require large multinational corporations…

Statement from Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress

Today, families in Tumbler Ridge and across British-Columbia are going through something no one should ever have to experience.   Every student has a right to feel safe in their school. Every worker in a school has a right to be safe. Every family should be confident that when they say goodbye in the morning, their loved ones will come home at the end of the day.  Schools are…

Labour movement to Parliament: it’s time to put workers at the centre of Canada’s trade strategy

OTTAWA — As global trade tensions rise and economic uncertainty deepens, Canada’s labour movement is demanding an end to trade policies that put corporate interests ahead of workers. Labour leaders from private and public sector will call for a worker-centred economic strategy that protects good jobs, rebuilds domestic industry, strengthens public services, upholds human rights, and defends Canada’s economic sovereignty.…

Black History Month: Unions demand action on environmental racism

Canada’s unions are marking Black History Month by calling for an end to environmental racism. A 2020 report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights noted prevalent discrimination in Canada’s policies and laws related to hazardous substances and wastes, stating: “there exists a pattern in Canada where marginalized groups, and Indigenous peoples in particular, find themselves on…

CLC’s response for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit

OTTAWA –– Today’s announcement from Prime Minister Carney recognizes what workers across this country already know: the affordability crisis is real, and families across the country are feeling it every day.  Strengthening the GST credit, now the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, with a 25 per cent increase over the next five years and a one-time boost this year, will help many Canadians…