BHM 2025: Join Canada’s unions in advancing racial and economic justice for Black workers
February 1, 2025
Canada’s unions are marking Black History Month by highlighting the crucial role unions play in advancing racial and economic justice for Black workers. On February 18, we will be hosting Black labour leaders in a virtual conversation about what Black workers are up against, and how unions can make an important difference. Recent data shows that Black workers are the…
Canada’s unions welcome the ceasefire and call on all parties to adhere to the agreement and prioritise the safety and well-being of affected communities. The CLC supports the calls in the following statement by the International Trade Union Confederation and stands with workers to advance peace and justice in the region. https://www.ituc-csi.org/gaza-ceasefire-must-lead-to
Migrant workers in Canada deserve access to permanent residency and citizenship
December 18, 2024
Canada’s unions are marking International Migrants Day by continuing to call on the government to ensure pathways to permanent residency and citizenship for migrant workers. Currently, Canada’s migrant worker streams create and reinforce a system in which migrant workers are made vulnerable to exploitation and precarity. Employers have pushed for the creation and expansion of migrant worker programs with closed…
Human Rights Day 2024: Canada’s unions push back against rising hate
December 10, 2024
Canada’s unions are marking International Human Rights Day by urging Canadians to come together to challenge the rising tide of hate being spread by an emboldened far-right. Since the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, Canada has made important human rights gains. Fairer wages, safer workplaces, and freedom from harassment and discrimination are the rights of all…
Greg Snider – Winner of the 2024 Carol McGregor CLC Disability Rights Award
December 3, 2024
Every year on December 3, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Canadian Labour Congress will recognize a union member for their disability rights activism. This award is named in honour of Carol McGregor, an outstanding disability rights activist, member of NUPGE and the CLC Disability Rights Working Group―and who was much loved by all those who worked with…
People with disabilities deserve better from the Canada Disability Benefit
December 3, 2024
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated annually on Dec 3. This year, Canada’s unions are marking this important date by sounding the alarm on the disproportionate levels of poverty faced by people with disabilities in Canada. “It’s no secret that Canada’s affordability crisis is hurting those at the margins the most. The proposed roll out for the…
Statement on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks
October 7, 2024
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) condemns those attacks and mourns the horrible loss of life on that day and over the past year in Gaza and now in Lebanon. We are gravely concerned by the continued escalation of hostilities and the expansion of this horrific war in the…
True reconciliation requires meaningful action, not just symbolic gestures
September 30, 2024
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada’s unions continue to urge the federal government to take concrete, meaningful action toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, going beyond symbolic gestures. Today, we remember all the Indigenous children taken from their families and communities and sent to residential schools. We honour the lives of those who never returned home, and those…
Global union leaders affirm support for Palestinian trade unions and the Palestinian people
June 11, 2024
This week the leaders of seven Global Union Federations (GUFs) and the International Trade Union Confederation travelled to Ramallah to convey their solidarity to unions in the West Bank and Gaza. These organizations represent almost every sector of the global economy and have members in more than 150 countries representing over 200 million workers. Working with Palestinian affiliates and others,…
Pride 2024: No one left behind: Equality, freedom, and justice for all
June 1, 2024
For Pride 2024, Canada’s unions stand firm under the banner of “No One Left Behind: Equality, Freedom, and Justice for All.” In solidarity with our 2SLGBTQI+ siblings, we affirm our commitment to safeguarding the rights of 2SLGBTQI+ people and refusing any attempts to turn back the progress we’ve fought tirelessly to achieve. 2SLGBTQI+ workers are integral members of Canada’s labour…