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
February 19, 2026
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
February 12, 2026
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…
Black History Month: Unions demand action on environmental racism
February 1, 2026
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…
Workers Must Come First in CUSMA — No Trade Deal at the Expense of Jobs, Industry, or Public Services
January 15, 2026
OTTAWA – Today, Canada’s unions met Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy, for a high-level Roundtable on the upcoming 2026 review of the Canada-United States Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) to deliver a clear and urgent message: workers must come first. Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske was joined by leaders from several of…
Result of judicial review further strengthens the need for an empowered CORE to ensure corporate accountability of Canadian companies
December 17, 2025
As part of a longstanding commitment to improving living and working conditions for Bangladeshi garment workers, the United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) jointly filed a complaint with the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) against retailer Mark’s and its parent company Canadian Tire. In this complaint, we argued that the company uses supplier factories in…
2025 Labour 7 continues to raise concerns about the G7 labour and employment agenda
December 17, 2025
Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, winds down her tenure as the Labour 7 (L7) Chair under the Canadian G7 presidency. In 2025, the CLC and L7 members advocated for a strong labour track and a Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting (LEMM) under the Canadian G7 presidency. We succeeded in participating at the G7 Employment Working Group (EWG) and…
Protecting Fundamental Rights — Our Concerns with Bill C-9
December 12, 2025
The CLC condemns all forms of hate, discrimination, and harassment. We will continue to fight for the rights that make Canada a free and democratic country. This is why we, alongside civil liberties organizations, oppose the current version of Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act. The version of the Bill being debated in the House of Commons has the potential to infringe on our hard fought-for rights of freedom of expression…
A thriving economy shouldn’t cost us our human rights
December 10, 2025
CLC President, Bea Bruske, issued the following statement on International Human Rights Day: Canada’s unions are marking International Human Rights Day by urging the federal government to ensure that the pursuit of Canada’s economic prosperity does not come at the expense of human rights. Workers around the world are facing precarity due to ongoing global conflicts, trade wars, artificial intelligence,…
Canada’s unions rise up for justice for gender-based violence (GBV) workforce
December 6, 2025
As we mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Womenin Canada, unions are putting the spotlight on the deplorable conditions facing theworkers who are on the front lines of this epidemic, and who put their wellbeing on theline every day to support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV). “Despite providing vital, life-changing services to survivors of violence,…