After a lifetime of hard work, nobody should have to retire in poverty. Canada’s unions pushed the federal government to enhance the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) for the most vulnerable seniors. Now we’re pushing the government to take action to protect workplace pension plans in the event of a company going bankrupt.

At the bargaining table, Canada’s postal workers have been calling for better health and safety protections, and for pay equity. When the federal government ordered them back to work, it did more than side with an irresponsible employer— it tore up their fundamental Charter rights. Not only is this unfair, it’s unconstitutional — and we need to say so right…

The National Day of Mourning commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to workplace related hazards and occupational exposures. Canada’s unions continue to call for better enforcement of related legislations. They also call on employers and governments to do more to prevent such fatalities from happening in the first place.