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The voice of working people in 🇨🇦. We bring together unions representing 3.3 million workers to fight for fairness. Follow @PresidentCLC for latest #canlab .

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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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The labour movement has a big role to play in the shift to a sustainable economy. Millions of workers will take this on & Canada's unions will be there every step of the way. Together, we will create a future that works for everyone. #FutureThatWorks
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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The scene this morning in Gatineau. We're with you @psac_afpc ! ✊🏾✊🏻✊🏼
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Canada’s unions stand together, unequivocally opposed to these vile & hateful messages and condemn the ongoing harassment & violence. Govts must act now to support workers & businesses affected and end the occupation. Our statement: #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Unions can play a big role in standing up for those under attack, and standing up for trans students is no different. Standing up against these hateful actions is part of our commitment to solidarity, the bedrock of the labour movement. #WorkersUnitedAgainstHate
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Canada's unions forcefully condemn the attack by Israeli forces at #AlAqsaMosque , ignited by Israel’s imminent confiscation of Palestinian homes in #SheikhJarrah . We stand in solidarity with the people of #Palestine & call on Canada to condemn Israeli actions. #cdnpoli #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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We knew Canadians supported the @psac_afpc , but it’s nice to see the data support it. #PSACstrong #CanLab
@CTVNews
CTV News
1 year
Majority of Canadians support PSAC demands for wage premiums, work from home rights: survey
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
As Canada grapples with the #covid19 , there is some good news on the health care front. An NDP motion on pharmacare received unanimous support today. This is a critical milestone clearing a path toward public, universal, single-payer, pharmacare. #canlab #cdnpoli #covid19Canada
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
9 months
MMIWG2S are not garbage. These people were sisters, siblings, daughters, aunties, and mothers. People loved them. Their lives mattered. Governments must do all they can to ensure that a landfill is not their final resting place. Share if you agree.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
1 year
This is what a strike looks like most of the time. No camera crews. No big names. Just regular people, like these @psac_afpc members, fighting for what they deserve. #CanLab #CdnPoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Thank you @CanadianPM for joining CLC's Canadian Council meeting today. We acknowledge your solidarity & efforts during these tough times. We will continue to share solutions to get our nation through #COVID19 & rebuild a fair future for all. #supportworkers #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
7 months
In light of anti-trans events across Canada taking place today, Canada's Unions re-affirm our support for the 2SLGBTQI+ community. The increased hate and division facing trans people in schools and communities must end. #WorkersUnitedAgainstHate
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Anti-Black racism is a fatal, destructive force in our society afflicting communities of colour & holding us all back. Canada's unions are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination & calling for urgent, systemic change. #BlackLivesMatter #canlab #JusticeForRegis
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
5 years
Canada's unions call on every worker to reflect on the legacy of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike - and why workers are stronger when they unite. #WinnipegGeneralStrike #canlab #cdnpoli #cdnecon #strongertogether
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 months
A great champion for social democracy and ally of working people has passed. Ed Broadbent will be greatly missed. Canada's unions will keep fighting for the values that Ed cherished - a country that honours everyone's inherent worth and one that takes care of each other.
@broadbent
Broadbent Institute
4 months
It is with the heaviest of hearts that the Broadbent Institute announces the passing of our founder, Ed Broadbent. Read our full statement at
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Hold the line, @psac_afpc members, we’re with you! So – so – so SOLIDARITY! #PSACstrong
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PSAC-AFPC
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Our heart is on the line #PSACStrong
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
We won. Every worker in Canada will soon have access to 10 paid sick days. #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
55 unions declare their support for Ontario’s education unions that are demanding the government support high-quality education. Doug Ford does not have the courage to own up to the scale and destructiveness of his cuts. #canlab #onpoli #onted
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
1 year
Powerful entrance from @Shut_downAmazon Chris Smalls at #CLC2023 : "Look to your left, look to your right and say I’ve got your back!" Delegates are fired up to hear about the @amazonlabor 's wave of organizing! #LiftingEveryoneUp
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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🚨STRIKE 🚨Support 155,000 PSAC members striking for a fair deal: 🔁 Share @psac_afpc social media posts with your own messages of solidarity 📢 Join a picket line: #CanLab 1/4
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
As word circulates of a potential ceasefire, Canada’s unions call on the government to condemn excessive violence by #Israeli forces and call for an end to occupation. See our letter from @hassan_yussuff to @JustinTrudeau #cdnpoli #canlab #Palestine
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
10 months
Attacks against 2SLGBTQI+ & #Pride organizations are an attack on the inclusive & progressive vision labour has fought for in Canada. Unions will forever defend 2SLGBTQI+ workers’ rights. #CanLab #Pride2023
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
The Ford government’s unprecedented use of the notwithstanding clause is a direct attack on freedom of expression. These rights were upheld by Ontario courts and Canada’s unions will not stop fighting for working people. Doug Ford cannot get away with silencing Ontarians. #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 months
Poilievre is a master at pandering to the working class, but we can't fall for it. Beware Poilievre and the Conservative faux populist plan, writes @David_Moscrop . #CDNpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Heartbreaking news out of Oshawa. Keith Saunders, previously a long-time union member and grocery store worker, paid the ultimate price supporting his community during the #covid19 pandemic. Sending our condolences to his family. #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
8 years
Today @JustinTrudeau became the 1st sitting PM in more than 50 years to address Canada's labour movement #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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BREAKING: @SenateCA voted in favour of protecting workers’ pensions & passed bill #C228 . This is a win for workers across Canada that will provide financial security & peace of mind to millions of families. #Canlab #CdnPoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Canada’s unions express concern with Bill 168 as it risks shutting down legitimate criticism of Israel. We call on Premier Doug Ford to oppose it & to stand up for the right to freedom of expression & legitimate protest, as well as against hate and anti-Semitism. #canlab #onpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Pierre Poilievre stands against everything workers have fought for. He’s a fraud.
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Canadian Labour
3 years
Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #6decembre1989
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
The CLC supports the Trade Union of the Americas (TUCA) position condemning the coup in Bolivia and expressing solidarity with the Bolivian peoples, trade union and social organizations. #Bolivia
@RafaelFreireCSA
Rafael Freire Neto
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General Secretary of TUCA, Rafael Freire, condemns the coup d'état in #Bolivia and calls for international solidarity towards the Bolivian people.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
5 years
CUPW and CLC issue joint statement in support of workers #canlab #negos2018 #cdnpoli #cupw
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
Canada's unions welcome the #NDP 's #elxn44 policy announcement on #Pharmacare . 3 million+ Canadians without coverage need it now. In Canada, you should only have to use your health card, not your credit card, to get the medicine you need #cdnpoli #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
Today the @NDP laid out the kind of comprehensive jobs plan that will get people back to work. We need to replace the jobs lost in the pandemic with better ones – that means a living wage, access to paid sick days and better paths to unionization as a start. #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
1 year
💥 #AntiScab legislation would ban scab workers in strikes & lockouts. It would help ensure work stoppages don't become drawn-out battles & restore fairness at the bargaining table. 👉Retweet if you agree Canada needs strong anti-scab laws. #CdnPoli #CanLab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
7 years
Happy to see the @NDP and @thejagmeetsingh tabling a motion on #pharmacare today. #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
6 years
This coming #DayOfMourning we remember those who have been injured or who've lost their lives because of workplace violence and harassment. Add your voice #NotPartoftheJob #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
8 years
Thanks to the first responders & many others assisting #FortMacFire . How you can help:
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
2 years
We stand with all those fighting for their basic rights in the wake of this devastating decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Taking away peoples’ reproductive health rights is wrong. And as @LizShuler says, will impact poor & racialized communities the most. #cdnpoli #canlab
@LizShuler
Liz Shuler
2 years
Today’s decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is a devastating blow to working women and families across this country. We strongly believe that everyone should have control over their own bodies, including decisions over their personal reproductive health care.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
Canada’s unions would like to congratulate the advocates who have been fighting for years to see $10 a day child care in BC. Today the provincial and federal govts announced real plans to make their vision a reality. #ChildCareBC @Child_Care_Now
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
7 years
Bill C-4 repeals the former Conservative government’s controversial anti-union bills C-377, C-525 #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Did you know the Bank of Canada brought down its lending rate? 🤔 So why aren’t the big banks and credit card companies passing on those savings to those who need it? 😡 Write to them and ask them to do better. 👇🏾 #covid19canada #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
1 year
Canada’s unions are opposed to any attempt by the federal government to introduce back-to-work legislation against the @psac_afpc members currently on strike. #CanLab
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Bea Bruske, CLC President
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Minister @MonaFortier , back-to-work legislation would be a misstep that would only aggravate the situation. I encourage your government to continue negotiating with the @psac_afpc until a fair deal is reached for everyone. #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Poilievre has dealt blow after blow to workers. He’s not on our side.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
1 year
“We should be demanding very significant wage increases now – not just to keep up with inflation. Don't believe the Bank of Canada or anyone else who says that you are making things worse by asking for more!” – @JimboStanford @CntrFutureWork #CLC2023 #LiftingEveryoneUp #CanLab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
7 years
Today we’re celebrating as Canada joins more than 50 other countries who have banned #asbestos . #banasbestos #cdnpoli #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Manulife & Loblaws tried to limit access to crucial meds for profit instead of passing savings on to working families. Clearly, big corporations are getting bolder as they try to boost profits at any expense. The solution? Universal public pharmacare. #PharmacareNow
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Canada’s unions stand in solidarity with federal public service workers. Their message is clear: they won’t be taken for granted, they won’t fall further behind & they won’t back down. #CanLab 🧵
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Everyone has the right to work without fear of harassment or violence. On International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia we're celebrating 🇨🇦's ratification of a new global standard to end violence & harassment in the world of work, for all workers🌈 #IDAHOBIT2023
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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"It is in all our interests that unions succeed in organizing the workplaces of the present and future...and that we as citizens retain a skeptical eye towards the further concentration of economic power in unaccountable private hands." #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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This #LabourDay , unions are calling for #pharmacare for all Canadians. Add your voice. #cdnhealth #cdnpoli #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
6 years
This #IWD2018 Canadian women are done waiting for pay equity. It's time to value women's work, close the pay gap and make pay equity the law. Add your voice now #donewaiting #canfem #Cdnpoli #payequity #canlab #GenderPayGap #TimesUp #FairPay #MyFeminism
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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This pride season, let's make it clear that 🇨🇦 ‘s unions stand against all forms of 2SLGBTQI+ phobia &violence. It’s time we push back against the hate & celebrate with #Pride ! #Pride2023
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Unions can play a big role in countering anti-2SLGBTQI+ hate by: 📝 educating members 🕊️ standing up for human rights ⛑️ defending health & safety measures Together, we can keep our queer and trans colleagues safe. #WorkersUnitedAgainstHate #CanLab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Has anyone ever seen Poilievre walking a picket line? Didn’t think so.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
6 years
Together we rise! Canada's unions standing proudly in solidarity with today's women's marches #womensmarchottawa #womensmarchTO & in countless other cities across North America #cdnwomen #canfem #canlab #WomensMarch2018
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Today, as #Pharmacare is officially introduced in the House of Commons, we recognize that we're here because of the work that unions and advocates has been doing for decades. We're so close, let's make it happen! #Pharmacare #CDNpoli #CanLab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Last week the government introduced a bill to ban the use of scab labour and we are HERE for it. We’ve been calling for this for years and we’re ready to make it happen. Are you with us? #CDNpoli #C58 #AntiScab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
6 years
Raising the minimum wage is long overdue - thousands of workers will now have a little bit extra in their pockets to help afford the basics. That's why Canada's unions support #TimHortons workers.They deserve fairness - not punishment! #IStandWithTimHortonsWorkers #canlab #onpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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"Prisons around the world are becoming the asylums of the 21st century...we have to make a change." Mary Walsh on #mentalhealth #fairfuture
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Canadian Labour
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Under no circumstances will the right to strike be stripped away. Not now, not ever. #NotStandingDown #canlab #onlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
#SistersinSpirit October 4 is a day to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. Canada’s unions stand in solidarity with grieving families and communities. #MMIWG #SISVigils #donewaiting #canlab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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CLC Executive VP, @CLCVPSiobhan , was out with @psac_afpc members in Vancouver today. This is a coast-to-coast strike with coast-to-coast support. ✊🏻 #CanLab
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Thank you @JustinTrudeau for recommitting to repeal anti-worker bills #C377 and #C525 . #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
7 years
"This is not all women's problems to solve. . .up to men to address that behaviour with other men." #MeToo #canfem
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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A search must be conducted and the health and safety of workers must be prioritized in moving forward with search plans. The sooner the search begins, the sooner healing & closure can start. #MMWIG #canlab
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Canadian Labour
3 years
Canada’s unions are disappointed by the government’s failure to support the NDP motion that would implement #pharmacare . Millions of people are without benefits and can’t afford their medications, they need help now.
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Canadian Labour
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"Unions welcome the Canadian government’s rapid response in defense of Canadian workers as an important first step in protecting workers and communities who will be adversely affected by this misguided attack on Canadian industry." #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Taking their lead from NB, the SK government has now mandated outing children. Outing someone is dangerous and runs counter to the SK's plan that students feel "included, protected, and respected". Canada's unions stand against this mandate. #SKpoli
@SKFedLabour
Sask Fed of Labour
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Statement from SFL President Lori Johb:
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
6 years
This #DayofMourning , Canada’s unions remember those who have been killed or injured on the job. That includes those who have suffered from workplace harassment and violence. That’s #NotPartOfTheJob . If you agree, add your voice today:
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Over 400 workers are in Ottawa prepping for the largest lobby day of its kind on the Hill tomorrow. They will be calling on MPs to support universal, single-payer pharmacare, retirement security, $15 minimum wage and more. #CLCLobby2020 #canpoli #canlab
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Canadian Labour
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Canada’s unions stand in solidarity with Alberta’s striking health care workers – workers who've been on the front-lines through COVID are taking on the Kenney govt to stop cuts and privatization #ABhealth #FightBackAB #HandofOffOurHealthCare #canlab #ForwardTogether
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Workers deserve to arrive home safely at the end of their workday. Even one death is too many – no worker should die from their job. In Canada in 2021, over 1,000 workers left for work and never came home. 1/3
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Feminism means getting things done so this #IWD2017 we’re asking our government to do three key things #canlab
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Canadian Labour
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Canada's unions strongly urge Mr. Poilievre & his colleagues in the Conservative Party to stop using workers and their families as political pawns. Parliamentarians of all stripes must work together to pass Bill C-50 and Bill C-58. #SustainableJobs #AntiScab
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Bea Bruske, CLC President
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This week, we've witnessed disappointing political games from @PierrePoilievre & the Conservatives. Their dirty procedural tactics are aimed at delaying, derailing & blocking crucial legislation designed to benefit workers across Canada. 🧵1/
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Canadian Labour
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MB PCs defeat is a rejection of politicians trying to win through hate & intolerance. A warning to politicians across the country. Voters instead choose the NDP's positive message of better healthcare, lower costs & good jobs. #mbpoli #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
4 years
Not sure how to talk about anti-Black racism? Wondering how to combat it in your workplace or union? 🖥️Join us for an important webinar you won't want to miss. Register now: #canlab #cdnpoli #BlackLivesMatter
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Canadian Labour
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"The constant and historic exploitation of migrant workers in Canada requires urgent attention by everyone. Canada’s immigration system is built on racism and colonialism. We need to stand in solidarity with foreign workers and find pathways to citizenship." #CLC2023
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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On Emancipation Day, we must reflect on our history of slavery & the inequalities still faced by Black workers. To fight systemic racism & discrimination at work, Canada's unions continue to call for a stronger Employment Equity Act. #EmancipationDay
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
. @ErinOToole is speaking to Conservatives this afternoon. He’s is trying to convince workers that he has our best interest at heart – but we know that’s not true. #canlab #cdnpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
2 years
What better way to mark #IWD2022 than @PresidentCLC and @lizshuler standing strong, together. This is the changing face of today's labour moment. #canlab #cdnpoli #Solidarity @AFLCIO #WeCanDoIt
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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Until queer & trans workers are safe & respected at work, there is no safe workplace. Canada must implement global labour standard #C190 to end violence & harassment at work for all. #CdnPoli #CanLab #Pride2023
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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"Canada's three million workers are standing with you." CLC's Secretary Treasurer Marie Clarke Walker joined striking Ontario teachers and education workers to call on the Ontario government to invest in public education and bargain in good faith. #canlab #onpoli #cutshurtkids
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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On behalf of over three million workers, the CLC is calling on Co-op Refinery to end the lock-out and treat its workers fairly. Last night’s arrests on picket lines @CoopFCL are unacceptable. Canada’s unions will stand up to billionaire bullies, every time. #canlab #skpoli
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
3 years
Many Canadians continue to be shocked, but Indigenous peoples are not, because they knew − and they know there will be more. You can learn more about the findings of the TRC via @NCTR_UM , but the best place to start is the 94 Calls to Action.
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@CanadianLabour
Canadian Labour
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We support our postal workers. #savecanadapost #canlab #cdnpoli
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