The Canadian Labour Congress, its affiliated unions, provincial and territorial federations of labour, and local labour councils commit to this action program to move forward at the workplace, in the community, across the country and around the world, the decisions made at this convention.

These actions will include advocacy and lobbying; political action; coalition building; campaigns; training of activists and labour councils; local actions such as demonstrations and rallies; communications and media campaigns; and international solidarity actions.

The basic principles are to move our program through the entire labour movement as well as community coalitions and allies; base our activities in the workplace and community; build our lobbying and advocacy capacity; and provide the necessary resources and encourage affiliates to provide support to labour councils.

As an integral part of the action program the CLC will: conduct training programs for campaign coordinators and organizers; develop and mentor youth activists; and continue to support and promote equality issues.

Training programs will be developed for labour council officers and activists on effective communications techniques, preparing and presenting briefs at public hearings and government bodies, developing and implementing media and publicity campaigns and building relationships with community allies.

Affiliates will participate in the program by identifying activists who can work as coordinators/organizers for labour issues campaigns and in support of other actions such as organizing campaigns.

The CLC Executive Officers will meet annually with the National Executive Boards of affiliates and Executive Boards of Federations of Labour to report on and review the Congress programs and activities.

The priority issues and actions adopted at convention include:

Public Health Care - fight to protect the Canada Health Act, reverse privatization and P3s, work for national pharmacare and home care programs and for the protection of mental health programs and take all necessary steps to overturn the Chaoulli decision.

Labour Rights - fight for fundamental labour rights and improvements to labour a central focus of our political action agenda. Work with affiliates to coordinate a strategy to assist in organizing major service sector employers such as Wal-Mart.

Child Care - work in coalitions to establish the national program we want incorporating the QUAD principles, maintain a watchdog capacity on provincial governments, and promote unionization, work with labour councils to encourage municipalities to pressure the federal government.

Health and Safety - lobby for a national registry of work histories, develop training programs for union counsellors on harassment and discrimination in the workplace, develop national standards for ergonomics and violence and harassment in the workplace.

Good Jobs - press for an industrial strategy and promote Labour’s Agenda for Jobs.

Environmental Protection - continue to work for a Just Transition alternative employment programme as part of the establishment of a climate fund from the sale of Petro Canada.

Disability Rights - work for the implementation of the 1996 Task Force report, support campaigns for improved medical assistance, home care and equitable employment opportunities and a rights based Canadians With Disabilities Act.

North American Integration - work with popular organizations to develop a common strategy to defeat the corporate vision for North America.

UI/EI - continue the fight to modernize and reform the program and to establish rights to training, continue the campaign to modernize UI working with Labour Councils,affiliates and Federations of Labour.

Public Education and Training - lobby for adequate federal funding and a national Post Secondary Education and Training Act, expand apprenticeship training and fight for rights to training, including training leaves and training insurance under the UI/Ei programme.

Pay Equity - make implementation of pay equity a priority in our advocacy, political campaigns and community organizing.

Pensions and Bankruptcy - fight for better public pensions and protection for wages, collective agreements and workplace pensions in bankruptcy and insolvency situations.

Aboriginal Rights - fight for full inclusion of Aboriginal workers in the social and economic fabric of the country, and support partnership agreements to increase Aboriginal representation in the workforce.

A New Deal for Cities - build support for adequate funding for municipal infrastructure and programs and public ownership and control of public infrastructure.

Equality Rights - continue to fight for improved access to jobs, education and training for workers with disabilities, recognition of international credentials and programs for migrant and immigrant workers.

International Solidarity - work with our allies nationally and internationally to make poverty history, promote fair trade and workers’ rights, and to defeat the corporate neo-liberal agenda.