Statements

COP 17 Statement Canadian Labour Congress Statement to the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC and Government of Canada

Posted: Thursday, 1 December 2011

In December 2011, international climate negotiators will converge on Durban, South Africa, for the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the Kyoto Protocol set to expire in 2012, the… Read More

World AIDS Day - December 1, 2011: Canadian Labour Congress calls for decisive Canadian government leadership on HIV and AIDS

Posted: Wednesday, 30 November 2011

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2011, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) calls on Canada to more vigorously pursue initiatives to help the world attain the World AIDS Day theme: “Zero AIDS target” on the pandemic. Today more than ever, the G8 countri… Read More

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women

Posted: Tuesday, 29 November 2011

On December 6th, we commemorate the lives of the 14 women killed in Montréal in 1989. On this day, we remember all women and girls who are murdered or experience violence by partners, family members and strangers throughout this country. On this day, we re… Read More

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Posted: Monday, 28 November 2011

On December 3, the Canadian labour movement joins in the global effort to promote understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities. On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we reflect on the progress that disability rights activists h… Read More

It’s not about the tents: Canadian Labour Congress comments on moves to evict Occupy Protesters in Canadian cities

Posted: Friday, 18 November 2011

As cities in Canada move to evict and dismantle Occupy camps, the issues the protests raised won’t go away. “It is a shame that media and politicians have made this into a debate about tents, rather than a debate about the issues the occupiers are rais… Read More

CLC remembers its first Women's Bureau Director

Posted: Friday, 18 November 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is saddened by the passing of Mary Eady, the first Director of the CLC's Women's Bureau, on November 16, in Ottawa. Mary was a tireless advocate for women's rights, trade union rights, public pensions and health care. Gro… Read More

CLC urges MPs to oppose Bill dismantling gun registry

Posted: Thursday, 27 October 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress is urging Members of Parliament to oppose Bill C-19, which would abolish the Canadian long gun registry and destroy all the data it has collected since its creation. For Canada’s labour movement, the gun registry is an import… Read More

CLC supports aims of Occupy Canada protest

Posted: Friday, 14 October 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress supports the aims of thousands of citizens, many of them younger people, involved in the Occupy Canada protests. They are gathering in Canadian centres from coast to coast to bring attention to how corporate greed is shattering … Read More

Sisters In Spirit Vigils – A Movement for Social Change

Posted: Tuesday, 4 October 2011

October 4th is the day we honour the lives of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls; on October 4th 2011 call on the federal government to stop ignoring this national crisis and take action. Each year, on October 4th, communities across Canada … Read More

CLC Statement on the United Nations 10-year Commemorative Meeting of the World Conference to Eliminate Racism

Posted: Friday, 30 September 2011

The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is gravely disappointed that once again the Canadian government has chosen to withdraw from an important United Nations (UN) gathering dedicated to eliminating racism. Earlier this year, the Conservative government announ… Read More