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Imagine thousands of workers uniting to fight against corporate greed and the politicians who fail us... Well, it's happening! Today, Canada's unions launch our new campaign, Workers Together: For a Better Deal.
Make your voice heard: buff.ly/3MrxtBe
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Agriculture has long been one of Manitoba's deadliest sectors - and the fatality of a 66 year-old man on the job is not a number, but a life. Every worker in every sector must return home from the job alive. #EnforceWestray #canlab
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Canadian Labour retweeted
CLC President Bea Bruske on changes to Labour Code: "Strikes are meant to have an economic impact. That is the whole point of withdrawing your labour. If you withdraw your labour and you don't have an economic impact, you don't have a very successful strike. And so by entrenching those metrics into the decision-making, it's really an expansion of 107."
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The federal government is breaking its promise to workers. Giving one minister the power to end strikes will only create more conflict at the bargaining table. Striking is never easy & tipping the balance toward employers won’t make life better for anyone. workerstogether.ca/repeal-10…
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The federal government is dangerously proposing legislation to restrict legal strikes through Bill C-39.
And we're joining workers across the country saying it loud and clear: Protect Workers' Right To Strike!
@CanadianLabour
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Canadian Labour retweeted
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The federal government is dangerously proposing legislation to restrict legal strikes through Bill C-39.
And we're joining workers across the country saying it loud and clear: Protect Workers' Right To Strike!
@CanadianLabour
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Calling all Vancouver-area activists 👇
Oppose attacks on the right to strike!
Demand that the Carney Liberal government put its elbows up for workers, not the wealthy few and corporate interests.
Friday, September 25
9:00AM
Office of MP Terry Beech
3606 E. Hastings St.
Burnaby, BC
vdlc.ca/events/this-friday-o…
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The Federal Government's Attack on Labour Rights is Unacceptable
bit.ly/4ySXcZi
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Give up your rights or defy the order.
That is the choice this government puts in front of workers.
@MarkHancockCUPE has made clear where @cupenat stands.
The right to strike is fundamental.
The Prime Minister has a mandate to defend Canada against Trump – not to run roughshod over Canadians' constitutional rights. cupe.ca/news/cupe-will-defy-…
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Canadian Labour retweeted
Workers’ rights are not up for trade.
The IAM Union is raising concerns about Bill C-39 and what its labour provisions could mean for workers across Canada.
Read our full statement: iamunion.ca/bill-c-39-must-p…
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Canadian Labour retweeted
Attacks on our rights are not new - it is how the power in labour was forged.
We fought yesterday, we fight today & we will fight tomorrow!
You don’t strengthen Canada by weaken the very workers they have built it!
@OFLabour
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is warning the federal government that workers will not stand by while Ottawa doubles down on a mechanism that allows the government to shut down legal strikes & weakening workers’ power at the bargaining table. Read the full statement here:
ofl.ca/ontario-workers-have-…
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The right to strike is non-negotiable.
Any restriction on that fundamental right is unacceptable.
Strong collective bargaining is in Canada’s national interest.
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Canadian Labour retweeted
🚨The Canadian government wants to make it easier for companies to keep wages low and harder for workers to push back, by weakening the right to strike and collectively bargain.
Not on our watch. Send a message to the government now. share.canadianlabour.ca/s/xb…
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Canada’s unions are drawing a clear line.
No government should have sweeping power to decide when workers can, and cannot exercise their fundamental right to strike.
That power belongs with workers at the bargaining table.
National Director Marty Warren on proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code:
“Workers built this country, and workers will build what comes next. Canada cannot build a stronger economy by weakening the fundamental rights of the people who make our economy work.”
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Workers are Team Canada 🇨🇦 We’re fighting for Canada’s economic future and that means protecting workers’ economic security, too. We need the power to bargain for better wages, working conditions and job security. Protect our right to strike.
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Canadian Labour retweeted
The right to strike is non-negotiable.
Employers already hold enormous power over jobs and investment. Workers balance that power through collective bargaining, including the right to strike.
@MarkJCarney , workers’ bargaining power is part of Canada’s national interest.
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Whether it’s the cost of housing, groceries or making sure governments put workers ahead of corporate interests, the fights facing workers affect all of us. #solidarity
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Qu’il s’agisse du coût du logement, de l’épicerie ou de s’assurer que les gouvernements font passer les travailleuses et travailleurs avant les intérêts des grandes entreprises, les luttes qui touchent les travailleurs nous concernent toutes et tous. #solidarité
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Did you know women in Canada still make just 88¢ for every $1 men make?
This #InternationalEqualPayDay, @CLCVPSiobhan is joining pay equity leaders and colleagues from around the world to push for progress.
We need to close the gap for everyone.
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