Many Canadians are not aware of the important contribution that
unions like the Canadian Labour Congress and its predecessors made
to the history of social progress in Canada. Unions have not only
fought many of the battles that have made the Canadian workplace a
more comfortable and equitable environment, but have also provided
workers with a voice on many issues of national significance.
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First Convention of the Canadian
Labour Congress, Toronto.
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CLC president addressing Rally
during Murdochville (Gaspé) strike.
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Submission by the Canadian Labour Congress to the Honourable
Robert Andras Minister of Manpower and Immigration on a
New Immigration Policy for Canada (1974)
"...immigrants are woefully ill-informed or misinformed
on their rights to transfer from one job to another, the
availability of medicare and hospital care, welfare services,
unemployment insurance, language instruction and all manner
of civic and community services... The immigration information
package should explain workers' rights under the various trade
union legislation and labour standards codes."
The Canadian Labour Congress Proposal for Pension Reform (1982)
"Society has a responsibility to make sure that arrangements
are in place that will allow people to have an active and
satisfying period of retirement. It is the least that can be
offered to the people who have laid the foundation for Canada's
economic prosperity and its political and cultural vibrancy
that succeeding generations will enjoy."
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Date Created: October 28, 1999 | Last Updated: July 30, 2010
