Media Advisory – Labour Day: Worker power is key to a

SURREY, British Columbia, Sept. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada’s unions are encouraging employees to reclaim their power and arise to employers and governments, because the nation struggles to get well from the financial turmoil attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Labour Day is a time for us, as workers, to come together to celebrate our collective victories, and to work in solidarity for the challenges ahead,” mentioned Siobhán Vipond, CLC Executive Vice-President. “The past two and a half years have been exceptionally hard for so many, and as we plan our post-pandemic world, we must ensure the recovery is worker-centred. As the working class, our collective action will lead to better jobs, with better pay and benefits. Together, we can shape a future that is built for workers.”

Workers throughout the nation will collect at native Labour Day occasions of their communities, after two years of digital occasions. Canada’s unions are joyful to be internet hosting in-individual and hybrid occasions, to have fun employees’ contributions in weathering the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We owe a great debt to the frontline workers who kept us safe, healthy, fed and supported over the past two and a half years. Governments and employers must recognize that there is no recovery without workers. In a time when inflation is rising at a breakneck pace, and the cost of living is becoming unlivable, decision-makers must take concrete action to ensure workers aren’t left behind. We should want to see workers in this country thrive, instead of watching them struggle to survive,” mentioned Bea Bruske, CLC President.

Vipond will be a part of employees and group leaders in British Columbia for the annual Labour Day occasions.

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