Greetings,
Please see important information below from the Canadian Labour Congress regarding the upcoming live National Townhalls to prepare for Day of Action [Bill C-39].
To: CLC Canadian Council, Federations of Labour, Labour Councils, and CLC staff
Greetings,
Together, we will bring our demand directly to MPs: remove section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and protect workers’ rights.
Join us on Tuesday, October 13:
• English Town Hall (via Phone) at 6:00 p.m. ET
• Dial in directly by calling: 1-888-329-8923
• Note: We strongly encourage English participants to also register using this link to receive a calendar invite and a reminder right before we go live!
• French Town Hall (via Zoom) at 1:00 p.m. ET
• Register here to receive the direct Zoom link.
These mobilizing calls will bring workers together, explain what is at stake and prepare participants to take action. Joining is easy: members can participate by phone and simply listen. We will walk them through how to make their voices heard.
Please share this invitation with your locals and encourage your members to sign up:https://workerstogether.ca/events/right-to-strike-townhall/.
Further details and instructions for joining will follow.
OCTOBER 15: Join the National Day of Action
Local events at MP offices and opportunities for members everywhere to participate. We will share more information and a national event map soon. Whether members attend an event, meet with their MP, or call their local constituency office, every action will carry the same demand: protect the right to strike and remove section 107.
Thank you to our affiliates, federations of labour, labour councils, and activists who have been working tirelessly along with our team to meet with MPs and organize your communities. Your leadership is building the pressure we need. Now, we are asking every union to help bring more members into this fight.
The right to strike is fundamental. The government’s proposed language on section 107 threatens our right to strike by giving a single minister unfettered power to end a legal strike solely based on the minister’s “opinion” of whether the strike could be hurting the economy.
With the bill moving forward quickly to committee stage, we need to make our voices heard and remove the provisions that undermine our right to strike.
It is important that all MPs hear from us, and Liberal MPs need to know that workers in their communities expect them to protect our right to strike. We need them to hear us, see us, and feel the strength of a united labour movement.
When labour stands together, we have the power to win. Let’s bring that strength to the October 13th telephone town hall, and carry it into communities across the country on the October 15th Day of Action.
