{"id":41077,"date":"2026-05-11T22:25:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/41077\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:25:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:25:04","slug":"clc-convention-opens-monday-as-thousands-of-workers-gather-in-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/41077\/","title":{"rendered":"CLC Convention Opens Monday as Thousands of Workers Gather in Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday May 10, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

WINNIPEG, MB \u2014 Thousands of union activists, workers, and labour leaders from across the country will gather in Winnipeg Monday as the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) opens its Constitutional Convention.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening day will feature ceremonies, cultural performances, international guests, and major discussions on the future of democracy, workers\u2019 rights, and the economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Highlights include:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Opening ceremonies featuring live music, honoured guests, and international labour delegates.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 A featured panel discussion on fighting for democracy in Canada and globally featuring CLC President Bea Bruske, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and\u00a0IndustriAll\u00a0Europe General Secretary Judith Kirton-Darling.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Remarks from Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Debate on resolutions and action plans focused on democracy, worker power, economic justice, and public services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHAT:
Opening day of the CLC Constitutional Convention\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHEN:
Monday, May 11, 2026\u00a0<\/p>\n

WHERE:
RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg (375 York Avenue, Winnipeg, MB)
* Key moments will be livestreamed here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@canadianlabour\/streams<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional\u00a0programming details are available here:\u00a0https:\/\/canadianlabour.ca\/buildcarefight\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

-30-\u00a0<\/p>\n

For media inquiries, please contact:
CLC Media Relations
media@clcctc.ca<\/a>\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday May 10, 2026\u00a0 WINNIPEG, MB \u2014 Thousands of union activists, workers, and labour leaders…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41078,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14677,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-41077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-winnipeg","8":"tag-forward-together","9":"tag-winnipeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}