WINNIPEG, MB \u2014\u00a0Canadians are working harder than ever, but too many still can\u2019t afford the basics. Rising grocery bills, rent, gas, and prescription costs are putting enormous pressure on workers and their families while corporate profits continue to climb.<\/p>\n
Today the 2,000+ delegates to the CLC Convention said \u201cenough is enough\u201d with the adoption of an ambitious action plan to raise living standards, take on corporate greed and excess, and restore dignity and economic security for working people.<\/p>\n
CLC President Bea Bruske was clear: Canadians are not only facing an affordability crisis, they are also facing a dignity crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWorkers are being squeezed from every direction while corporate profits soar, and we\u2019ve had enough of it,\u201d said Bruske. \u201cThe plan put forward today by Canada\u2019s unions will lower costs, raise living standards, and make dignity and security realities for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The \u201cWe Fight for Dignity\u201d action plan is focused on shifting government priorities towards the everyday housing needs of people over profit-making corporations and landlords, towards an investment in high-quality and low-cost public services, strengthening Canada\u2019s social safety net, and stronger regulation of corporate behaviour.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom fair tax policy to rent controls, to laws that ban price-gouging and the use of algorithms that target people for discrimination, Canada\u2019s unions are ready to fight for everyday affordability, corporate accountability, and to restore the economic equality of workers everywhere,\u201d said Bruske.<\/p>\n
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