• Français
FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram
Find Your Local Union
Subscribe to E-news
 
Login
Contact

UFCW Canada - Union Logo

Canada's Private Sector Union

  • About Our Union
  • Media & News
  • Resources
  • Issues
  • Action Centre
  • Join the Union

International Women’s Day – March 8, 2014

International Women’s Day – March 8

8.5"x11" 11"x17"

Toronto – March 6, 2014 – On March 8th, people around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day, which was established by the United Nations in 1975. The day arose from the struggles that women endured at the turn of the 20th century, when population growth and a change in working conditions saw many women facing long hours and receiving low pay in comparison to their male co-workers.

While the global community has made significant strides in advancing women’s rights since then, we have yet to achieve full equality for women in all parts of the world. And that is why raising awareness of the inequities that women face remains as important as ever. For example, the fact that women workers in Canada earn an average of 32 percent less than their male co-workers is completely unacceptable and needs to change.   

It is appropriate, then, that this year's International Women’s Day seeks to convey the message that "Equality for Women is Progress for All." Indeed, with women comprising more than half of UFCW Canada's membership, our union constantly advocates for gender equality and fights to break down the systemic barriers that our sisters continue to face.

We do this by marching in solidarity with the families of missing and murdered women and demanding a national inquiry into the hundreds of cases that remain unsolved; by lobbying governments at all levels on issues such as child care, domestic violence, and paid family leave; and by engaging and training women members through webCampus courses such as Organizing for Women Activists, among others.

UFCW Canada also strives to achieve a fairer, more fulfilling, and progressive future for all women by organizing non-unionized women workers, speaking out against gender-based discrimination in the workplace, and helping to elect family-friendly governments. In fact, UFCW Canada’s identity – what our union stands for and aspires to be – has largely been shaped by women.

So, on International Women's Day 2014, let's celebrate the accomplishments of our sisters while renewing our commitment to achieving meaningful change moving forward. As Gloria Steinem once said, "the story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to one organization, but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights."  

 

In solidarity,


Paul R. Meinema

National President

  • Media & News
    • News
      • All News
      • Agriculture
      • By the Numbers
      • Campaigns
      • Directions Newsletter
      • Infographics
      • Politics
      • Social Justice
      • Women and Gender Equity
      • Young Workers
      • Health & Safety
    • Media
      • Videos
      • Photo Gallery
      • Posters
    • Subscribe to E-news
  • Join the Union
  • About Our Union
    • About Our Union
      • Find Your Local Union
      • National President
      • National Council
      • Constitution
      • Union History
      • Mission Statement
      • Annual Reports
      • Join UFCW Canada
  • Media & News
    • Media & News
      • News
      • Media
      • Subscribe to E-news
  • Resources
    • Resources
      • Union Training & Scholarships
      • Health & Safety
      • The National Defence Fund
      • Member Discounts
      • Great Canadian Food Products
      • UFCW Canada Equity Grant Program
  • Issues
    • Issues
      • Leukemia Fundraising
      • Political Action
      • Women and Gender Equity
      • Social Justice
      • The Union for Agriculture Workers
      • UFCW Pride – Union Pride!
      • Young Workers
      • Food Justice
      • Global Solidarity
      • Uber Drivers United
      • Conscious Cannabis
  • Action Centre
    • Action Centre
      • Make Truth and Reconciliation a Statutory Holiday
      • Support the Passing of the Bill C-22 and the Canada Disability Benefit
      • Take Action to Protect Farm Workers and Canada’s Food Supply
      • Make Child Care Accessible for all and Protect the Child Care Workforce
      • Stop the Hate! Support an anti-racist COVID-19 recovery
      • Help support justice for First Nations children in Canada
      • Support the expansion of EI benefits
      • Tell Sobeys to protect workers and ditch toxic receipts
      • Save The Beer Store
      • Help close the Gender Wage Gap today
      • #NoMore campaign to end gender-based violence
  • Join the Union
    • Join the Union
      • Why UFCW Canada
      • Union Advantage
      • Union Facts
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Everything About Unions
      • Industries We Represent
      • Workplaces We Represent
      • How to Join a Union
      • Join Now

Login

FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram

Copyright © 2023 UFCW Canada. All Rights Reserved
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Canada's private sector union