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Local 247 activists step up for women’s rights with shoe memorial

Vancouver – December 6, 2013 – Local 247 activists recently stepped up for women’s rights today by covering the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery with shoes and boots today to mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, which commemorates the 14 women who were murdered on December 6, 1989 at Montréal's École Polytechnique as the victims of gender-based violence.

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Vote Child Care 2015

It is time to stand together to make access to high quality, affordable child care a reality for families and children across Canada. Without action, the crisis in child care will continue with only one space of quality child care available for every five children in Canada who need one.

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Childcare challenges continue

February 7, 2013 - This month, seven years ago, Stephen Harper cancelled the child care funding agreement with the provinces.  Instead, he replaced it with the Universal Child Care Benefit of $100 a month per child.

 

 

 

Court says employers must accommodate staff’s child-care requests

February 6, 2013 - A landmark federal court decision that states workplaces are obliged to accommodate reasonable childcare-related requests from their employees signals significant changes ahead for the country’s employment law landscape, lawyers say (from the Globe and Mail). Read more:

 

Having children not a lifestyle choice

February 6, 2013 = A Federal Court ruling last week that upheld the notion that employers should try to accommodate the child-raising needs of employees is a welcome decision (from the Globe and Mail).
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Childcare should cost $10 a day, boards urge

Surrey, BC - February 5, 2013 - Two boards of trade in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are joining forces topressurethe provincialand federal governments to subsidize daycare costs forfamilies, changing the system so parents pay no more than $10 a day forfull-time care.

The boards maintain the incentives are needed in order to help youngfamilies achieve a better work-life balance through features includinglonger parental leaves and alternative work arrangements that make iteasierfor parents to care for young children.

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Manitoba Federation of Labour Women's Committee commemorates December 6

Every year, on December 6, the Manitoba Federation of Labour Women’s Committee organizes a memorial luncheon to honour and remember the women who died in Montreal in 1989. The gathering also pays tribute to the women from Manitoba who have died senselessly, due to violence.

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UFCW Canada activists gather in Winnipeg at December 6 memorial

Winnipeg - December 6, 2012 - UFCW Canada members and activists gathered with other community members at the Manitoba Legislature on Thursday to commemorate Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

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