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public health measures, pandemic income relief, we helped establish the Toronto Joint Labour

and a quality public education system. Committee for Human Rights. Building inclusive

unions that embrace those common values is
Q: What are some of the key agendas/policies that one of the most important tasks we have. Beyond

the Council is prioritizing now? the workplace, we strive to build a more inclusive
A: Our current campaigns focus on a just recovery society.

from this pandemic, including racial justice and

climate justice. The socio-economic crisis caused by the pandemic
has wreaked havoc in the Canadian workforce.

We believe that climate justice is union business. We know there’s no going back to pre-pandemic
Climate change affects all of us, and we in the normal—and frankly, we think that normal wasn’t

labour community must get out in front of the issue so great. So we are fighting smart and hard to get

to create a job-rich transition to a low-carbon future. a pandemic recovery plan that is good for workers.
Helping more workers enjoy the benefits of unions

The Labour Council has a long history of is one way to accomplish that.

challenging discrimination and bigotry. In 1947,

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