Women

November 25 marks the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). These sixteen days, recognized internationally, are an opportunity to reflect and mobilize to end gender-based violence, a commitment we solemnly renew on December 6, the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Unifor joins parents, educators, and child care advocates across Ontario who are calling on the provincial and federal governments to keep their promise and fully fund $10-a-day child care. 

From Nov. 2, to Nov.  5, 90 dedicated Unifor sisters and siblings received a comprehensive update training for the Women’s Advocate Program. 

On October 18, Canada commemorates Persons Day. As trade unionists, we recognize this day with the understanding that the fight for gender equity is fundamental to ensuring justice for all workers. Today we celebrate the historic victories of women activists – including countless union members – whose legacy is the foundation upon which we continue to build our successes today.

Unifor is renewing the call for British Columbia to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic. This renewed call follows the release of an independent review by Dr.

A one-day symposium in Fredericton, N.B. gathered Unifor members and leaders with organizations who provide frontline services and supports for people across the province experiencing, fleeing, and recovering from Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). 

Atlantic Regional Director Jennifer Murray welcomed attendees and talked about the union’s Women’s Advocates, workplace representatives trained to listen and to connect members with community supports and services.

FREDERICTON–Unifor is encouraged by the motion that passed unanimously in the New Brunswick Legislature today to declare Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) an epidemic and systemic crisis. This declaration follows discussions with Minister of Women’s Equality Lyne Chantal Boudreau at the Unifor Intimate Partner Violence Symposium held on June 3.

FREDERICTON--Unifor will hold a media availability outside the N.B. Legislature as the union leads a one-day Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Symposium to work with frontline service providers in the province to demand strong leadership from the provincial government.  

April 10, 2025, is Equal Pay Day in Canada, highlighting how far into the year women must work to earn what men did the year before, on average.

That’s more than three months of extra work for the same pay. And for many women, especially Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQ+, immigrant women, and women with disabilities, that gap is even wider.

There are various methods to measure the wage gap, but regardless of how it's measured, the gap remains. Our fight for equal pay is about fairness, dignity, and respect for the work women do every single day.

Unifor joins more than 100 groups calling on Ontario Premier Ford to secure the future of affordable child care in Ontario. The union signed onto today’s joint letter prepared by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care along with other child care programs, provincial early learning and child care associations, and unions, policy and advocacy groups.