We didn't realize it would be so relevant today when we wrote this in #CallItFemicide 2020 report: "In Canada and other countries, it has also been starkly underscored that misogyny works closely together with racism, discrimination, prejudice, bigotry... (1/3)

For-profit LTC homes have resisted pay equity for a long time & previously been supported by the Ontario government. The Ford Conservatives must not appeal the recent ruling by the courts, which will will ensure parity for women in the public sector bit.ly/39rzCK1

Black Canadians are more likely to have lost income during covid-19; more likely to be struggling financially and be in poverty even though 31% of Black women are working in health care. We need to focus on the Black population during the recovery www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti…

On #TransDayOfVisibility we're reposting these figures from last week. Join us on #EqualPayDay on 7 April 2021 to #DemandBetter because equality is #AlwaysEssential

For 15 years, ONA has been fighting for the pay equity rights of RNs, RPNs, PSWs, and dietary, housekeeping, and recreational aides who work in nursing homes. The two stubborn holdouts: for-profit nursing homes and the Ford government. #EqualPayDay ona.org/news-posts/pay…

Nurses are #AlwaysEssential Listen to LTC nurse Monica on the impact of COVID19 & why increased staffing in LTC, #PaidSickDays and isolation pay are #AlwaysEssential Ontario Nurses' Association Call Doug Ford & #DemandBetter for LTC workers!

Today is National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2Spirit people. “Indigenous women and girls are five times more likely to experience violence than any other population in Canada and this violence tends to result in more serious harm.”

ONA Appalled as Ford Government Continues to Fight Pay Equity Maintenance to the Supreme Court of Canada More: ona.org/news-posts/app…

Check out our updated legal and tactical guide, and info sheets for #Palestine #humanrights activists and advocates justpeaceadvocates.ca/legal-and-tact…

The The Nation ran Justice Sotomayor’s full dissent as its own piece and you should read every urgent word of it: thenation.com/article/societ…

Today ACLA releases its much anticipated report on anti-Palestinian racism (#APR). Using a consultative process, the report sets out to name and frame APR and outline its manifestations and impacts on individuals and the community. Download the report at canarablaw.org.

When midwives took the provincial government to court in 2013 there was a sense that, if successful, the case would have a ripple effect on human rights jurisprudence beyond the midwifery sector. This sense has proven correct. Read more: ontariomidwives.ca/making-waves-l…

Andrea Sobko 👏 your tireless work on this case paying off (and never forgotten)

Another win for #OntarioMidwives! Time for government to stop wasting tax dollars on costly appeals. #MidwivesKeepWinning #NoMoreAppeals Ontario court upholds pay equity ruling for midwives: ‘We’re tired of being devalued’ thestar.com/politics/provi… via @torontostar

BCCLA Publishes New Arrest Handbook. The widely expanded guide on your rights during interations with police reflects major changes to the legal landscape since last updated over a decade ago. Learn more: ow.ly/LnnV50PP1CR

Arms Exports to Israel Violate Canadian and International Law, assert CLAIHR, Al-Haq الحق, Ayman Oweida and a confidential Palestinian asylum seeker in a letter to the Federal Government claihr.ca/wp-content/upl…

The gender & immigration pay gap is twice as big in the private sector than in the public sector according to new research from David Macdonald. The public sector hasn’t erased discrimination, but it performs better. Commitment to pay equity produces results. bit.ly/49wIfzR

We are pleased to release our shadow report to UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Canada’s commitments on economic justice, migrant work, industry driven violence and political participation of women. claihr.ca/wp-content/upl…

BREAKING Today we joined 10 other global unions to lodge International Labour Organization complaint against Israel ישראל for with holding pay of Palestinian workers. Read More: publicservices.international/resources/news…