December 4, 2009

We Must End the Violence Against Women Now!
News Releases

Toronto, ON – “We must stop the violence against women now,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. ‘We have to put into practice the words we have been saying about this issue for far too long.” Ritchie urged all of his members to take part in community, national and international campaigns on December 6th to end the violence against women. Local vigils as well as other events are

Postcard campaign targets violence against women
Campaigns

OTTAWA – The Canadian Labour Congress is asking Canadians to send 20 postcards in 20 days to the prime minister telling him to take action now to end violence against women. “On December 6th it will be 20 years since 14 young women were murdered in Montreal simply because they were women,” says Barbara Byers, Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress. “Ironically, as this anniversary approaches, our government is