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When leaders speak of workers and rights, hold them to it, CLC urges unions

Labour group says politicians must be held to account when they promise to champion working class
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Canada’s largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country’s working class. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada’s largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country’s working class.

Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Congress, doesn’t name names in a memo she sent Friday to the group’s 50 affiliates, which include some of the country’s largest unions, including the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

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