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The Human Rights Branch advances CUPE’s human rights and equity agenda by developing programs and resources on issues relevant to women, Black and racialized workers, Indigenous workers, persons with disabilities and LGBTQ2+ workers.
We offer advice, analysis and support to members and staff, working from an intersectional feminist, anti-racist and anti-oppressive lens.
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CUPE's Anti-Racism Strategy
Rooted in the knowledge and experiences heard during cross-country consultations with Black, Indigenous and racialized members, CUPE’s Anti-Racism Strategy is our plan to break down barriers and create a stronger, more inclusive union for the struggles ahead.
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CUPE stands against anti-Black racism
Over the past months, the Black Lives Matter movement has risen up across the world. After centuries of injustice, Black people and others have organized to demand an end to racism.
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Virtual meetings accessibility checklist
Our power as a union depends on the active participation of our members. That’s why it’s so important that we ensure meetings are accessible to everyone, including persons with disabilities. Accessibility isn’t something that can be tacked on to a meeting at the last minute. It needs to be a central part of the planning process.
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What is the duty to accommodate?
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Stop workplace sexual violence: A guide for CUPE locals
CUPE is committed to addressing and preventing sexual violence at work and recognizes that everyone has a right to work in a safe environment.
Report: Making public services better for LGBTQ2+ workers and seniors
CUPE has released a new joint report on creating safer public services for LGBTQ2+ workers and seniors. The report is the result of union advocacy. Over the past decade, LGBTQ2+ CUPE members have been engaged in several gender and sexual diversity initiatives with community partners, particularly around seniors’ issues. Sensing a gap, CUPE’s National Pink Triangle Committee put forward resolutions at the 2017 and 2019 CUPE National Conventions to raise awareness on LGBTQ2+ seniors’ issues and to promote LGBTQ2+ competency in public services.
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Walking the talk: A practical guide to reconciliation for CUPE locals
CUPE is committed to reconciliation and justice for Indigenous peoples. That is why we continue to call on all governments in Canada to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action.
But we as a union also have our own responsibility to achieve reconciliation. To do that, we must continue to build a respectful relationship with Indigenous peoples inside our union, across the entire labour movement, in our workplaces and in our communities.
This guide provides CUPE members with key resources to better acknowledge and include Indigenous members in our union, and to help locals take concrete action towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.
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Discrimination: A checklist and sample collective agreement language
This document provides a checklist and examples of collective agreement language on discrimination.
Brochure: Diversity, our strength
CUPE represents thousands of Black, Indigenous and racialized workers in Canada. We work hard to make sure Black, Indigenous and racialized workers have the same opportunities as other workers.
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COVID-19 hits equity-seeking workers hardest
As COVID-19 sweeps across the globe it is mostly women, many racialized, on the frontlines of the pandemic response providing public services like health care, social services and child care. For too long, many of these jobs have been undervalued.