Equity – Page 5 – Union of Canadian Transportation Employees

Red Dress Day — May 5, 2022

In Canada, statistics show unequivocally that Aboriginal women and girls are more often victims of murder and disappearance. The homicide rate for Aboriginal women is five times higher than for non-Aboriginal women. In 2015, the RCMP reported that 1,815 Aboriginal...

May 5, 2022

Pay Equity Day in Canada — Women are working for free

Equity Human rights

Pay Equity Day in Canada — Women are working for free

As a Union, UCTE has taken the position on some social issues that can affect our members. One of the issues specifically is pay equity. We come out of a patriarchal society, felt at all levels in the workplace. This...

April 12, 2022

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – What March 21 means for me

Equity

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – What March 21 means for me

By Kadé Rémy, Communications Advisor for the Michaëlle Jean Foundation March 21 is recognized by the United Nations as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Kadé Rémy is the Communications Advisor for the Michaëlle Jean Foundation. UCTE...

March 21, 2022

Equity

International Women’s Day 2022 – Women Inspiring Women

In collaboration with Denise Reynolds, UCTE Human Rights Officer International Women’s Day (IWD) grew out of the labour movement to become an annual celebration recognized by the United Nations. In 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York demanding shorter working hours,...

March 8, 2022

Equity PSAC

Zero Discrimination Day — Pay Equity

Since 2014, March 1st has been recognized by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly as Zero Discrimination Day. The aim of this day is to create a worldwide movement of solidarity to put an end to all forms of discrimination....

March 1, 2022

Equity

Black History Month – The Story of Marie-Josèphe Angélique

To conclude Black History Month, UCTE would like to take the time to go back to the very beginning of the rebellions of the 1700s. Canada was one of the countries that used slavery. In the 1600s, there were 4,200...

February 28, 2022

Equity Health and safety

Pink Shirt Day — Anti-Bullying Day

Inspired by an act of solidarity by Nova Scotia teens to support a young student who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt to school, Pink Shirt Day has become an opportunity to raise awareness about bullying and its consequences....

February 23, 2022

International Mother Language Day – A Touching Story by Captain Mohammad Ali

Equity

International Mother Language Day – A Touching Story by Captain Mohammad Ali

International Mother Language Day, proclaimed by UNESCO in November 1999, is celebrated on February 21, every year. One of our members took the time to explain the importance of this day and to tell us about his personal experience. Mohammad...

February 21, 2022

Equity

Black History Month: Meet Pansy Green

By Pansy Green a UCTE member – Local 00018 My name is Pansy Green, I work for Transport Canada in Corporate Services. Although I was not very active in the union in the first few years of my employment, I...

February 16, 2022

Equity

Black History Month: Recognizing the Contributions of Rosemary Brown

Originally from Jamaica, Rosemary Brown was the first Black woman in Canada to be elected to a provincial legislature, and also the first woman to run for the leadership of a federal political party. Born in 1930, she immigrated to...

February 7, 2022