Emergency Activist Call: Protect Our Right to Strike - Today

  

Hello,

Bill C-39 is an attack on our right to strike.
 
The proposed changes to Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code would give the federal government new powers to step in and shut down legal strikes. That would weaken one of the most important tools workers have to negotiate fair wages, safer workplaces, and better working conditions. If employers believe the government may intervene once a strike becomes effective, they have less reason to bargain seriously at the table.
 
We need to organize. We need to put pressure on MPs. And we need activists across B.C. ready to take action.
 
Please join us for an emergency activist call on Thursday, October 8 at 6:00 p.m. PT. We’ll talk about the proposed changes to Section 107, what they could mean for workers and collective bargaining, Labour’s response, and what activists can do right now to help protect the right to strike.
 
Thursday, October 8 at 6:00 p.m. PT
Online: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Rq_ZiTDCTBWfPEot6QbD_Q
 
The CLC is calling on affiliates, labour councils, and activists to organize meetings with MPs, build pressure in their communities, and make sure MPs hear directly from workers about what is at stake.
 
Our right to strike was fought for. We need to protect it.
 
Please join us and share this invitation with other labour activists.
 
Can’t make the meeting but still want to take action? You can:
  • Send a personalized letter from your union to priority MPs and ministers using our template.
  • Ask your locals and regional structures to send their own letters and encourage members to participate.
  • Share the MP letter action with your members through email, social media, and your organizing networks
  • Promote the text and QR tools that take members directly to the action:
    • Text RIGHTS to 55255
  • Use the video storytelling tool to help union leaders and activists record and share videos about what is at stake:
  • Use the social media (SoSha) toolkit to spread the word and bring attention to the issue.
  • Use the MP action kit to request meetings with local representatives and deliver our demands directly to MPs
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. The government is moving quickly, and Labour needs to move just as quickly. We need activists talking to MPs, organizing their coworkers, and helping build pressure across the country.
 
Join us on October 8. If you can’t make the meeting, take action anyway, and bring others with you.
 
Our right to strike was fought for by generations of workers. We cannot allow it to be weakened without a fight. Now is the time to organize, speak up, and make sure MPs hear directly from workers.
 
In Solidarity,
 
Orion
Date: 
Thursday, October 8, 2026 - 18:00