According to the latest Global Gender Gap Report, it’s going to take 217 years to achieve economic equality for the world’s women, at the current rate of change.
That’s bad. But full equality will never be achieved as long as women continue to face violence and harassment.
Thousands of women in many countries are breaking the silence with campaigns like #MeToo and #TimesUp. Violence and harassment are being perpetrated against women in every industry, not only in industries which are in the public eye.
USW knows that women need equality now! As part of the global union federation, IndustriALL, we have taken a global union pledge to achieve gender equality. In December, USW’s International Executive Board unanimously passed a resolution to sign the pledge and take concerted action against workplace sexual harassment. Our IndustriALL work includes a commitment to push our federal government to support a new international standard on “Violence and Harassment Against Women and Men in the World of Work,” which will include gender-based violence.
Here in Canada, USW is committed to increasing the resources available for members and staff to take on workplace sexual harassment. In the coming months, and with the input of the USW National Women’s and National Health, Safety and Environment committees, we will provide local unions with more options to “Say ‘NO’ to Violence Against Women.”
In solidarity,
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