“Islamophobia at Work: Challenges and Opportunities,” published by the Canadian Labour Congress, argues that Canada’s unions and working people should view the development of Islamophobia as deeply alarming, threatening and urgently in need of a response. Canada’s unions have a responsibility to understand, confront and interrupt racism and discrimination in workplaces, organizations and communities.
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Recommendation 1: Champion fairness, equity and social justice for Muslims in Canada. Speak out, immediately, against any backlash or incidents of discrimination against Muslims in your community. Organize with allies and spokespeople from the Muslim community so you can find ways to speak out together.-
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Recommendation 2: Provide bystander training and tools to union and labour council members so they are equipped to immediately speak out against discriminatory words or actions when encountered, no matter where they occur.-
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Recommendation 3: Invest in educating members about the threat to workers represented by Islamophobia and its destructive consequences for workers’ human rights, solidarity, and labour organizations.-
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Recommendation 4: Press governments and human rights commissions to invest in better data gathering on the incidence and manifestations of Islamophobia in the workplace.-
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Recommendation 5: Engage and educate members about the dangers represented by the Islamophobic far-right political movements.-
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Recommendation 6: Prioritize education around economic inequality and insecurity to attack the social and economic foundations of xenophobia, nativism and racial nationalism.-
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Recommendation 7: Continue to work alongside the peace movement and faith groups to demand diplomatic and peaceful resolution of international conflicts, while opposing Western military intervention against Muslim nations justified by the “global war on terror.”-
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Recommendation 8: Advocate and collectively bargain for the creation of workplace human rights committees along the lines of the internal responsibility system, as proposed by the 2000 Canadian Human Rights Act Review Panel (La Forest report).-
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Recommendation 9: Press the Government of Canada to restore the legal employment equity requirements for federal contractors.-
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Recommendation 10: Press all levels of government to adopt proactive pay equity legislation to eliminate wage disparities between men and Black women, Indigenous and Muslim women.-
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