“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 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 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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Recommendation 14: Lobby the federal government to ensure Canada’s humanitarian commitment to refugees continues and to lead by example, by standing up to any racism and hatred directed towards Muslim newcomers and other racialized groups in Canada and internationally.-
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Recommendation 19: Work with the CLC, affiliate unions and labour councils to actively participate in the federal government’s cross-country consultations on a new national anti-racism approach to find new ways to collaborate and combat discrimination.-
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Recommendation 20: Work to increase equity representation in CLC committees and on decision making bodies such as Canadian Council.-
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Recommendation 21: Implement the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination contained in its Concluding Observations on the Combined Twenty-First to Twenty-Third Periodic Reports of Canada.-
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Recommendation 24: Repeal and amend legislation that promotes racism and hate including Bill C-59 (the National Security Act) and Bill S-7 (the Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act).-
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Recommendation 25: Convene open and public cross-country consultations to find new ways to combat discrimination in a new national anti-racism strategy.-
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Recommendation 26: Reinstate Canada’s Action Plan Against Racism (CAPAR) to comply with the requirements of the United Nations World Conference against Racism.-
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