OTTAWA,
ON, June 18, 2024 /CNW/ - Unifor welcomes Bill
C-50, the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, passing third reading as
an important milestone for workers in the transition to
net-zero.
"Passing Bill C-50 puts Canada
on the right path to creating and sustaining the jobs of today and
tomorrow in an economy in transition," said Unifor National
President Lana Payne.
Bill C-50 was passed by the Senate today following consultations
that included a submission by Unifor to the Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science & Technology.
"Bill C-50 addresses many of our union's key recommendations by
defining a sustainable job as including trade union representation
as well as a collective agreement, and includes fair income, job
security, social protection and social dialogue," added Payne.
The union stressed that the path to net-zero must involve
measures that aim to preserve existing jobs in high-emitting
sectors by transforming them into sustainable jobs.
"While the Senate chose not enact all of the amendments that
Unifor recommended, the Sustainable Jobs Act will help prevent
employers from exploiting the transition to contract-flip or push
workers out of good-paying, union jobs into low-paying, precarious,
non-union ones," said Payne.
Unifor is Canada's largest
union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every
major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working
people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in
Canada and abroad, and strives to
create progressive change for a better future.
SOURCE Unifor