{"id":2924,"date":"2026-05-30T18:46:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:46:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:46:20","slug":"the-31st-annual-canadian-labour-congress-clc-convention-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/?p=2924","title":{"rendered":"The 31st Annual Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Convention Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention-1024x474.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/clc-31st-labour-convention.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thousands of Union Activists, labour leaders and delegates from all over Canada gathered at the RBC Convention Center in Winnipeg, Manitoba from May 11 to May 15, 2026 to take part in the 31st Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) to direct and build the future of the Labour movement in Canada.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The job at hand was formidable but like everything that the Labour Movement in Canada does, it was handled with intelligence, strategy, strength, and unity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What was done was monumental &#8211; fighting against corporate greed, tackling the cost of living crisis, making life more affordable, protecting jobs in the midst of rising costs and public service cuts, Action plans were adopted to fight Racism and Hate, Democracy was defended and the building blocks of Leadership and Solidarity were strengthened with workshops and strategic planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The theme, \u201cWe Build. 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We fight\u201d, was aptly named and it set the mood and tone of the entire Convention.<\/strong> It was demonstrated in the worker focused and activist based issues, like economic fairness, dignity, stronger public systems, climate justice, and democratic worker power. that were addressed and tackled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IAM District 78 Delegates were happy for the opportunity to be a part of the process of shaping and advocating for change for Workers and the Labour movement in Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;Together we can make a difference!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of Union Activists, labour leaders and delegates from all over Canada gathered at the RBC Convention Center in Winnipeg,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2927,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions\/2927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamopcm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}