Workers Rights’ Groups Release Secret Report Outlining Discrimination at the Highest Level of Canada’s Public Service
July 26 2024 - 2:14PM
The
Coalition Against Workplace Discrimination
will address the media to discuss shocking details from an internal
report outlining widespread discrimination at Canada’s Privy
Council Office (PCO).
The federal government is Canada’s largest single employer, and
the PCO heads the country’s federal public service, while also
supporting the Prime Minister and the federal Cabinet. As such, the
findings of blatant discrimination are extremely troubling, and a
concern to all Canadians.
Obtained through the Access to Information Act, the internal
audit offered a number of recommendations which have yet to be
publicized or implemented. The Coalition Against Workplace
Discrimination will announce a number of calls to action in
response to the findings.
WORKERS RIGHTS’ GROUPS RELEASE SECRET REPORT OUTLINING
DISCRIMINATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CANADA’S PUBLIC SERVICE
DATE: Monday, July 29, 2024TIME: 10:30am EDTLOCATION: Parliament
Hill, Ottawa - 135-B Press Conference Room, West Block SPEAKERS:
Nicholas Marcus Thompson - President, Black Class Action
Secretariat; Nathan Prier - President, Canadian Association of
Professional Employees; Larry Rousseau - Executive VP, Canadian
Labour Congress; Sharon DeSousa - National President, Public
Service Alliance of Canada. MEDIA CONTACT: media@bcas-scrn.org
ABOUT:The Coalition Against Workplace
Discrimination formed in February 2024 and consists of:
The Black Class Action Secretariat (BCAS), the Public Service
Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the National Union of Public and General
Employees (NUPGE), the Canadian Black Nurses Alliance (CBNA), The
Enchanté Network, the Red Coalition, the Federation of Black
Canadians (FBC), 613-819 Black Hub, the Black Canadians Civil
Society Coalition (BCCSC) and The Canadian Association of
Professional Employees (CAPE)