We need your support in promoting a new National Survey on Domestic Violence at Work in Canada.
The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), together with research partners at Western University, have just launched the second National Survey on Domestic Violence at Work, which you can find HERE (hyperlinked).
We need as many workers as possible—whether they have experienced domestic violence or not—to fill out the survey in order to provide the most complete picture of how domestic violence is affecting workers in Canada.
Let’s keep up the momentum
In 2014, the CLC and Western University collaborated on the first survey on the impacts of domestic violence on workers and workplaces. That survey revealed that 1 in 3 workers have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime, putting jobs and safety at risk.
This survey has been a catalyst for important systemic change in Canada. In the years that followed, unions across the country raised awareness about the issue, negotiated workplace supports, including paid domestic violence leave, and trained hundreds of union representatives and leaders to better recognize and respond to domestic violence when it comes to work, and to support their members experiencing it. The survey also supported the establishment of paid domestic violence leave across the country (first established here in Manitoba). These are remarkable successes for our movement, and we are committed to continuing to keep up the momentum.
Now it’s time to measure progress, understand what has improved, and identify where more must be done to ensure no one has to choose between a paycheck and abuse.
How you can help
Please encourage your members to participate in the survey.
All responses are anonymous, and participants do not need to have filled out the earlier survey to complete this one. The survey takes 15-30 minutes to complete.
We encourage input from all workers 18+ across Canada, regardless of whether they have ever experienced or witnessed domestic violence in the workplace, or if they have engaged in abusive behaviour. Wide participation will give us a greater understanding of workers’ experiences across the country.
Thank you for helping to support this critical work. The results will help unions, employers and policy makers continue to tackle the harmful impacts of domestic violence in the workplace in Canada.
Together, we can build a safer world of work for all.
In Solidarity,
Kevin Rebeck
President of the Manitoba Federation of Labour