On December 6, we mark the anniversary of the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre, where
14 women were singled out because of their gender and murdered. One of those women,
Maryse Laganidre, was a CUPE member who worked at the school.
Gender-based discrimination and violence remain widespread in our workplaces and
communities, as the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), Canadian Women’s Foundation,
Canadian Research lnstitute for the Advancement of Women and others have documented,
CUPE is challenging violence against women at the bargaining table, on the political front
and in our communities.