{"id":2908,"date":"2025-09-18T07:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/?p=2908"},"modified":"2025-09-18T07:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:46:13","slug":"clc-national-survey-on-workplace-harassment-and-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/clc-national-survey-on-workplace-harassment-and-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"CLC National Survey on Workplace Harassment and Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Help Make Workplaces Safer: Take the National \u201cRespect at Work\u201d Survey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), in collaboration with researchers from Western University and the University of Toronto, has launched a national survey on workplace harassment and violence. The Manitoba Teachers\u2019 Society is proud to share this important initiative with our members as part of our continued commitment to creating respectful, safe, and inclusive workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Why this Matters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every worker deserves a safe and respectful work environment. Yet findings from the CLC\u2019s groundbreaking 2020 survey revealed serious concerns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>7 in 10 workers across Canada reported experiencing harassment or violence at work.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>28% of incidents involved third parties such as clients, patients, or customers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>88% of affected workers experienced negative consequences, including being transferred, suspended, fired, or losing shifts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many workers reported that nothing changed after reporting incidents\u2014and some found that reporting made things worse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These findings have helped shape policy and advocacy across Canada, but more work is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600\">Have Your Voice Heard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether or not you\u2019ve personally experienced or witnessed harassment or violence, your input matters. The <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianlabour.ca\/respect-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Respect at Work Survey<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is open to all workers in Canada aged 18+ who have worked in the past 12 months, including public and private sector employees, union and non-union workers. The survey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Takes 10\u201315 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completely anonymous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open to all workers, regardless of experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By taking part, you are helping Canada\u2019s unions, including MTS, push for stronger protections and real change in workplaces across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take the survey today: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianlabour.ca\/respect-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Respect at Work Survey<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian Labour Congress, in collaboration with researchers from Western University and the University of Toronto, has launched a national survey on workplace harassment and violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post-thumbnail-displayed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2913,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908\/revisions\/2913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbteach.org\/mtscms\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}