Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights

The Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR) is a national voice devoted to promoting labour rights as an important means to strengthening democracy, equality and economic justice here in Canada and internationally.

The key activities of the Foundation include:

  • creating greater public awareness and understanding of labour rights as a key critical component of human rights;

  • building effective political momentum and public support for progressive labour law reform;

  • promoting fundamental labour standards in Canada that enhance union organizing and collective bargaining;

  • providing a critical voice against any future regressive labour law being contemplated or introduced by a government in Canada; and

  • monitoring and helping to coordinate legal challenges to regressive labour laws.