The Society is proud to announce that employees of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) voted unanimously to join our union. The newly certified bargaining unit includes all employees, including lawyers.
“We are delighted that the employees at LEAF choose our union. With this decision, they join the nearly 600 legal professionals currently represented by the Society. We look forward to providing these employees with the first-rate representation and bargaining support that the rest of our members enjoy.” said Rebecca Caron, President of the Society of United Professionals.
The newly organized LEAF employees join the growing number of members working across the legal sector, including at Legal Aid Ontario, the National Judicial Institute, the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, and Aboriginal Legal Services.
“At a time when we are seeing a heightened backlash against equality rights, we are proud to be strengthening our workplace and securing our rights and the vital work we do by unionizing,” said Rosel Kim, LEAF Senior Staff Lawyer.
LEAF works to advance the substantive equality rights of women, girls, trans, and non-binary people in Canada through litigation, law reform and public education. The organization intervenes in key cases to ensure that when courts interpret equality rights, there will be a systemic improvement in the lives of women, trans, and non-binary people.
Please join us in welcoming our new members at LEAF.
