Every year December 3 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The day was set aside by the United Nations in 1992 to promote awareness and understanding of disability issues.
Canada was, in fact, the first country to include legal protection for workers with disabilities in its Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, an accomplishment of which all Canadians can be proud.
This year, CUPE’s disability activities are focused on the international level, working with organizations like the Canadian Labour Congress, the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, and other civil society groups to ensure that the federal government lives up to its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which was ratified by Canada on March 11, 2010.
For more information, fact sheets and other materials on disability rights in the workplace, visit cupe.ca/disability-rights.
