Harassment
Help for those facing harassment right now
You are not alone. Online harassment is not part of the job. No one should face abuse for doing their job. Friends, family and colleagues can provide great support, and they want to help. Sometimes, too, you also need to talk to someone anonymously. The choice is yours.
Harassment is on the increase, and often involves sexism or threats of sexual assault. Most goes unreported. The site is here to help journalists facing harassment.
What you do, or don’t do, is up to you. We are here to help.
Women’s Advocate — what they do and how to get one
Domestic violence and harassment in the workplace continue to problems in our society and our union is committed to doing our part to help stamp these issues out.
Unifor’s groundbreaking Women’s Advocate program is one we strive to get bargained into every contract we have.
The advocate is a specially trained workplace representative who assists coworkers with concerns such as workplace harassment, intimate violence and abuse. The Women’s Advocate is not a counsellor, but rather provides support for women accessing community and workplace resources.
Our local has a number of contracts with Women’s Advocate language bargained into them, and some of those advocates are able to assist members local-wide.
To find out if your workplace has a women’s advocate, please contact your unit chair or Unifor staff representative.
More information about the program and how to bargain Women’s Advocate language into your contract can be found here.