Today, in an interview with Public Eye, Vancouver District Labour Council president Bill Saunders criticized the Christian Labour Association of Canada as being "an employer-dominated, conciliatory organization that doesn't serve the interests of workers." But, in an email response, association public affairs director Alex Pannu pushed back writing, "The comments by the V & D Labour Council about CLAC reflect the fundamental differences between CLAC and Old Labour."
"CLAC does not support political candidates. We don't tell our members who to vote for and we don't spend members' dues on partisan political causes or candidates," Mr. Pannu continued. "With more than 50,000 members, CLAC is larger than any employer. We are Canada's fastest growing union at a time of declining union membership among Old Labour unions. We serve CLAC workers by providing effective, responsive representation, negotiating excellent wages and benefits and spending members' dues on services that they want such as free training."
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