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Celebrate the power of voting and support the OFL’s ‘The Power of Many: Women Vote’ campaign this International Women’s Day.
The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) calls on all affiliates, union members, and community allies to stand together and champion the power of women’s voices in democracy. As part of the OFL annual International Women’s Day project, we invite you to support the Women Vote Campaign by purchasing our Women Vote lapel pins, shirts, and posters.
This campaign is about more than just merchandise – it’s a movement!
Women’s votes shape our communities, our workplaces, and our future. Women have long balanced the demands of work and family while leading on picket lines and fighting for fairness and equality in all aspects of life. Yet, despite their leadership, they remain underrepresented in many sectors, face systemic barriers such as wage gaps and workplace harassment, and struggle with limited access to essential supports like affordable child care.
When women use their collective power to vote, they advocate for policies that create fairness, equity, and opportunity for all workers and their families, in the everyday struggles they face.
- Fair wages and decent work. Women voters demand governments that prioritize workers’ rights and ensure good jobs for all.
- Affordable child care, education, housing and food. Policies that support families and make it easier to advance and thrive.
- Strong healthcare systems. Women disproportionately shoulder caregiving responsibilities. A government that invests in healthcare benefits entire communities.
- Ending violence against women. Women voting together can push for legislation that protects survivors and holds abusers accountable.
- Addressing inequality. When women vote, they challenge the systems that perpetuate inequities and push for fair policies for all.
This isn’t just about helping women, it’s about creating stronger, healthier, and more just communities. When governments support women’s issues, everyone benefits. Families thrive, workplaces grow, and future generations inherit a fairer society.
By purchasing ‘Women Vote’ lapel pins, shirts, and posters, you are:
- Celebrating the power of women voters who fight for a better future for everyone.
- Raising awareness about the importance of women’s participation in the election process.
- Funding vital services. All surplus from sales is donated to organizations that support women and their families by providing critical services from shelters to counselling and legal services, to job training programs, helping to address issues like poverty, violence, and inequality.
Call to Action:
We invite unions, community organizations, activists, and the public to take part in the campaign by ordering Women Vote pins, posters and t-shirts.
Surplus from sales of pins, posters and shirts will be donated to organizations that help women and their families.
Pins, posters, and shirts are available in both English and French.
- The price per pin for orders of 500 or more is $3.25 (plus tax and shipping).
- Orders of less than 500 are $3.60 per pin (plus tax and shipping).
- The price per shirt is $30.00 (plus tax and shipping).
- Posters (11×17) are $2.00 per poster (plus tax and shipping).
- Unions that place orders of 500 or more pins by January 31, 2025, will have their union logo added to the poster.
Orders must be placed by January 31, 2025, to guarantee delivery in advance of International Women’s Day.
Orders can be placed after January 31, 2025; however, we cannot guarantee receipt of order before March 8, 2025 (IWD).
Together, we can ensure that every woman’s voice is heard and every vote counts.
Let’s unite to make this year’s International Women’s Day a call-to-action for change. Support the Women Vote Campaign because when women rise, we all rise.
If you have any questions, please contact Judy Chow at jchow@ofl.ca.
Visit this link to order your pins, shirts, and posters in English.
Visit this link to order your pins, shirts, and posters in French.
