{"id":12948,"date":"2025-12-09T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12948"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:11:13","slug":"human-rights-day-2025-our-everyday-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12948","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Day 2025: Our Everyday Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Images of people fists up in the air with the sky as background and the words: we all want the same. Safety. Dignity. Freedom. Human Rights, our everyday essentials.\" class=\"wp-image-12949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/No-Excuses.-Rights.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every December 10, Human Rights Day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, the United Nations highlights the theme \u201cHuman Rights: Our Everyday Essentials.\u201d This theme highlights a simple truth: human rights are not theoretical. They are what make it possible to live and work with dignity, safety, and fairness \u2014 every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the labour movement, human rights take very concrete forms:<br>\u2022 the right to work in a safe environment, free from harassment and violence;<br>\u2022 the right to employment equity, particularly for persons with disabilities, women, racialized workers, and members of marginalized groups;<br>\u2022 the right to decent work, fair wages, and working conditions that respect human dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For UNE, defending human rights means defending workers in their day-to-day reality<\/strong> \u2014 in workplaces, staffing processes, and access to real opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights are also fundamental freedoms:<br>\u2022 the freedom to go for a run without fear for your safety;<br>\u2022 the opportunity for a person with a disability to access employment without systemic barriers or discrimination;<br>\u2022 the right for every individual to be recognized, respected, and protected, regardless of identity or circumstance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These realities extend beyond the private sphere. They are reflected in employment policies, management practices, workplace accessibility, and organizational culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When rights are weakened, workers are often the first affected through discrimination, exclusion, and insecurity. When rights are protected, workplaces become fairer, more inclusive, and more humane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governments have the legal responsibility to respect human rights, but their practical application also depends on collective vigilance. Unions play a central role in ensuring that these rights are not merely theoretical, but real and enforceable in working life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Human Rights Day, UNE reaffirms that human rights are inseparable from workers\u2019 rights. They form the foundation of decent, safe, and equitable work \u2014 now and in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every December 10, Human Rights Day commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). In 2025, the United Nations highlights the theme \u201cHuman Rights: Our Everyday Essentials.\u201d This theme highlights a simple truth: human rights are not theoretical. They are what make it possible to live and work with dignity, safety, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=12948\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Human Rights Day 2025: Our Everyday Essentials&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12957,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12948\/revisions\/12957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}