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'Look for union collar'? Canada clergy organize: Low wages, abuse by congregants

Ministers of the United Church of Canada, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, have launched an unprecedented drive to unionize, saying they have been victims of harassment and emotional abuse for too long.

Representatives of the church met in Toronto last month alongside leaders of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) to sign union cards and to begin a campaign to sign up the church’s 4,000 clergy.

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