The Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team have a tournament next weekend — and a World Cup this summer — but instead, they’re about to go on strike.
The CWNT announced their strike plans citing a lack of funding and a fight for pay equity (sound familiar?) in a statement on Twitter.
The time is now, we are taking job action. pic.twitter.com/QbVbhTcdDU
— CanadianSoccerPlayers (@PlayersCanadian) February 10, 2023
“We, the Women’s National Soccer Team players, are demanding immediate change,” the statement reads.