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“These workers are looking to the Supreme Court to tell the McGuinty government, once and for all, that they have the same human rights as every other Ontario worker — including their rights guaranteed by the Charter to join a union and bargain collectively." - National President Wayne Hanley
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary escaped slavery in the U.S. to Canada via the Underground Railroad and set up schools for other refugees. Her bust, pictured above, has a place of honour in BME Freedom Park in Chatham, Ontario. Full story >>
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Community activists gather at the spot where five temporary foreign workers — without a supply of safety equipment — plunged thirteen stories from a scaffold. Four died. The fifth suffered severe injuries.
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Tuning in to the neighbourhood
For many Canadian workers, radio is making a big comeback, and for many others, it never stopped being an important part of their daily lives. At least that’s the impression Pablo Godoy is left with after successfully launching his new radio program Barrio Nuevo – La Esquina, which is Spanish for “The New Neighbourhood – Around the Corner”.
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Black History Month
This February, and throughout the year, UFCW Canada is proud to celebrate the rich and diverse economic, political, and social achievements, and other contributions of African Canadian women and men to the development of our union, the labour movement, social justice, and Canadian society.
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New resource for new parents
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UFCW Canada members who are new or expectant parents will have some new help this year in trying to figure out what their rights and entitlements are as workers and new parents. The UFCW Canada Guide to Maternity, Paternity & Parental Leaves from Work, initiated by UFCW Canada’s National Women’s Advisory Committee, was recently made available to help members make sense of an often-complicated benefits system.
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A Year of Government Delay Adds to Alberta's Harvest of Death
January 28, 2010 — UFCW Canada, the union that has led the campaign for the rights of agriculture workers, is calling on the Alberta government to act without further delay to implement the recommendations of a public inquiry conducted by Justice Peter Barley to include farm workers under provincial workplace health and safety legislation
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UFCW Canada and the Immigrant Workers Centre donate $10,000 to Haiti relief effort
UFCW Canada has joined the Immigrant Workers Centre of Montreal in answering the international call for help with an immediate donation of $10,000 to assist in the efforts on the ground following the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12.
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UFCW Canada stands with Haiti in time of need
UFCW Canada stands with Haiti in this time of need. As Canada’s largest private-sector union, UFCW Canada is calling on all members across the country and their local unions to donate whatever they can to one of the humanitarian organizations currently making a real, meaningful, and desperately needed difference in Haiti.
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Strike vote held by UFCW Canada members at Springhill Farms — 98% vote in favour of strike action
WINNIPEG - Jan. 14, 2010 - UFCW Canada Local 832 members working at Springhill Farms in Neepawa, Manitoba, met Wednesday to hear the status of their negotiations. With critical items such as wages and pension still on the table, and only a handful of days scheduled for negotiating prior to the January 31 expiry, the members gave their negotiating committee an overwhelming mandate in favour of strike action if required.
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