Toronto – August 2, 2013 – The results are in for five Ontario by-elections and little has changed as the Liberals keep their minority government and will continue to rely on the opposition parties for support. That said, the NDP now has a stronger voice in the legislature by winning two of the five Liberal seats that were up for grabs.
St. John’s, Nfld. – August 1, 2013 – Canada’s leading union, UFCW Canada, is calling on activists, friends, and supporters to boycott Anheuser-Busch InBev’s imported products. For more than three months, the Labatt’s Brewing Company (a subsidiary of transnational AB InBev) has forced its employees in St. John’s Newfoundland out on strike for basic fairness.
Kinosis, Alta. – August 3, 2013 – After a long run of negotiations, UFCW Canada Local 401 members at Aramark-Kinosis in northern Alberta recently won a new union contract. The Aramark-Kinosis members work in the province’s booming oil sands region, where Local 401 is helping thousands of hospitality and food services workers to improve their lives and working conditions by joining UFCW Canada.
Toronto – August 6, 2013 – UFCW Canada activists, friends and supporters once again joined more than a million spectators, masqueraders, and community members for this year’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival Parade, also known as Caribana, held on Saturday, August 3.
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