In a landmark breakthrough for farm worker rights and international solidarity, major tobacco companies have agreed to designate a committee made up of representatives of tobacco manufacturers, tobacco growers, and farm workers to discuss freedom of association and other basic rights for farm workers in the Midwestern and Southern United States.
Every year on June 1st, Ontarians pay respect to the hundreds of workers who have died or become injured while working on their job sites. The Ontario Injured Workers Day is an opportunity to recognize the individuals who have suffered injuries and fatalities as a result of their workplace conditions.
The Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act came into effect in October 1979. According to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board the following fatalities and injuries have occurred in Ontario workplaces in the past ten years.
Having avoided consultations with citizens and the provinces, the federal Conservative government will now be making it extremely difficult for unemployed Canadians to obtain Employment Insurance (EI).
TORONTO, ONTARIO - May 31, 2012 -The national leader of Canada's largest private-sector union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling for a "reality check" after Walmart held a pep rally yesterday for international workers in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
A group of workers and communal landowners at the La Platosa mine in Mexico have charged the mine's Canadian-owned operator with union busting and violating a contract to share revenue and protect the environment around the mine. The group came to Ottawa to file their complaint against the Canadian company Excellon Resources, just days before the annual meeting of the Canada-Mexico Partnership in Ottawa.
Leamington, ON - May 27, 2012 - More than 400 migrant and domestic agriculture workers gathered to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) Support Centre in Leamington. Over the past decade, the Leamington AWA centre has become an invaluable resource and friend to the thousands of agriculture workers who work each season in the Leamington, Essex County, and Chatham-Kent areas.
webCampus will soon be offering two new courses to all UFCW Canada members and their families, as well as the union’s social justice and community partners. These new courses will run May 29 to June 25, 2012.
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