Ottawa food service workers vote to join the union, UFCW 175
Ottawa – May 10, 2014 – Workers at Healthcare Food Services (HFS) in Ottawa, Ontario are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 175 after voting to join the union earlier this year.
Ottawa – May 10, 2014 – Workers at Healthcare Food Services (HFS) in Ottawa, Ontario are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 175 after voting to join the union earlier this year.
Montreal – May 9, 2014 – UFCW Canada was a leading force at the 2014 Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Convention, where over 4,800 trade unionists – including 400 UFCW Canada activists – came from across the country to gather in Montreal, Quebec for the Congress’s triennial conference.
Toronto – May 9, 2014 – The Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario (ACBO) has released a report supporting the call for equitable access for agriculture workers to the same labour rights and workplace benefits as other workers in Ontario.
Montreal – May 8, 2014 – UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema joined representatives from Bangladeshi and international unions and various non-profit organizations at the 27th Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Convention to discuss the labour movement's critical role in prompting corporate accountability for garment worker safetyin the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory collapselast spring.
Montreal - May 7, 2014 - Fairness was at the centre of Day 2 of the CLC 27th Constitutional Convention. Tuesday morning, the focus was on the Together Fairness Campaign and how it has done so far how to promote fairness, to counter the attack on labour rights by ultra-conservative politicians and corporate elites.
Montreal – May 6, 2014 – UFCW Canada activists joined union sisters and brothers from across the country yesterday at the CLC Women’s Forum, held last night in Montreal at the 27th Canadian Labour Congress Convention.
Chicoutimi, Que.– May 6, 2014 – Over three-dozen chambermaids at The Montagnais Hotel and Convention Center in Chicoutimi, Quebec have achieved a new five-year collective agreement after ratifying the agreement-in-principle reached between UFCW Canada Local 509 and GDI Services – the company that owns the hotel – earlier this year. The contract will be effective until 2018.
Montreal – May 5, 2014 – UFCW Canada activists were out in full force as the 2014 Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Convention was called to order on Monday. As Canada's leading union, UFCW Canada members, officers, and activists have gathered from across the country for the Congress' triennial convention.
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