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Toronto – August 27, 2019 – Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has some big-time friends working hard to get him elected this fall.
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Celebrate International Bacon Day, August 31, with these UFCW-made products
Toronto – August 26, 2019 – August 31 is International Bacon Day – a day when people around the world celebrate all things bacon with bacon-themed breakfasts, lunches, dinners, desserts, and even drinks. UFCW members proudly make a number of amazing bacon products, including the items listed on our Great Canadian Food Products page. On August 31, visit your local grocery store and grab these UFCW-made bacon products!
Food retail members at Fresh St. Market build a better life – UFCW 1518
Surrey, B.C. – August 24, 2019 – UFCW Local 1518 members working at Fresh St. Market in Surrey have achieved a new union contract that provides wage gains and improved benefits.
UFCW United Latinos Conference builds cross-border solidarity
Calgary – August 23, 2019 – UFCW activists and allies from across Canada and the United States recently gathered in Calgary for the 2019 UFCW United Latinos Conference, where participants shared ideas and strategies on how to empower Latino workers and build Latino pride within UFCW and the North American labour movement.
UFCW Canada and Ambearrister visit Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School
Toronto – August 22, 2019 – UFCW Canada recently hosted a Reconciliation Ambearrister at a special event at the Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School in Toronto.
Join UFCW at 2019 Labour Day events across Canada
Toronto – August 22, 2019 – Labour Day is just around the corner, and UFCW Canada activists are set to participate in community events across the country dedicated to celebrating the victories that workers have accomplished together and calling for additional improvements to the lives of working Canadians.
UFCW calls for further action for TFWs in wake of fire at Pioneer Flower Farms
St. Catharines, Ont. – August 21, 2019 – UFCW Canada is calling for additional protections for migrant agrifood workers following a fire at Pioneer Flower Farms in St. Catharines, Ontario that has destroyed employees’ housing accommodations and resulted in further precarity for one of Canada’s most vulnerable worker populations.
Labour, health, environmental groups call on Canada’s grocers to ditch toxic receipts
Toronto – August 20, 2019 – UFCW Canada, Breast Cancer Action Quebec, Environmental Defence Canada, and Mind the Store have joined forces to launch a public campaign urging Canada’s leading grocery retail giants – Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, and Walmart Canada – to stop using receipt paper coated with bisphenol-A (BPA) or bisphenol-S (BPS).
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