Hospitality workers at Red Lobster join the union – UFCW 401
Edmonton – December 18, 2018 – Hospitality workers at Red Lobster in Edmonton, Alberta are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 401 after recently deciding to join the union.
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Canada’s food workers’ union calls on government to reform TFWP
Toronto – December 17, 2018 – Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling on the federal government to stand up for the rights of migrant and temporary foreign workers by enacting urgent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), and the program’s primary agricultural stream in particular.
UFCW Canada observes International Migrants Day – December 18
Toronto – December 17, 2018 – Each year on December 18, citizens around the world recognize International Migrants Day to honour the millions of migrants living across the globe.
Big gains for food processing members at Snowcrest Foods – UFCW 1518
Abbotsford, B.C. – December 14, 2018 – Food processing workers at Snowcrest Foods, who are members of UFCW Canada Local 1518, have ratified a new contract that provides big gains on wages, leaves, premiums, and more.
Migrant Workers Scholarship nominator profile: Odilia Muj Saput
Toronto – December 13, 2018 – Wilfredo Alexander Muj Gonzalez is one of twenty winners of the UFCW Canada Migrant Workers Scholarship.
UFCW attends December 6 Shoe Memorials in B.C. & Quebec
Vancouver and Montreal – December 12, 2018 – UFCW Canada activists stepped up to raise awareness at December 6 Shoe Memorials in British Columbia and Quebec to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
By the Numbers – The Price of Food in Canada
Toronto – December 11, 2018 – According to Canada’s Food Price Report 2019, the average family in Canada will spend about $400 more on food in 2019 than in 2018 because of rising food prices.
UFCW is first to unionize cannabis retailers in Quebec
Montreal – December 10, 2018 – UFCW Canada is proud to announce that applications to represent employees at SQDC cannabis retail locations in both Rosemont and Rimouski, Quebec have been certified by Quebec’s Administrative Labour Tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail, or TAT).
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