Toronto – April 5, 2018 – On April 10, UFCW Canada activists from across the country will join in observing Equal Pay Day – a day that represents how far into the next year a woman must work to earn the same amount made by a man in the previous year.
Toronto – March 31, 2018 – UFCW Canada and our allies in the Canadian labour movement are celebrating a series of legislative victories for survivors of domestic violence in response to a union-led campaign seeking paid leave and other supports for victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
Toronto – March 29, 2018 – April 4 is recognized across Canada as Refugee Rights Day – a day that commemorates the historic April 4, 1985 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada that refugee claimants are fully protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Toronto – March 27, 2018 – UFCW Canada activists joined over 1,000 labour allies for a Unity Rally outside Toronto’s Royal York Fairmont Hotel on Monday, in support of UNITE HERE Local 75 members currently bargaining a new collective agreement. More than 900 UNITE HERE members work at the historic hotel.
Toronto – March 19, 2018 – In 1966, the United Nations declared March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate the victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre in apartheid-era South Africa — where 69 people were killed by government forces following a peaceful protest against racial discrimination.
Toronto – March 12, 2018 – UFCW Canada is standing in full solidarity with striking teaching assistants, contract faculty, and graduate assistants at Toronto’s York University.
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