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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.27

Washington, D.C. – April 3, 2013 – UFCW International President Joseph T. Hansen has announced that the 2013 UFCW International Union Scholarship Program application process is now open to eligible applicants across North America. For over 45 years the UFCW International Union has awarded scholarships to recognize bright, young UFCW members and their dependents.

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2012 BDM Union Scholarships Winner: Nancy Dai, Local 333

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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.25

Toronto – March 27, 2013 – Nancy Dai is one of 18 Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu (BDM) Union Scholarships winners for 2012. Sister Dai is the daughter of proud UFCW Canada Local 333 Member and Shop Steward Xiao Yan Ren, who works at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto.

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S.A.M.E. Youth Tour Sweeps Ontario

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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.24

Toronto – March 23, 2013 – The first week of the S.A.M.E. Tour 2013 across Ontario was a huge hit with thousands of students.  The tour was launched on March 18, and coincided with Migrant Worker Awareness Week. Continuing through the week, ten S.A.M.E. (Students Against Migrant Exploitation) youth volunteers hosted awareness-raising seminars, videos, musical performances, and in-classroom projects to engage students about the challenges and hardships faced by migrant workers in Canada.

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New video contest to raise youth awareness about workplace rights

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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.23

Ottawa – March 21, 2013 – UFCW Canada is promoting a new youth leadership initiative aimed at educating young Canadians about workplace health safety, employee rights, and fairness on the job. The contest is seeking original youth-made videos on how to work safe and smart on the job in order to prevent injuries and illnesses at work.

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More LensCrafters employees join UFCW 1000A

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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.18

Newmarket, Ont. – March 4, 2013 – Retail workers in Newmarket, Ontario have become the newest group of LensCrafters employees to vote “Yes!” to UFCW Canada Local 1000A. The recent victory led by the Newmarket workers comes on the momentum of other successful drives at LensCrafters locations in Markham, Burlington and Toronto, making the Newmarket location the fifth store to gain UFCW Canada representation and the full support of Canada’s leading voice for retail workers.

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2012 BDM Scholarship Winner: Dominic Chartrand, Local 500

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Category: DIRECTIONS 13.16

Montreal – February 25, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 500 president Antonio Filato proudly presented Dominic Chartrand – the son of Céline Dupuis, who works at the produce department at Super C in Lachute – with a $1,000 scholarship. Sister Dupuis has been working under Metro banners for 13 years.

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