DIRECTIONS 11.40
Clearwater workers say “Union Yes!” Print Email

UFCW Canada welcomes the Clearwater Seafood workers who recently became the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 864 after decisively voting “Yes!” for the union.

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Ontario NDP pledges to restore Ontario farm worker rights Print Email

The Ontario NDP has pledged to restore the rights of Ontario farm workers that were stripped away by the Harris Conservative government in 1995, if Andrea Horwath and her party form the next Ontario government. On September 25,  the Ontario NDP leader signed a pledge to restore the collective bargaining and unionization rights of agriculture workers in Ontario: rights they last had under a previous Ontario NDP government.

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World Day for Decent Work, October 7 Print Email

The World Day for Decent Work, October 7, annually upholds that good, decent jobs are the key to strengthening families and building an economy that puts people first.

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AWA seeks answers about migrant worker’s death Print Email

Staff of the AWA are scheduled to meet with officials from the Norfolk General Hospital to discuss the death of a Mexican migrant worker who died a day after he was discharged from the southwestern Ontario hospital.

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UFCW Canada and the AWA support campaign to save the Canadian Wheat Board Print Email

The Agriculture Workers Alliance and Canada’s largest private-sector union, UFCW Canada, have joined the campaign for democracy that calls on the Harper Government to support Canadian Food, Canadian Farmers and the Canadian Wheat Board

 

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