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Equal Pay Day is April 16, 2024

Toronto – April 10, 2024 – April 16, 2024 is Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how far into the next year the average woman must work in order to have earned what the average man had earned in the previous year.

Workers at Nanaimo Trees Cannabis join union – UFCW 1518

Nanaimo, B.C. – April 8, 2024 – Workers at two Trees Cannabis locations in Nanaimo have joined their colleagues at other locations across Vancouver Island by joining UFCW Local 1518, establishing Trees Cannabis as British Columbia’s first private wall-to-wall unionized cannabis chain.

New contract for Red Lobster workers – UFCW 401

Edmonton – April 5, 2024 – UFCW 401 members working at Red Lobster have ratified a new contract after taking the company to mediation for a fair deal.

International Day of Pink – April 10

International Day of Pink

Toronto – April 3, 2024 – International Day of Pink happens every year on the second Wednesday of April, where people around the world wear their pink shirts and stand in solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to continue the fight for equality and acceptance.