1,200 Pennsylvania packinghouse workers join UFCW

On October 5, 1,200 packinghouse workers voted to join UFCW Local 1776, which represents over 24,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.

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President Hansen new Chair of Change to Win

UFCW International President Joe Hansen has been elected the new Chair of the Change to Win (CtW).

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Local 1869: Seven years strong

Despite Winnipeg’s brisk autumn wind, UFCW Canada Local 1869 members and their families gathered outside recently to enjoy a picnic and celebrate their local union’s seventh anniversary.

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Thanks to Ag workers

Across Canada families gathered to enjoy the Thanksgiving weekend— a harvest mainly made possible by migrant agriculture workers separated from their families thousands of miles away.

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2010 Black Eagle Award Recipients, Cultural and Political

The Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award was established 11 years ago to recognize exceptional activists who make outstanding contributions to the fight for justice in Canada’s agriculture industry.

This week, we focus on the 2010 Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award recipients for the Cultural and Political categories.

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