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UFCW Canada helps launch Jack Layton School for Youth Leadership

Toronto – July 11, 2014 – With the sponsorship of Canada’s leading union for young workers, Ryerson University has launched the first-ever Jack Layton School for Youth Leadership. UFCW Canada activists participated in the intensive leadership development program, which draws students aged 18 to 29 from unions, community groups and social justice organizations.

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Members at Lucyporc achieve new contract – UFCW 1991P

Montreal – July 14, 2014 – Members working at Lucyporc — a business specializing in hog farming and slaughtering as well as pork processing — have achieved a new collective agreement.  About 280 UFCW Canada Local 1991P members work at the facility in the areas of slaughtering, meat cutting and meat packing. The contract runs until October 2019.

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Canada’s leading union for agriculture workers welcomes end to sugar strike in Swaziland

Toronto – July 12, 2014 – UFCW Canada congratulates the members of the Swaziland Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union (SAPWU) on the settlement they achieved following a three-week strike. More than 3,000 workers demonstrated immense courage throughout the duration of the strike, standing up to intimidation by the military and legal action by the company.

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