YIP 2022 Application Form
The Young Workers Committee (YWC) addresses issues concerning our involvement in all matters involving young workers. In addition to growth and raising the profile of UFCW Canada, the committee is to provide information and recommendations to the National Council in the following areas:
The YWC shall work towards enhancing the quality and impact of young worker initiatives across the country by sharing best practices, creating new and innovating projects/campaigns and by supporting ongoing work at both national and local levels
The Know Your Rights Workshop is one of Canada's longest-running education and outreach program for young workers. With one of the youngest memberships amongst unions in Canada, UFCW Canada is fully committed to helping young workers to protect themselves at work by gaining a solid understanding of their labour and employment rights.
This workshop is presented to students in senior high school classes as well as colleges and universities, presenting them with practical information about their rights at work, the history of the labour movement and how to stay safe on the job.
For almost a decade, UFCW Canada representatives and member activists have presented these workshops in a fun and interactive way to young workers about workplace issues that resonates with students and creates a comfortable, non-judgmental learning environment.
Highlights include learning more about:
Human Rights: From understanding the plight of migrant workers to confronting harassment and racism on the job, students learn more about the need for Human Rights here in Canada.
Employment Standards: All students benefit from knowing there are laws about minimum wage, work hours, overtime, vacation and terminations.
Labour Rights: Freedom of association is part of Canada's charter of rights from which students learn how workers can bargain collectively to combine their power to improve their lives.
Health & Safety: All workers, young and old, need to know they have the right to know about workplace hazards, the right to participate in reducing workplace risks and the right to refuse unsafe work.
The Know Your Rights Workshop is an accessible program that adapts easily to courses in many Secondary School Curriculums, notably:
If you are interested in booking a Know Your Rights workshop, please email: [email protected]
The National Youth Internship Program (YIP) has become the backbone of youth involvement within UFCW Canada since its introduction in 2000.
It not only trains young members, but offers each participant hands-on experience that is invaluable to UFCW Canada and the program participants.
In 2010, we will run four week-long regional YIP
sessions across the country for as many as 48 to 60 young members, with participants returning the following year for hands-on activist training.
Ontario, March 21-26, 2010
at the Kempenfelt Centre in Barrie
Alberta/British Columbia, April 18-23, 2010
at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort
in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia
Manitoba/Saskatchewan, August 22-27, 2010
lakeview Resort & Conference Centre
in Gimli, Manitoba
Atlantic Canada, October 24-29, 2010
at the Memramcook Learning and Vacation Resort
in Memramcook, New Brunswick
As Canada's leading union for young workers, UFCW Canada is committed to empowering young members. More than 40 percent of the membership is under the age of 30, making UFCW Canada the country’s most youthful worker organization.
As Canada's leading union for young workers, UFCW Canada is committed to empowering young members through industry-leading collective agreements, as well as key initiatives like the Young Workers Internship Program (YIP), Students Against Migrant Exploitation (SAME), the Think Forward Young Workers Blog, empowering workshops and online educational resources, and exciting scholarship opportunities.
Throughout the years, UFCW Canada has also launched campaigns and initiatives to connect young members across the country and raise awareness about issues that are important to today's young workers. Most recently, the union launched the #TossTuition campaign, which calls for free post-secondary schooling for all Canadians.
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