Target comes north
After months, if not years, of anticipation, the American retail giant Target recently made a move for the Canadian retail market by purchasing the leasehold rights of up to 220 Zellers stores.
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Walmart challenged in South Africa by international coalition
The UFCW has added its voice to a growing number of progressive organizations from around the world who are very concerned about Walmart’s recent expansion into South Africa.
By the Numbers: Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Canada
The Consumer Price Index, or CPI, is used to estimate the extent to which the purchasing power of money changes, or put another way it’s a measure of inflation or deflation over time.
A little off the top please...
Following the recent shearing of UFCW Canada Local 1118 President Albert Johnson, another UFCW Canada activist in Alberta recently shed his locks for a great cause.
Politics NOW!
Starting this month, UFCW Canada activists will have a new resource in their political action toolboxes. Politics NOW! is a new weekly bulletin published by the National Political Action Department that focuses on the political stories and issues that are most important to UFCW Canada members and their communities.
UFCW applauds President Obama for signing new food safety regulations
The UFCW is applauding U.S. President Barack Obama for signing into law a new overhaul of the American food safety system, which was recently passed by Congress. U.S. food safety regulations have been sorely in need of updating and this new law makes significant progress by strengthening oversight and consumer protection.
Maple Leaf Toronto members help families in need
Thanks to the efforts of UFCW Canada Local 1000A members at Maple Leaf Poultry in Toronto, seven families in the Toronto area had a happier holiday season.
Migrant Workers File $10 Million Lawsuit against Denny’s in British Columbia
More than 50 Filipino migrant workers recruited to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program have filed a $10 million class action suit against Denny’s restaurants in British Columbia, charging the company did not live up to the employment contract the workers signed before they arrived from the Philippines. The suit was filed in the B.C. Supreme Court on January 7, on behalf of the Filipino migrant workers employed at Denny’s from 2006 until the present.
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