South Africa hosts World Festival of Youth
On December 13 thousands of youth and students arrived in South Africa to celebrate and participate in the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students.
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UFCW Canada joins Migrante Canada’s Founding Congress
UFCW Canada proudly participated in Migrante Canada’s founding Congress November 20-21, 2010 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Training to drive a better bargain
UFCW Canada members and staff from across the country recently gathered in Kempenfelt, Ontario, for a week-long training workshop on the collective bargaining process.
A New Year and Opportunity
Last week a University of Toronto research report confirmed what most working Canadians already know — that the gap between them and the rich is getting bigger by the day. While the report was centered on Toronto, the authors commented that in Vancouver and Montreal and many other Canadian communities the story is the same.
Fundraiser honours 40 years of activism
Over 150 UFCW Canada activists, friends and family members recently gathered in Scarborough, Ontario – a community in Toronto – to celebrate the holiday season and to raise over $3,000 for Leukemia and Sickle Cell research.
Malteurop workers on strike in Manitoba
At 6 a.m. Thursday December 9, the plant employees at Malteurop in Winnipeg walked off the job to start a strike that is expected to last into the New Year.
We Remember poster commemorates Christmas Eve scaffold tragedy
On December 24, 2009 four migrant workers were killed and another critically injured when the scaffold they were working on collapsed and sent them plunging 13 stories to the base of a Toronto apartment building. In the wake of the investigation of the Christmas Eve tragedy — and in large part because of pressure from UFCW Canada, labour allies and community groups — more than 60 charges in total were filed under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act against various construction and repair companies.
UFCW Canada declares victory over Walmart in free speech battle
A settlement reached at the Quebec Superior Court upholds www.walmartworkerscanada.ca, the labour rights website dedicated to helping Walmart Associates know and exercise their rights as workers in Canada.
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