UFCW Canada is calling on all members to stand in solidarity with their fellow workers and UFCW brothers and sisters in the United States by supporting a boycott against the State of Arizona, which recently passed a law that allows for greater discrimination against the State’s large and growing number of racialized residents and workers.
Reaching Higher Together was the title and the goal of the 2010 UFCW Canada Local 401 Members Conference, held April 24-29, 2010 in Canmore, Alberta.
Homophobia and transphobia, like all forms of bigotry, are shameful and dangerous because they feed hate and propel inequality.
Canadian photographer and social activist Vincenzo Pietropaolo recently displayed his award winning collection of migrant farm worker images, entitled “Harvest Pilgrims”, along with other works, at a prestigious exhibit at the University of Rome.
UFCW Canada activists from Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia recently gathered in Niagara Falls to participate in the second phase of an exciting new training program offered by the national Education and Political Action Committee (EPAC).
The total contributions have been tallied and UFCW activists in Canada and the United States have combined their efforts to raise nearly $500,000 for the Haiti relief effort.
On the May 29 weekend, Ontario’s primary beer retailer The Beer Store, in partnership with UFCW Canada Local 12R24 will be holding the annual Returns for Leukemia bottle drive fundraiser at every Beer Store location across the province.
For over two hundred years Asian newcomers to Canada have enriched this country with their culture, traditions, talents and community building. They have come to Canada from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western and Southeast Asia, and have contributed to Canada’s diversity and prosperity.
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