December 20, 2022 – With the holiday season upon us, and a new year awaiting, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the victories that UFCW activists achieved together this past year, while looking ahead to the challenges that await in 2023 and beyond.
Saskatoon, Sask. – December 19, 2022 – UFCW Canada recently participated in the National Farmers Union (NFU) 2022 Convention titled, “Confronting Concentration.” Against a backdrop of risings costs, ballooning corporate profits and growing numbers of farmers leaving the profession, participants gathered to organize, educate and build solidarity.
Toronto – December 16, 2022 – Members of the Human Rights Equity and Diversity (HRED) committee and UFCW Canada’s Indigenous Sub-Committee recently convened virtually to discuss the initiatives that will guide the committees’ work in the year to come.
Toronto – December 14, 2022 – The United Nations (UN) proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day to recognize the contributions of migrants around the world and to acknowledge everything migrant workers do to help the economies of their host communities.
Toronto – December 13, 2022 – Communicators across UFCW Canada’s national office and local unions convened in Toronto last week to learn, engage and share best practices and effective communication strategies that best serve the union’s diverse membership.
Toronto – December 12, 2022 – UFCW Canada and UFCW Local 175 & 633 joined the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups outside the Ontario Ministry of Labour for a rally in support of injured workers.
Vancouver – December 9, 2022 – Student-workers at Grocery Checkout on UBC Campus are the newest members to join UFCW 1518 after the BC Labour Board confirmed their successful organizing drive earlier in the month.
Toronto – December 7, 2022 – On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration stipulates universal values and international standards of human rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being.
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