UI Contact training instructors join the union – UFCW 501

Montreal – August 14, 2014 – UFCW Local 501 (TUAC 501) proudly announces that a new group of workers from UI Contact in Laval – formerly Utopia Image Inc. – has joined the union. 

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UFCW Canada files Gender Discrimination Complaint in B.C.

Canada's leading union for migrant workers files complaint before British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Vancouver – August 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada filed a human rights complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal today, denouncing B.C. employers who use discriminatory mechanisms that allow them to avoid hiring women under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).

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UFCW 1118 and 401 assist Calgary families in need

Calgary – August 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada Locals 1118 and 401 have donated over $2,000 in food to the Calgary Food Bank as a result of a campaign that the unions jointly ran. The donation will assist more than 30 Calgary families in need. 

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Stephen Harper continues to attack working people

Ottawa – August 12, 2014 – Since Stephen Harper's Conservative Party formed a majority government in 2011, Canadians have witnessed an attack on seniors and the middle class the likes of which we've never seen before.

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