By the Numbers: Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan Benefits for 2013
Ottawa – January 19, 2013 – Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan Benefits for 2013
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Local 1400 activists build lobbying skills at training session in Saskatoon
Saskatoon, Sask. – January 17, 2013 – Activists from UFCW Canada Local 1400 recently gathered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to strengthen their political action skills in a two-day lobbying workshop facilitated by the National Office.
Metron manager faces criminal trial over Christmas Eve scaffold tragedy
Toronto - January 17, 2013 - The call for justice has moved one step further in the wake of a Toronto Christmas Eve tragedy that killed four construction workers and left another with serious injuries.
2012 BDM Scholarships Winner: Osman Panameno Jr., Local 1118
Red Deer, Alta. – January 15, 2013 – Osman Panameno Jr. is one of 18 Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu (BDM) Scholarships winners for 2012. Osman is the son of Osman Panameno Sr., who has been a member of UFCW Canada Local 1118 at the Olymel (and earlier, Fletcher's) pork processing plant in Red Deer, Alberta for more than 25 years.
More H&M workers join the union by voting “Yes!” to Local 1102 in Manhattan
New York – January 15, 2013 – Around 60 H&M workers in New York City recently joined RWDSU Local 1102 to have a union voice at the workplace. Workers at 11 Manhattan H&M stores are now under a master contract.
2012 BDM Scholarship Winner: Jennifer Turbide, Local 503
Quebec – January 14, 2013 – Jennifer Turbide is one of 18 BDM Scholarship winners for 2012. Sister Turbide is the spouse of UFCW Canada Local 503 member Daniel Dagenais, an electrical mechanic at Charcuterie La Tour Eiffel in Quebec City.
S.A.M.E. builds new partnership at Loyalist College
Belleville, Ont. – January 14, 2013 – Throughout the school year, The Students Against Migrant Exploitation build new partnerships, and launch new chapters with the goal of empowering students in getting involved with social justice issues.
By the Numbers: Child Care in Canada
Ottawa – January 11, 2013
3 million – Number of Canadian moms of children aged 12 or younger who work in the paid labour force.
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