St. Catharines, Ont. – February 22, 2013 – Get on board! S.A.M.E. (Students Against Migrant Exploitation) is about to embark on an historic journey – to engage students across Ontario to defend human rights and fight for migrant worker justice. The journey begins March 18, at Brock University in St. Catharines; the first of a series of S.A.M.E. events in support of Migrant Worker Awareness Week 2013.
Toronto – February 21, 2013 – Ontario Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne survived her first major test in the Ontario Legislature when Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath offered her party’s support for the recent Throne Speech.
Red Deer, Alta. – February 21, 2013 – The weather was frigid but the welcome was warm as National President Wayne Hanley recently joined with members of the UFCW Canada Local 1118 Executive Board for a working session in Red Deer.
Toronto – February 20, 2013 – Husband, father, grandfather, son and UFCW Canada brother Paul Magee passed away on February 17, 2013 in Toronto, after a courageous battle with lymphoma. Brother Magee was born in Toronto, March 18, 1951 to Gilda Magee (Mulholland) and the late Robert Magee. He was a loving husband to Teresa Magee, and a loving father to his three cherished children; Dustin, Casey and Sabrina.
Sarnia, Ont. – February 20, 2013 – Jacqueline Kerr is one of the 18 BDM Scholarships recipients for 2012. Jacqueline is the daughter of UFCW Canada Local 206 Member Nelly Pittao (pictured with Local 206 representative Cliff Kostyniuk) who works at Swiss Chalet in London, Ontario.
Toronto – February 19, 2013 – North America’s leading labour education program – webCampus – is pleased to announce that it will be launching a new course in March called “Design your own Website & Blog”, which will run from March 4 – 28, 2013 (the new course in currently available in English only).
Conklin, Alta. – February 17, 2013 – Lodge workers at Devon Jack Fish in Northern Alberta are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 401 following a winning unionization campaign last month. The union was certified as the official bargaining agent for all Devon Jack Fish operations in Conklin, Alberta – a small oil sands community two hours south of Fort McMurray – after workers voted unanimously in favour of joining the union.
Calgary – February 14, 2013 – UFCW Canada members and activists joined more than 200 community members in Calgary for the Fifth Annual Memorial March for Murdered and Missing Women. The Calgary march is one of many memorials held across the country every February 14, to honour and remember the more than 700 Indigenous women across Canada who have died over the last two decades as a result of violence, or whose disappearance remains unsolved.
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