Ontario action to protect precarious workers a "positive first step" says UFCW Canada leader
Toronto – December 6, 2013 – The announcement of proposed Ontario legislation to extend protections for migrant and precarious workers "is a very positive first step in renewing employment standards legislation and extending workplace health and safety legislation," says UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema. UFCW Canada (United Food and Commercial Workers) is Canada's leading and most progressive private-sector union with more than 250,000 members nationally.