Toronto – March 6, 2014 – On March 8th, people around the world will celebrate International Women’s Day, which was established by the United Nations in 1975. The day arose from the struggles that women endured at the turn of the 20th century, when population growth and a change in working conditions saw many women facing long hours and receiving low pay in comparison to their male co-workers.
Montreal – March 5, 2014 – UFCW Canada, which has been advocating for respect and the recognition of agriculture workers' rights in Quebec for nearly five years, is pleased with the provincial government's decision to grant seasonal agriculture workers the same rights as all workers in Quebec, including, in particular, the right to join a union.
Toronto – March 5, 2014 – As it stands right now, only a few Canadian provinces protect gender identity. While Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and the Northwest Territories explicitly protect gender identity from discrimination within their human rights legislation, other provinces do not.
Burnaby, B.C. – March 4, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 1518 member Trevor Chan is one of eighteen UFCW Canada – BDM Scholarship winners for 2013. Trevor (pictured receiving his scholarship cheque from Local 1518's director of member services Donna Tremblay) is enrolled as a first-year student at the BC Institute of Technology in Burnaby.
Trois-Rivières, Que. – March 3, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 509 (TUAC 509) members at the Marché Végétarien grocery store in Trois-Rivières, Quebec recently approved the agreement-in-principle reached between their bargaining committee and employer for a new, four-year collective agreement.
Mexico City – March 3, 2014 – UFCW Canada and other leaders from the migrant workers' rights movement have requested a Thematic Hearing at the 150th regular session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The hearing is requested to highlight the responsibility of states of origin in the violation of temporary workers' labour rights, specifically during the process of selection, recruitment, hiring, monitoring and return, when traveling to the U.S. or Canada on temporary work visas.
Ottawa – March 2, 2014 – A new report by the U.S. government paints an interesting picture of the relationship between factory labour costs and jobless levels, when viewed alongside unemployment rates.
Lachine, Que. – March 1, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 500 (TUAC 500) is proud to announce that Gabriel-Kani Houin-Létourneau, who works at the IGA Extra Marché J.E.V. in Lachine, Quebec, has won a 2013 UFCW Canada – BDM Scholarship.
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