Montreal – February 8, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members at the Addison Electronics in Montreal have ratified a new collective agreement covering the more than 65 members working at the landmark Montreal electronic components store.
Ottawa – February 7, 2014 – As this is being written, the Harper conservatives have just passed a ‘Time Allocation Motion’ limiting debate on their new Bill C-23, Fair Elections Act. The 242-page bill had only just been introduced and already debate is being restricted.
Toronto – February 6, 2014– More than 582 Aboriginal Women are Missing and Murdered in Canada but Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said that he is “skeptical” about the need for a national inquiry.
Toronto – February 6, 2014 – The countdown has started to the launch of the S.A.M.E. Awareness Tour 2014 — building on the success of the 2013 tour and outreach which energized more than 10,000 Ontario youth to defend human rights and fight for migrant worker justice.
Toronto – February 5, 2014 – This week marks the second anniversary of one of the deadliest highway collisions in Ontario history. On February 6, 2012, a 13-passenger van collided with a flatbed truck on a county road near Hampstead, Ontario. A trail of carnage was left near the accident site, as a single family home, painted sky blue, stood virtually untouched while the accident victims lay just a few metres away from the front door. Ten migrant workers perished that day, while three others barely survived to tell their story.
Toronto – February 4, 2014 – On February 14th, UFCW Canada activists will join thousands of other women, men and family members in marches and vigils across Canada to remember and honour missing and murdered women.
Toronto – February 3, 2014 – The pressure on the Harper government to expand Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits continues to build – thanks to the strong voice of UFCW Canada, labour allies, and the overwhelming majority of workers across the country calling for an enhanced CPP.
Toronto – February 3, 2014 – UFCW Canada’s groundbreaking online education program, webCampus, has launched two new courses for the month of February. The free online courses are being offered from February 3rd to 28th and are available to all UFCW Canada members and their families, as well as our community partners.
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