Saskatoon, Sask. – January 25, 2013 – UFCW Canada women activists recently joined more than 150 sisters from across Saskatchewan, as labour, community and social activists gathered in Saskatoon for the first-ever Saskatchewan Women’s Forum 2013: Connecting Voices for Change – to share their stories, connect with each other, and discuss issues relevant to women in Saskatchewan and all over the world.
Ottawa – January 24, 2013
Montreal – January 23, 2013 – Keven is one of the happy winners of the 2012 UFCW Canada Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu scholarships. He was presented with a cheque in the amount of $1,000 by Local 501 President Alain Lachaîne and Secretary-Treasurer Mario Délisle.
Toronto – January 22, 2013 – When it comes to Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak’s recently released white paper on welfare reform, the axiom that everything old is new again certainly applies. Most of the paper's proposals come from the mid-1990s when Hudak served as a junior minister in the Mike Harris government.
Saskatoon, Sask. – January 22, 2013 – Terry Harris is President of UFCW Canada Local 649. Local 649 consists of one bargaining unit at Federated Co-operatives Limited in Saskatoon, with five separate and unique sites — head office, warehouse, feed mill, Saskatoon propane plant, and Melfort propane plant.
Hamilton, Ont. – January 21, 2013 – Dozens of Swiss Chalet workers in Southern Ontario are now members of UFCW Canada Local 206 following a winning unionization campaign in Hamilton and a rare Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) ruling against the company's attempt to prevent its employees from joining the union in Paris, a community about 100 kilometres from Toronto.
Montreal – January 21, 2013 – We are pleased to announce that Vanessa Menendez has won one of the $1,000 scholarships offered to UFCW Canada members and their children who are pursuing full-time studies in a recognized university, college or any other post-secondary educational institution.
Toronto – January 20, 2013 – At a time when the rich are getting richer and everyone else is struggling to keep their heads above water, Tim Hudak and the Ontario Conservatives are pushing a policy paper that attacks workers and the role of unions.
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