Angela and Vincent
With the support of UFCW Local 1657, six members of OUR Walmart recently came together to support Walmart greeter Richard Vincent in the Walmart Gulf Breeze store in Pensacola, Florida.
Walter Sanchez, 40-years-old, arrived in Canada from Honduras in June 2008, under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. He had worked in a variety of precarious, contract jobs back home after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Sciences, because he couldn’t find secure work in his field. "In Honduras, contract work can be found but full-time work with benefits for your family is almost impossible to secure," says Walter. "It is a way for companies to avoid being accountable to workers over the long-term."
Attention all UFCW Canada activists, friends, families and motorcycle enthusiasts: this year’s UFCW Canada Ride for a Cure will take place on Saturday, August 11. Registration for this year’s ride opens at 8:30 a.m. on August 11 at the UFCW Canada Local 1000A office at 70 Creditview Rd. in Woodbridge, Ontario.
SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN – Norm Neault, President of UFCW Canada Local 1400 has delivered the union's response to the Saskatchewan government's consultation paper on proposed changes to labour laws in the province.
A new video by Operation Maple provides a counterview to the anti-tax rhetoric of Canada's conservative movement. The clip shows that part of the reason why the average citizen believes they "dislike" taxes is because many of us do not understand that our tax dollars go toward everyday services that we often take for granted – things like hydro provision, food regulation, and garbage pickup.
TORONTO – The National President of Canada’s leading retail union is calling on Canadians to take the Federal government to task for abandoning over 28,000 Zellers workers and discounting the important role of good retail jobs in the country’s local and national economies.
On July 25, 2011, Jack Layton, the NDP Leader and newly elected Leader of the Official Opposition announced that he was battling a new round of cancer.
G20 leaders pledged to shut down tax havens at their crisis summit in April 2009, but a new study shows them flourishing as never before.
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