UFCW Canada national representative Devin Yeager is one of 15 Albertans who will sit on a new panel established by the Ed Stelmach government to look at ways to improve the safety of the province’s agriculture industry, which produced 22 deaths in 2010 – up from 13 the year before.
We are saddened and horrified by the tragedy that has struck our neighbours in Japan. To all who have lost loved ones, including members UFCW members who have lost friends or family, we extend our thoughts, prayers and condolences.
Wayne Hanley, the national president of UFCW Canada has called for the resignation of Jason Kenney, the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship for allowing his parliamentary office to be used in a partisan attempt to fundraise for a pre-election advertising campaign.
UFCW Canada is calling on all activists to join the campaign to make sure a new anti-scab bill becomes law in Ontario.
After 32 years of service to the labour movement, UFCW Canada Local 1000A president Kevin Corporon will be retiring effective July 1, 2011.
UFCW Canada activists recently joined fellow trade unionists and community allies at the Ontario Federation of Labour to celebrate Black History Month by participating in a special evening that featured the acclamied exhibit “And Still I Rise: A History of African Canadian Workers in Ontario”
This March 8th, people around the world will celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, which was established in 1911 to acknowledge and commemorate the social, political and economic achievements of women.
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