UFCW Canada’s groundbreaking work on the internet has drawn the attention and praise of the International Labor Communications Association (ILCA), a Washington-based organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of labor media and promoting the objectives of the international labour movement.
UFCW Canada leaders from across the country met in Toronto on October 20 to focus on a number of key issues facing the union and its future, including the status of the Growth Agenda and current trends in the Canadian food retail industry.
“Well I'm still alive and well but we have had a few exciting times. Our Sergeant got wounded. He was next man to me. I was sorry for he was a fine fellow. I don't know how I escaped. A big shell burst beside us and knocked Peter Ross' helmet off and he hasn’t found it yet and it buried another soldier all but up to his head. We tease Peter about it. I will now close. Hope you are all well.”
The Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award was established 11 years ago to recognize exceptional activists who make outstanding contributions to the fight for justice in Canada’s agriculture industry.
Every year, Black Eagle Award recipients are named in several different fields of activism that include Labour, Legal, Political, Cultural, International, and Academic categories.
This week, we focus on the 2010 Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award recipients for the International and Academic categories.
Welcome to the latest version of ufcw.ca! The National Office recently re-launched UFCW Canada’s award-winning website to better provide UFCW Canada activists, friends and supporters with more timely, multi-media information, and to offer users with easier navigation options.
In 1995, the Quebec Women’s Federation organized the March for Bread and Roses in Montreal to protest against the poverty that afflicts millions of women and small children around the world.
UFCW Canada Local 175 President Shawn Haggerty has been elected to serve on the UFCW International Executive Board.
On October 5, 1,200 packinghouse workers voted to join UFCW Local 1776, which represents over 24,000 workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York.
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