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Directions Newsletter Vol. I No. 17

Tackling a Giant - Make no mistake about it – there is a giant in our midst. Sobeys Inc. is the second-largest food-distribution company in Canada, and highly-ranked amongst the major players in North America

Directions Newsletter Vol. I No. 18 Special on-line edition

Agricultural workers in Canada – especially in Ontario – have had their right to bargain collectively enshrined by the Supreme Court of Canada, which today upheld a constitutional challenge by UFCW Canada on their behalf.

Directions Newsletter Vol. II No. 1

Winning Rights for Factory Farm Workers - Despite what the sign by the road says, it doesn’t look like a far.

Directions Newsletter Vol. II No. 3

Unity Triumphs over Doublethink - George Orwell could not have imagined it better. The “doublethink” he described in the prophetic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four – with government calling its war department the “Ministry of Peace” – is paralleled absolutely by the Ontario Tory government’s new “workplace democracy” rules.

Directions Newsletter Vol. II No. 4

Directions Newsletter Vol. II Nos. 7-8

The leadership of any political party can be a pretty thankless job. Particularly in this day and age of turbulent partisan politics, it is an impossible task to keep everyone satisfied all the time, and the leader of the party is an easy target for those in the habit of taking potshots.

Directions Newsletter Vol. II Nos. 9-10

Commitment for a Cure - June 21 was the first event of an event-packed weekend for UFCW Canada members involved in the fight for a cure for leukemia.

Directions Newsletter Vol. II Nos. 11-12

One of Québec’s most colourful and effective labour leaders, Louis Laberge was a unique friend of workers whose achievements will be long remembered not only in Québec, but across Canada. Nationally respected, Brother Laberge was an ardent and eloquent spokesperson for the Québec labour movement. He died on July 18, aged 78.

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