Union representing 250,000 workers adds voice to public outrage over Galliford case
“The Galliford case is a powerful example of why all workers in Canada must have the right to bargain collectively,” says the National President of Canada’s largest private-sector union.
Canada’s largest private-sector union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), has joined the growing number of Canadians who are speaking out against the repugnant workplace treatment of Mountie Catherine Galliford, who allegedly endured sexual harassment throughout 16 years of public service as a RCMP constable.
On April 29, 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered a decision that "abandoned agriculture workers in Ontario in their fight for dignity and respect," said National President Hanley; moments after the highest court in the land upheld Ontario legislation that denies excludes agriculture workers in Ontario from collective bargaining rights.
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More than 300 activists, allies, and 
