More than 300 activists, allies, and UFCW Canada and AWA staff and officers recently gathered in Toronto for the 12th Annual César E. Chávez Black Eagle Awards. The Awards honour long time activists who have carried on the legacy of César Chávez by advancing the cause of justice for agriculture workers.
UFCW Canada members, family members, and social justice partners are free to sign-up for the newest webCampus courses launching in November. All webCampus courses are offered at no cost, and can be taken at your own pace anywhere you have a computer and an online web connection.
Jeff Traeger was elected the new President of UFCW Canada Local 832 on October 24. Elected by the local union's executive board, Brother Traeger is the third full-time President in Local 832’s 73-year history. The former Secretary-Treasurer will replace retiring President Robert Ziegler, who was elected in 2002.
Recently, in the Mexico municipality of Tulcingo de Valle, in the State of Puebla, UFCW Canada shared its advocacy experience of working with migrants in Canada at a "Workshop on Basic Knowledge and Tools on Migration". It was one of series of workshops organized by the Citizens' Observatory on Public Policies Migrant - Puebla.
UFCW Canada young activist members from across Eastern Canada gathered in Memramcook, New Brunswick for the 2011 Atlantic Regional session of the Youth Internship Program (YIP). The fourteen participants — from UFCW Canada Local 1252 in Newfoundland, Local 1288P in New Brunswick and Local 864 in Nova Scotia — got together October 2-7, to learn more about their union and the important role it plays in their workplace and community.
TUAC Local Unions across Quebec were a beacon of hope at two recent Light the Night events by raising $200,000 in total for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC).
An October 17 media conference outside of Vancouver's Mexico Consulate drew dozens of UFCW Canada and AWA activists along with community allies — all calling for Mexico to stop hiding behind diplomatic immunity and face the charges that agencies of the Mexico government, as well as its Vancouver consulate, conspired with two agriculture operations in the Lower Mainland to blacklist migrant agricultural workers from returning to Canada because they were union sympathizers.
UFCW Canada Local 1869's recent 8th Anniversary Picnic was a huge success, with this year's event attracting its largest turnout ever. More than 900 Local 1869 members enjoyed this year's festivities, and at the same time shared their goodwill with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) and with Winnipeg Harvest food bank.
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