UFCW Canada activists braved the sweltering heat on July 16 to join over 3,000 spectacularly dressed kids in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto for this year’s Caribana Junior Carnival.
Coming on the heels of the UFCW Canada Summer Splash, Locals 1000A, 1993, and the National Office played mas with the union’s long-time community partner – and last year’s Junior Parade winner – the Louis Saldenah Mas-K Club Band.
An overview of the Beef and Cattle Industry
After peaking in mid-2005, Canada’s cattle inventory continues to decline.
Alain Lachaîne is the newly elected president of UFCW Canada Local 501. Brother Lachaîne is a long-time labour activist and UFCW Canada leader who has served the labour movement for over 30 years.
In 2009,1 in 10 Canadians was considered poor.
The poverty rate for all persons rose from 9.4% to 9.6% compared to 2008.
Child poverty rose from 9.1% in 2008 to 9.5% in 2009.
The Students Against Migrant Exploitation, or the S.A.M.E., have launched www.thesame.ca.
UFCW Canada jumped into the 2011 Caribana season on July 9 with an action-packed celebration that raised over $3,000 for two life changing causes. Organized by UFCW Canada Local 1993 and the National Office, the union’s annual “Summer Splash” drew over 250 members, families and supporters from across Ontario to dance, share and combine their efforts for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) and Camp Jumoke, a not-for-profit summer camp dedicated to helping children who suffer from sickle cell disease.
The members of UFCW Canada Locals 175 and 1977 recently voted to combine their local unions and create a new bargaining force that will be 60,000 members strong.
The Report on Business just released its annual list of Canada’s largest employers for 2010, and once again the country’s biggest food retailers are right up there with the energy giants and the big 5 banks.
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