Workers force Walmart to address serious health and safety concerns in warehouses
The strike by Walmart workers in Los Angeles comes on the heels of strikes at two massive warehouses in the Walmart distribution network. Workers at a Walmart warehouse in Illinois continue their strike which started on September 17 over unsafe and abusive working conditions. Earlier this week, the strikers and more than 600 community allies blocked access to the facility, forcing the warehouse to temporarily shutdown.
UFCW Canada and the Mexican state of Michoacán have signed an enhanced mutual collaboration agreement to protect the human and labour rights of Michoacán migrant agriculture workers in Canada.
TORONTO – October 4, 2012 — Canada’s largest private-sector union, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, is standing in full solidarity with Striking Walmart Workers at several locations throughout Los Angeles, California.
Hunger remains the world’s number one health risk. It kills more people than the planet’s most devastating diseases – such as, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis – combined.
Migrant agricultural workers from Ontario's Niagara region gathered at the Virgil 
Record number of Canadians turning to Food Banks as gap widens between rich and poor 
Tell the City of Toronto "NO" to Holiday Shopping!
