Organizing victory for Radisson workers in Halifax
More than 20 workers at the Radisson Suite Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia, recently became the newest members to join the UFCW Canada Eastern Provinces Council (EPC).
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The Occupy Movement Is Here to Stay: Commentary by James Clancy, National President, NUPGE
The response of the mainstream media, business class and political establishment to the Occupy movement has been dismissive, patronizing and hostile.
TUAC Canada supports Québec students in fight against tuition hikes
On November 11, 2011, TUAC Canada Local Union officers, members, and activists marched alongside 20,000 students in Montréal to oppose Quebec Premier Jean Charest's plan to raise annual university tuition fees by $325 each year, from now until 2016.
End the lockout at CMP ANZCO Foods!
UFCW Canada is calling on all activists to help more than 200 New Zealand red-meat workers currently under attack by their employer.
"Stop the Blacklisting" protesters hold mock funeral outside Mexico Consulate in Vancouver
VANCOUVER, BC - November 14, 2011 – About a hundred community and labour activists gathered outside the Mexico Consulate in Vancouver on Monday with coffins, tombstones and crosses, along with a petition to "Stop the Blacklisting" of Mexico migrant workers in Canada by the Mexico government.
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.
Stop Nespressure! Tell Nestlé to respect trade union rights!
UFCW Canada is calling on all activists to support a new campaign launched by the International Union of Food Workers (IUF) that asks people around the globe to make a stand for labour rights against the world’s largest food company.
Report on Supreme Court Fraser Decision released
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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