By the Numbers: Income distribution and the poverty line
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.
Canada's Private Sector Union
New website for The S.A.M.E.
The Students Against Migrant Exploitation, or the S.A.M.E., have launched www.thesame.ca.
Summer Splash fundraiser celebrates 2011 Caribana season
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.
Locals 175 and 1977 merge to become 60,000 members strong!
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.
By the Numbers: Canada’s largest food retail employers
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.
UFCW Canada at Women's Worlds 2011
More than 1,900 women activists, students, researchers and trade unionists recently gathered in Ottawa, July 3 to 7, for the 2011 Women's Worlds Congress. UFCW Canada was one of the event's sponsors, which every three years draws participants from around the world to explore how issues like equality, human rights, economics, labour rights, and education impact women.
Over 125 hospitality workers join Local 102
Over 125 hotel employees in southern Ontario are the newest hospitality workers to join the growing ranks of UFCW Canada Local 102.
Migrant workers applaud Grapes of Wrath
Recently, fact met fiction when two dozen migrant farm workers in southern Ontario attended a theatre performance of The Grapes of Wrath at the Stratford Festival.
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