Cargill more than triples profits
Cargill Inc. – one of UFCW Canada’s largest employers and one of the world’s largest food companies – is reporting banner profits for last year. In fact, Cargill recently announced net profits of $1.49 billion for 2010, representing a 304% increase from this time last year.


UFCW Canada members, their families, and the union’s social justice partners are now free to sign-up for two new highschool online webCampus courses.
Some UFCW Canada activist members from Saskatchewan recently got the big picture on organizing at a workshop held recently in Saskatoon. National representatives Chris O’Halloran and Lily Olson facilitated the three-day workshop.
After months, if not years, of anticipation, the American retail giant Target recently made a move for the Canadian retail market by purchasing the leasehold rights of up to 220 Zellers stores.
The UFCW has added its voice to a growing number of progressive organizations from around the world who are very concerned about Walmart’s recent expansion into South Africa.
The Consumer Price Index, or CPI, is used to estimate the extent to which the purchasing power of money changes, or put another way it’s a measure of inflation or deflation over time.
Following the recent shearing of UFCW Canada Local 1118 President Albert Johnson, another UFCW Canada activist in Alberta recently shed his locks for a great cause.
Starting this month, UFCW Canada activists will have a new resource in their political action toolboxes. Politics NOW! is a new weekly bulletin published by the National Political Action Department that focuses on the political stories and issues that are most important to UFCW Canada members and their communities.