Louis Riel Day
November 16 is the most important day on the calendar for the Métis Nation – one of three distinct Aboriginal peoples of Canada.
November 16 is the most important day on the calendar for the Métis Nation – one of three distinct Aboriginal peoples of Canada.
UFCW activists from across Canada gathered in Toronto on November 8 and 9 to participate in the 11th UFCW Canada National Council Convention, and to celebrate the union’s tremendous accomplishments over the past five years.
Each year at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, we acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of the more than one million Canadian men and women, many of them young, who went to war so that we could live in a peaceful democracy.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Nov 07, 2012 -- Joe Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), has released the following statement regarding the re-election of President Obama.
After six long and painful years, the family of Kevan Chandler – an Alberta worker who was killed in a grain elevator accident on Father's Day in 2006 – has received compensation for his death.
According to a recent Statistics Canada release, the consumer prices rose slightly in the 12 month to September and remained unchanged from August at 1.2%. The annual inflation therefore at 1.2%, seems to be under no building pressures for now, but the increased household debt and the soaring prices in the real estate remain a great source of concern.
Workers at Selkirk Marketplace are the newest members of UFCW Local 832 after voting to join the union on October 25th. The Manitoba Labour Board conducted the certification vote after more than 40 per cent of employees signed union cards.
The Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB) has ruled that Walmart has engaged in unfair labour practices under the province's Trade Union Act in the company's ongoing battle with UFCW Canada Local 1400, adding yet another labour law violation to the retail giant's long list of delinquencies.
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