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AWA Saint-Rémi centre celebrates 10 years of service to agriculture workers

Saint-Rémi, Que. – September 5, 2014 – Celebration was in the air at the community gathering and barbecue held to mark the tenth anniversary of the Agricultural Workers Alliance (AWA) Support Centre in Saint-Rémi, Quebec.

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UFCW Canada - AWA help host Health Fair for BC migrant workers

Abbotsford, B.C. – September 1, 2014 – UFCW Canada, the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA), and a number of community allies recently hosted a Seasonal Agricultural Worker Health Fair in the agriculture community of Abbotsford, British Columbia.

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UFCW Canada outlines migrant worker crisis to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Mexico City – August 25, 2014 – UFCW Canada recently attended the 152nd Extraordinary Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), held in Mexico City, Mexico from August 11 to 15.

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Virgil community celebrates AWA Centre's 10th anniversary of service

Virgil, Ont. – August 14, 2014 – Hundreds of migrant agriculture workers and allies gathered for the 10th Anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) Virgil Support Centre.

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UFCW Canada files Gender Discrimination Complaint in B.C.

Canada's leading union for migrant workers files complaint before British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal

Vancouver – August 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada filed a human rights complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal today, denouncing B.C. employers who use discriminatory mechanisms that allow them to avoid hiring women under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).

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UFCW Canada denounces gender-based discrimination against migrant women under Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

Canada's leading union for migrant farm workers files complaint with Ontario Human Rights Commission

Toronto – July 31, 2014 – Canada’s leading union for migrant farm workers is asking the Ontario Human Rights Commission to open an inquiry into gender-based discrimination practiced by Canadian agribusinesses that employ migrant farm workers under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).

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