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UFCW Canada brings comfort to flood-stricken migrant communities in Mexico

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Guerrero, Mexico – November 27, 2013 – Last September, two powerful tropical storms hit the Pacific and Atlantic coast of Mexico, leaving behind an unspeakable amount of destruction. The state of Guerrero was particularly hit. The storms took away 40 years' worth of infrastructure in the region.

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Canada’s leading union celebrates EI case win for migrant workers at Federal Court

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Ottawa – November 22, 2013 – Canada’s leading union and advocate for migrant workers is celebrating a November 19 decision by the Federal Court of Appeal that sides with more than one hundred seasonal farm workers, and active members of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA), who were wrongly denied Employment Insurance parental benefits.

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UFCW Canada participates in Mexico National Migration Forum

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Mexico City – November 13, 2013 – UFCW Canada recently joined Mexican officials from the federal, state and municipal level, as well as human rights institutions, academics and civil society organizations for the National Forum on Migration, Health and Human Rights organized by the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and the National Institute for Public Health (INSP).

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Activists to gather November 6, in Toronto for UFCW – AWA Awards

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Toronto – October 29, 2013 – The honourees for the 2013 UFCW – AWA Awards have been announced. The awards annually recognize and honour exceptional activists and organizations devoted to improving the lives of Canada's agriculture workers.

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UFCW Local 5 signs historic agreement to protect Mexican migrant workers' rights in USA

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Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico – October 19, 2013 – The Oaxacan Institute for Migrants (IOAM) and UFCW Local 5 have signed a Letter of Understanding aimed at protecting the rights of migrant workers and their families in the United States. This mutual cooperation agreement will benefit more than 800,000 Oaxacans who live in California.

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UFCW Canada Local 501 campaign gains new Quebec agriculture unit

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Montreal – October 2, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 501 is pleased to welcome approximately 140 agriculture workers at Productions Horticoles Demers Inc. near Levis, Quebec as the newest members of Local 501.

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