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UFCW Canada Migrant Workers Scholarships recipients announced

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UFCW Canada gives hope for a better future

“Education Has No Borders” is the spirit of commitment which led to the creation of the UFCW Canada Migrant Workers Scholarships. In a span of two years, over 9,000 scholarship applications from around the globe have been received.

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Toronto’s Inti Raymi a Great Achievement for the San Lorenzo and Migrant Worker Communities

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UFCW Canada was delighted to take part in Toronto’s recent Inti Raymi festival where thousands of individuals from the San Lorenzo Latin American community attended the lively event this past weekend. The occasion celebrated Toronto’s Latin culture and featured international foods, local artists and live music.

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Fact-finding mission gathers Mexico migrant worker blacklisting evidence in B.C.

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Recently, a United Latinos of UFCW committee of inquiry returned from a fact-finding mission in the agriculture area of the B.C. Lower Mainland. What the committee was told by workers and advocates supported allegations now in front of the B.C. Labour Board that the Mexico consular service in Vancouver had blacklisted some its own citizens working in Canada suspected of being union supporters.

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YIP efforts bring community support to agriculture workers

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UFCW Canada’s Youth Internship Program (YIP) recently launched a “Farm Workers Feed Communities” summer course in Leamington, Ontario. The program was met with great success as the youth organized and led a series of outreach initiatives including a community barbeque that celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) support centre in Leamington. It was the students’ enthusiasm and hard work that attracted over 1000 local agriculture workers and community members to the event.

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Migrant Workers Family Support Fund Delivers Cheque to Hampstead Tragedy Widow

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The widow of one of the victims of the horrific collision near Hampstead, Ontario has become the fourth recipient of a disbursement from the Migrant Workers Family Support Fund set up by UFCW Canada and the AWA to support and assist the families of the workers killed or injured in a two-vehicle crash on February 6.

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Legendary social justice trailblazer Dolores Huerta awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

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After a lifetime of social activism and civil rights advocacy, legendary organizer Dolores Huerta was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on May 29, one of the highest civilian honours awarded by the President of the United States.

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