Toronto – December 17, 2018 – Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling on the federal government to stand up for the rights of migrant and temporary foreign workers by enacting urgent reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), and the program’s primary agricultural stream in particular.
Leamington, Ont. – August 21, 2018 – Agriculture workers met with senior government officials in Leamington, Ontario on Sunday to share their experiences with the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP), and to offer some advice as frontline workers in addressing a number of serious gaps in the system, especially when it comes to health and safety, housing, piece rates, and other basic rights and standards.
Toronto – July 3, 2018 – UFCW Canada is proud to announce the 20 winners of the 2017 UFCW Canada Migrant Workers Scholarship.
Virgil, Ont. – June 18, 2018 – Over 250 migrant agriculture workers attended the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) Welcome Back Community Barbeque and Know Your Rights Workshop on June 10, held at the AWA centre in Virgil, Ontario.
Ottawa – March 7, 2018 – UFCW Canada recently met with the new Agriculture and Agri-Food Critic, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, to flesh out a number of important food sector issues facing UFCW Canada members and families.
Toronto – February 12, 2018 – UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agriculture workers, welcomes recently announced changes by Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) regarding the way the Board provides health care services to migrant farm workers.
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