Ottawa – March 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada, the country's leading and most progressive union, and members of Canada's Official Opposition held a joint press conference in Ottawa today announcing the release of the union's new, ground-breaking research report, "The Great Canadian Rip-Off!"
Toronto – March 13, 2014 – March is Migrant Worker Awareness Month. Students Against Migrant Exploitation (S.A.M.E.) and UFCW Canada have taken the message on the road — engaging, educating and empowering thousands of students since the tour began in March.
Toronto - March 10, 2014 – For Canadian Agricultural Safety Week – March 9-15, 2014, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) have set the theme as “Let’s Talk About It”. Yet, once again these two industry lobby groups have excluded from the conversation direct calls for legislative and regulatory safety provisions for the agriculture sector. It is a fatal and shameful exclusion in the face of the facts the industry and governments are well aware of.
Montreal – March 5, 2014 – UFCW Canada, which has been advocating for respect and the recognition of agriculture workers' rights in Quebec for nearly five years, is pleased with the provincial government's decision to grant seasonal agriculture workers the same rights as all workers in Quebec, including, in particular, the right to join a union.
Toronto – March 5, 2014 – As it stands right now, only a few Canadian provinces protect gender identity. While Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and the Northwest Territories explicitly protect gender identity from discrimination within their human rights legislation, other provinces do not.
Mexico City – March 3, 2014 – UFCW Canada and other leaders from the migrant workers' rights movement have requested a Thematic Hearing at the 150th regular session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The hearing is requested to highlight the responsibility of states of origin in the violation of temporary workers' labour rights, specifically during the process of selection, recruitment, hiring, monitoring and return, when traveling to the U.S. or Canada on temporary work visas.
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