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UFCW calls for further action for TFWs in wake of fire at Pioneer Flower Farms

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St. Catharines, Ont. – August 21, 2019 – UFCW Canada is calling for additional protections for migrant agrifood workers following a fire at Pioneer Flower Farms in St. Catharines, Ontario that has destroyed employees’ housing accommodations and resulted in further precarity for one of Canada’s most vulnerable worker populations.

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UFCW calls for further action to protect migrant workers in new submission to federal government

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Toronto – July 24, 2019 – In the wake of the federal government’s introduction of open work permits for migrant workers experiencing abuse, UFCW Canada has released a new submission calling on the government to pursue additional reforms that could help strengthen migrant workers’ rights and provide options for permanent residency.    

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UFCW joins migrant workers in calling for stronger health and safety protections

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Simcoe, Ont. – July 16, 2019 – UFCW Canada activists recently joined migrant workers from across Ontario to participate in the province’s “Next 5-Year Occupational Health and Safety Strategy” session. 

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Food workers’ union welcomes Canadian Agri-food Pilot

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Mississauga, Ont. – July 12, 2019 – UFCW Canada welcomes the federal government’s announcement regarding an agri-food pilot that will create additional opportunities for temporary foreign workers in the agri-food sector to immigrate to Canada.

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Migrant workers discuss need for open work permits at Leamington consultation

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Leamington, Ont. – April 22, 2019 – UFCW Canada recently joined over forty migrant workers to meet with federal government officials and discuss the need for open work permits for vulnerable migrant workers who have suffered physical, sexual, psychological, or financial abuse from their employers while working in Canada.

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Canada’s food workers’ union calls on government to reform TFWP

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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.

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