By the Numbers: The Sustainability Challenge
75,000
Square kilometres of Arctic sea ice that melted every day in August 2012. That’s like losing ice the size of New Brunswick every 24 hours. (Source)
Canada's Private Sector Union
By the Numbers: Education - Right or Privilege?
Tuition fees for post-secondary education have increased to record levels in most provinces, according to a Statistics Canada release. Tuition fees are the main barrier to post-secondary education. Student debt in Canada is becoming unbearable and is having a detrimental impact on students’ mental health; the higher the financial worry the greater levels of anxiety, tension, difficulty sleeping and other disorders.
By The Numbers: North America’s Largest Food Retailers
According to the Supermarket News (SN), for the first time ever all 75 companies in the Top 75 food retailers and wholesalers in North America achieved annual sales in excess of $1 billion.
By the Numbers: 6 Walmart heirs have as much wealth as 42% of Americans combined
New numbers show that just 6 members of the Walton family – who collectively own over 48% of Walmart – have as much wealth as 42% of all Americans. These numbers make it more apparent than ever that the Waltons can certainly afford to pay their workers a living wage.
By the Numbers: Unions and Prosperity
The Economic Policy Institute of Washington, D.C. has released a new graphic and backgrounder that confirm what labour activists have long known: as union membership has steadily fallen in the United States, income inequality has risen to levels not seen since the 1920s.
Jobless rates in Canada, 2012
Where is the job growth strategy that the Conservative Government promised to deliver? The numbers released in June by the Statistics Canada show just a mediocre picture of job creation in Canada.
Copyright © 2026 UFCW Canada. All Rights Reserved
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Canada's private sector union