Toronto – April 29, 2015 – The world is coming to grips with the devastating tragedy resulting from the earthquake that hit Nepal this past Saturday. With thousands of buildings in Kathmandu and surrounding areas destroyed, the United Nations has reported that the human tragedy is continuing to unfold in catastrophic ways.
Toronto – April 27, 2015 – In the wake of Canada’s latest Avian Flu outbreak – this time in Ontario – the country’s largest poultry workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling on federal and provincial governments to introduce specific protections for front-line worker safety and to ensure that poultry workers are an integral part in the planning of any and all programs, regulations and strategies to prevent future outbreaks of the deadly virus.
Toronto – April 24, 2015 – UFCW Canada activists joined social justice allies in the heart of Toronto's financial district to mark the second anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh where more than 1,100 workers were killed on the job.
Ottawa – April 23, 2015 – This year, safer and healthier workplaces could be just one election away.
Toronto – April 21, 2015 – At a time when Canadians are struggling to find good paying jobs, more seniors are living in poverty, and while high unemployment persists, Harper's Conservatives introduced a budget more concerned with the continued gutting of services in order to squeeze out a balanced budget to bolster their re-election campaign.
Toronto – April 20, 2015 – UFCW Canada is proud to join our social justice and environmental allies in celebrating Earth Day on April 22, 2015.
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