Toronto – April 5, 2013 – Communities across Ontario are calling on Premier Kathleen Wynne to designate Tuesday, April 9 as Equal Pay Day, as a first step to closing the 28 percent gender pay gap that still exists in the province.
Toronto – April 5, 2013 – Fast food workers in New York City need your help. They are making a brave stand for the right to join a union and for fairness by walking off the job to protest the growing inequality between their pay and the profits of their super-rich employers – like McDonalds, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut – who cash-in and hoard the profits of a $200-billion industry.
Montreal – April 2, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 500 is leading a tour throughout Quebec to engage union members, grocery store workers and community members about the critical importance of supporting local businesses that respect labour rights and build good jobs in the retail food sector.
Toronto – March 28, 2013 – UFCW Canada activists and officers joined more than 180 delegates and participants in a strategic forum this week about building a broad-based national coalition based on the values that are shared by the majority of Canadians as well as the labour movement – such as fairness, equal opportunity, and a safe and healthy place to work and live.
Toronto – March 26, 2013 – Seeking fairness and respect at their workplace, a new group of LensCrafters employees has voted “Yes!” to joining Canada’s best union and leading voice for retail workers.
Montreal – March 21, 2013 - While the vast majority of Zellers stores have ceased operations, including those locations purchased by American retail giant Target, one Quebec store under the Zellers banner has survived the wave of closures.
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