Toronto – March 2, 2017 – Calls to stop a government crackdown on trade unionists and garment workers in Bangladesh have paid off as the 35 activists who were arrested in a series of December 2016 raids have been released.
Toronto – February 15, 2017 – UFCW Canada activists recently brought the voice and concerns of young workers to the federal government’s Expert Panel on Youth Employment.
Toronto – February 9, 2017 – UFCW Canada activists joined more than 400 allies for a picket line rally at the Molson Brewery in Toronto, where members of CUBGW 325 (Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers/NUPGE) were forced out on strike after the company’s refusal to bargain a fair contract.
Toronto – January 26, 2017 – UFCW activists and Local Unions were out in full force across Canada at marches and events held in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, January 21.
Toronto – January 20, 2017 – Four years after the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,100 textile workers were killed on the job when the garment factory they were working in collapsed, the government of Bangladesh is still ignoring agreements made after the tragedy to establish workplace safety, and has now allowed a brutal crackdown on garment union activists.
Toronto – January 20, 2017 – Canada's leading union for young workers has launched an innovative, new webinar series entitled Impact.
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