Trade, food policy, indigenous rights highlighted at 2017 Progress Summit

Ottawa – April 10, 2017 – UFCW Canada activists joined hundreds of labour and social justice allies from across Canada and the United States for the fourth annual Progress Summit, held in Ottawa from April 5 to 7.


Toronto – April 7, 2017 – The International Day of Pink is commemorated on the second Wednesday of April as an annual reminder that bullying has no place in our society.
Toronto – March 20, 2017 – In 1966, the United Nations declared March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in memory of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre when South African police killed 69 anti-apartheid protesters.
Toronto – March 14, 2017 – Students Against Migrant Exploitation (SAME) recently brought their message of creative activism to more than 200 participants at the Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) Annual Global Citizens conference held at York University in Toronto.
Toronto – February 16, 2017 – UFCW Canada and UFCW Local Unions led the way at dozens of Pride Parades across the country in 2016. In advance of the 2017 Pride Season, UFCW Canada has produced a new resource guide – Creating a UFCW Canada Local Union Pride Committee.
Toronto – January 30, 2017 – The UFCW Canada family extends our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the attack on the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre.