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Latest report highlights how lack of union representation contributes to migrant worker vulnerability

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Toronto – May 9, 2022 – The latest research findings from Pro Bono Student Canada (PBSC) at Osgoode Hall Law School, in partnership with UFCW Canada, reveals how the lack of effective union representation continues to leave migrant agricultural workers in Canada vulnerable to exploitation.

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International Migrants Day

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International Migrants Day 2021

Toronto – December 15, 2021 – The United Nations (UN) proclaimed December 18 as International Migrants Day to recognize the contributions of migrants around the world and to acknowledge everything migrant workers do to help the economies of their host communities.

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AG report confirms migrant worker vulnerability but when will rebuke turn to action

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Toronto – December 10, 2021 – Canada’s Auditor General (AG) Karen Hogan has confirmed in a scathing report that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) continues to fall short in keeping migrant workers and Canadians safe from the deadly coronavirus.

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UFCW Canada advocacy gets results for migrant workers

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Toronto – July 8, 2021 – With the help of UFCW Canada, a group of migrant agricultural workers from Guatemala have successfully recovered their passports and work permits after they were illegally retained by their former employer in Redcliff, Alberta.

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UFCW Canada, along with migrant worker allies, to host groundbreaking web series

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Toronto – April 29, 2021 – Along with allies from the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), Justice for Migrant Workers (J4MW), Migrant Workers Alliance, and Ryerson University, UFCW Canada will host a three-part series that explores the experiences of migrant agricultural workers in Ontario.

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More PR opportunities for migrant workers welcomed, but much more action needed

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Ottawa – April 15, 2021 – The voice of Canada’s food workers, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the federal government to create an additional 30,000 permanent residency (PR) opportunities for more than 100 critical occupations, including farm, greenhouse, and food processing workers.

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