Toronto – February 9, 2014 – UFCW Canada has told the Ontario government that the province’s proposal for a new, government-administered workers’ pension plan must be part of a bigger plan to create good jobs and raise the standard of living for all workers in Ontario.
On November 4, 2008, the day that Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election, it was an ecstatic moment. The day after his historic victory, I couldn't go anywhere without hearing raving comments from people who never imagined that they would see a Black president in the White House in their lifetime. This sentiment seemed to spread worldwide, from Kenya to Canada.
Toronto – February 5, 2015 – In Canada, the Supreme Court recently affirmed workers' right to strike as essential to meaningful collective bargaining. It is now Canada’s responsibility to support this decision at the international level.
Thank you for supporting the Best Case for Beer in Ontario and for standing up for more than 6,000 good union jobs across the province. Thanks to your support, UFCW Canada Local 12R24 members will continue to make a tremendous contribution to our local economies, the environment, and the overall safety of our neighbourhoods.
Toronto – January 19, 2015 – A new report released by Oxfam, the anti-poverty charity, reveals that the richest 1% of adults in the world increased their share of the world’s total wealth from 44% in 2009 to 48% in 2014.
Toronto – January 9, 2015 – In the 2011 federal election, Con boss Harper won a majority government even though only 39% of those who voted, voted Conservative. A majority of Canadians, 61%, voted against Harper but Harper rules.
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