UFCW Canada joins first-ever Broadbent Institute summit
Toronto – April 2, 2014 – UFCW Canada activists joined more than 600 other labour and social justice allies and academics from across Canada for the first-ever Progress Summit, held in Ottawa, March 28 to 30. The Progress Summit was organized by the Broadbent Institute, named in honour of Ed Broadbent, the former leader of the New Democratic Party. The institute is an independent, progressive organization which campaigns for working people, their unions, and the environment.
Toronto - March 10, 2014 – For Canadian Agricultural Safety Week – March 9-15, 2014, the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) have set the theme as “Let’s Talk About It”. Yet, once again these two industry lobby groups have excluded from the conversation direct calls for legislative and regulatory safety provisions for the agriculture sector. It is a fatal and shameful exclusion in the face of the facts the industry and governments are well aware of.
