RWDSU Northern Joint Council President, and UFCW International Vice-President, Derik McArthur received The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal on May 4 for his outstanding public service and strong community leadership.
The National Council Women’s Advisory Committee (NCWAC) recently met in Calgary to discuss a number of initiatives and issues, including women’s safety, both in and outside the workplace.
The age when Canadians qualify for Old Age Security (OAS) program starting 2023, thanks to the Harper Conservative government.
UFCW Canada national partner First Nations Child and Family Caring Society (FNCFCS), along with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), and the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) have won an unprecedented victory — with the Federal Court of Canada granting the appellants' application for appeal and ordering the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) to appoint another panel to review their historic First Nations child welfare case.
UFCW Canada is dismayed to see that two private members bills intended to enhance workers' rights in Ontario neglect to provide agriculture workers with organizing and collective bargaining rights.
May is designated each year as Asian Heritage Month by virtue of an official declaration signed by the Canadian government in 2002. According to the Declaration, immigrants from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western and Southeast Asia have brought Canadian society a rich cultural heritage.
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