Drag Academy and UFCW Outreach offer training for UFCW members
Toronto – May 17, 2024 – UFCW Outreach and Drag Academy are partnering to deliver tailored courses to UFCW members that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia & Transphobia 2023
Toronto – May 17, 2023 – May 17 marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexphobia & Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Created in 2004, IDAHOBIT seeks to raise awareness of the discrimination and violence that is experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex, and two-spirit (LGBTQI2S) persons around the world.
UFCW EPC activists loud and proud at Halifax Pride Parade
Halifax – July 20, 2022 – Activists from the UFCW Canada Eastern Provinces Council (EPC) joined tens of thousands of participants from across the region for the 35th Annual Halifax Pride Parade, held on July 16.
Canada’s leading union participates in “Labor’s Voice” discussion on LGBTQ12S rights
Los Angeles, California – June 25, 2021 – Activists from UFCW OUTreach, the United Food and Commercial Workers’ constituency group dedicated to building mutual support between UFCW and the LGBTQI2S community, recently participated in the live-streamed show, Labor’s Voice, to discuss LGBTQI2S workers’ rights in North America.
UFCW Canada honours Transgender Day of Remembrance – November 20
Toronto – November 17, 2021 – Since 1999, the Transgender Day of Remembrance has been observed annually on November 20, following the murder of Rita Hester.
UFCW Protects the Rights of LGBTQ+ Workers
Toronto – October 14, 2020 – In honour of National Coming Out Day, UFCW OUTreach, in collaboration with UCLA Labor Center, has released a first-ever report on the rights of LGBQITNB persons at work.
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