Toronto – May 22, 2015 – UFCW Canada activists joined allies on the streets of Toronto for the International Day of Action Against Chevron to protest against the Chevron Corporation's poor environmental track record and to demand justice for indigenous communities around the world, who have been poisoned, displaced, or have died from cancer and other diseases linked to Chevron's devastation of the environment.
Toronto – May 11, 2015 – UFCW Canada activists joined social justice allies from Canada's Filipino community and beyond, to protest the worker and human rights violations by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III's government as well as by the Harper government, during a recent meeting between the two countries’ leaders in Toronto.
Calgary – May 2, 2015 – UFCW Canada Local 401 and Local 1118 activists recently joined other labour activists from across the province for the 2015 Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) Convention.
Toronto – April 29, 2015 – The world is coming to grips with the devastating tragedy resulting from the earthquake that hit Nepal this past Saturday. With thousands of buildings in Kathmandu and surrounding areas destroyed, the United Nations has reported that the human tragedy is continuing to unfold in catastrophic ways.
Toronto – April 23, 2015 – Students Against Migrant Exploitation (S.A.M.E.) recently concluded their annual tour, conducting workshops at more than 80 colleges, universities, elementary schools and community centres in more than 20 cities throughout Canada, the United States and Brazil to bring awareness to the problem of migrant worker exploitation.
Toronto – April 13, 2015 – A new report reveals how some Ontario employers cheat workers out of basic entitlements such as overtime pay, and in some cases minimum wage, by claiming the workers are not covered under the Employment Standards Act.
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