Time to pay up for Rana Plaza victims
Toronto – March 30, 2015 — UFCW Canada is calling on all activists to step up the pressure on certain global brands that have yet to provide adequate payments to a Rana Plaza victims’ compensation fund.
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UFCW International helps launch groundbreaking immigration program
Omaha, Nebraska – March 26, 2015 – Recently, hundreds of UFCW International staff and activists met in Omaha for outreach training sessions to help members in applying for a new immigration program that would protect undocumented workers and their American-born children against unjust deportation, and provide the family members the legal right to work.
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — March 21
Toronto – March 18, 2015 – On March 21, 1960, in the Township of Sharpeville in apartheid-era South Africa, government forces massacred 69 people, including ten children, who were part of a peaceful protest outside of a local police station.
Latest Bangladesh tragedy renews call for independent safety inspections
Mongla, Bangladesh – March 12, 2015 – At least five workers were killed, and another 100 were trapped after a concrete factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday.
UFCW Canada advocates for migrant workers at Labour Rights Week in Oaxaca
Oaxaca, Mexico – March 9, 2015 – Recently, the Mexican state of Oaxaca held its first Labour Rights Week for Migrant Workers.
UFCW leaders arrested at justice demonstration for New York City car wash workers
New York City, New York – March 5, 2015 – On Wednesday, in an act of civil disobedience, top leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), as well as local elected and community leaders, were arrested as part of a demonstration in support of the rights of car wash workers in New York City.
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