UFCW 1518 in solidarity with Metro Vancouver Alliance
Vancouver – August 16, 2014 – Recently, UFCW Canada Local 1518 activists joined more than 650 Metro Vancouver social justice allies for the Metro Vancouver Alliance's first Founding Assembly.
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Virgil community celebrates AWA Centre's 10th anniversary of service
Virgil, Ont. – August 14, 2014 – Hundreds of migrant agriculture workers and allies gathered for the 10th Anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) Virgil Support Centre.
UFCW Canada files Gender Discrimination Complaint in B.C.
Canada's leading union for migrant workers files complaint before British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal
Vancouver – August 13, 2014 – UFCW Canada filed a human rights complaint before the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal today, denouncing B.C. employers who use discriminatory mechanisms that allow them to avoid hiring women under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).
UFCW Canada Atlantic activists celebrate Halifax Pride
Halifax – August 7, 2014 – UFCW Canada Atlantic activists proudly joined thousands of other participants at the Halifax Pride Parade, July 26. The parade was part of the 27th Annual Halifax Pride Festival and featured 106 floats — including a UFCW Canada float sponsored by the UFCW Canada Eastern Provinces Council (EPC).
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – August 9
Toronto – August 6, 2014 - On August 9, 1982, the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations met for the first time. Though the world’s Indigenous nations had suffered centuries of oppression and decimation under European colonization, it would still take the UN General Assembly another 25 years to adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UFCW activists loud and proud at 2014 Vancouver Pride Parade
Vancouver – August 5, 2014 – Members, staff, and officers from UFCW Canada Locals 1518 and 247 were loud and proud the 2014 Vancouver Pride Parade on August 3rd, where UFCW Canada played a leading role as part of the multi-union delegation that participated in the Parade.
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