UFCW Canada Local 501 campaign gains new Quebec agriculture unit

Montreal – October 2, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 501 is pleased to welcome approximately 140 agriculture workers at Productions Horticoles Demers Inc. near Levis, Quebec as the newest members of Local 501.



Ottawa – September 30, 2013 – In 1992, October was proclaimed Women's History Month to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of women throughout Canadian history. October was chosen to coincide with anniversary of the Persons Case, which On October 18, 1929 – through the courage and determination of the Famous Five, the five Canadian women who launched the case – established once and for all that women were "persons" when the Privy Council overturned a Supreme Court of Canada decision and ruled that women were indeed persons, and could become Senators.
Simcoe, Ont. – September 23, 2013 – Hundreds of migrant and domestic agriculture workers, UFCW Canada and AWA activists, and community allies gathered on September 20, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) worker support centre in Simcoe, Ontario.
Toronto – September 13, 2013 – North America’s leading voice for workers and their families,