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UFCW Canada a Leading Force at the 2011 OFL Convention

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Category: DIRECTIONS 11.48

UFCW Canada had an unparalleled presence at the 11th Biennial Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Convention in Toronto from November 21 to 25. With over 100 activists in attendance, UFCW Canada represented one of the largest delegations at the convention.

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Team Virgil wins first-ever Liberation Cup

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Category: DIRECTIONS 11.39

After weeks in the making, the first-ever Liberation Cup Soccer Tournament recently took place in Virgil, Ontario. Four teams in total participated, and three of the teams were comprised of migrant workers. The fourth team travelled from Toronto representing the San Lorenzo Community Center.

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The UFCW Canada – AWA Awards Dinner

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Category: AWA - Agriculture Workers Alliance

The UFCW Canada – AWA Awards were established to recognize exceptional individuals and organizations for making outstanding contributions and engaging in groundbreaking social justice work on behalf of Canada's agricultural workforce.

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New no-cost life insurance benefit for AWA members

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Category: DIRECTIONS 11.37

In addition to the many benefits of Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) membership, AWA members are now also automatically covered, at no cost, by a new Accidental Death and Dismemberment Plan. As of September 6, 2011, a $2,500 benefit will be paid to the family of an AWA member who dies while contracted to work in Canada.

 

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UFCW Canada stands with Abousfian Abdelrazik and the CLC against UN black list

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Category: DIRECTIONS 11.34

UFCW Canada – Canada’s largest private-sector union – has joined the Canadian Labour Congress and other leading organizations in calling on the United Nations to immediately remove Canadian Abousfian Abdelrazik from a UN Committee black list that affronts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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UFCW Canada campaign for Mexican farm workers supported by the CNC

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Category: DIRECTIONS 11.33

Mexico’s largest farm workers union denounces the violation of migrant workers’ labour rights.

Gerardo Sanchez, leader of the Conferederación Nacional Campesina (CNC, Mexico’s largest farm workers union) has presented a motion in the Senate demanding the Minister of Labour to inform the Congress about allegations of anti-union activities against migrant farm workers coming to Canada through the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program. Mexican media are reacting favorably to the CNC’s press release, which started circulating yesterday.

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