More than 1,900 women activists, students, researchers and trade unionists recently gathered in Ottawa, July 3 to 7, for the 2011 Women's Worlds Congress. UFCW Canada was one of the event's sponsors, which every three years draws participants from around the world to explore how issues like equality, human rights, economics, labour rights, and education impact women.
The UFCW Canada Human Rights department’s Education Has No Borders international campaign is this year’s winner of the prestigious Breaking Barriers Award from the Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM).
In a groundbreaking achievement for upholding the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution on human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
UFCW Canada Local 401 recently made a stand for equality and LGBT rights by joining hundreds of participants at the 2011 Edmonton Pride Parade.
On September 13, 2007, eleven years after declaring June 21 as National Aboriginal Day, Canada voted against the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Migrant workers from Mexico and the Caribbean gathered in B.C. and Ontario on June 19 to rally for human rights and to “celebrate” another Father’s Day apart from their families.
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