Toronto – November 9, 2013 – A youth leader from Toronto is the first recipient of the Wayne Hanley Award: recently established by the UFCW Local 1993 membership to recognize outstanding displays of youth leadership and achievement.
Barrie, Ont. – November 8, 2013 – Local 175 member Nicholas Chun, from Barrie, Ontario, has won the UFCW’s prestigious international scholarship – totalling $8,000. The UFCW International Scholarship is awarded annually to eight UFCW members or their dependents across North America.
Toronto – October 26, 2013 – Join thousands of others and get your own copy of 100 YEARS OF SOLIDARITY. This CD compilation of labour songs is written and performed by a new generation of Canadian artists and labour activists.
Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. – August 20, 2013 – UFCW Canada’s premier youth training and education program, the Youth Internship Program (YIP), recently wrapped up its 2013 sessions with stops in all four regions of the country. As unions struggle against unprecedented attacks by governments and corporations across Canada, building youth leadership skills for young activists is more important than ever.
Toronto – August 17, 2013 – The global youth unemployment rate, estimated at 12.6% or 73 million in 2013, has reached an alarming level. Secure, full-time, good jobs – once a norm for previous generations – are much less accessible to today’s youth.
Toronto – August 10, 2013 – UFCW Canada is giving migrant workers and their families hope for a better future through the 2013 Migrant Workers Scholarship program, which offers twenty $500 union scholarships to the family members of migrant workers.
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