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Restaurant members at Stella’s Sherbrook achieve first contract – UFCW 832

Winnipeg – October 11, 2019 – UFCW Local 832 members working at the Stella’s Sherbrook restaurant in Winnipeg have achieved their first union contract.

Migrant workers learn about health and safety, open work permits at UFCW barbeque

Leamington, Ont. – October 10, 2019 – Migrant farm workers from across the Windsor-Essex area recently joined UFCW Canada and the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) for an end-of-summer barbeque and a workshop on health and safety held at the AWA Workers Support Centre in Leamington, Ontario.

UFCW Canada honours National Coming Out Day – October 11

Toronto – October 9, 2019 – National Coming Out Day originated in 1988 and was first observed on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Young Workers Blog: These are the issues young people want to see addressed in this election

Saskatoon, Sask. – October 8, 2019 – Most of the issues that need to be addressed in the federal election are the same problems that young people have been waiting for action on since we were born.

Canada’s leading union attends Sisters in Spirit Vigils

Oakville and Ohsweken, Ont. – October 7, 2019 – UFCW Canada recently attended Sisters in Spirit Vigils in Oakville and Ohsweken to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and to demand government action on this important issue.

UFCW supports World Mental Health Day – October 10

Toronto – October 5, 2019 – Every October 10, people around the world observe World Mental Health Day to raise awareness of the stigmas surrounding mental illness and the importance of promoting mental health.