• Français
FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram
Find Your Local Union
Subscribe to E-news
 
Login
Contact

UFCW Canada - Union Logo

Canada's Private Sector Union

  • About Our Union
  • Media & News
  • Resources
  • Issues
  • Action Centre
  • Join the Union

Know Your Rights Workshop

  • Print
Tweet

The Know Your Rights Workshop is one of Canada's longest-running education and outreach program for young workers. With one of the youngest memberships amongst unions in Canada, UFCW Canada is fully committed to helping young workers to protect themselves at work by gaining a solid understanding of their labour and employment rights.

This workshop is presented to students in senior high school classes as well as colleges and universities, presenting them with practical information about their rights at work, the history of the labour movement and how to stay safe on the job.

For almost a decade, UFCW Canada representatives and member activists have presented these workshops in a fun and interactive way to young workers about workplace issues that resonates with students and creates a comfortable, non-judgmental learning environment.

Highlights include learning more about:

Human Rights: From understanding the plight of migrant workers to confronting harassment and racism on the job, students learn more about the need for Human Rights here in Canada.

Employment Standards: All students benefit from knowing there are laws about minimum wage, work hours, overtime, vacation and terminations.

Labour Rights: Freedom of association is part of Canada's charter of rights from which students learn how workers can bargain collectively to combine their power to improve their lives.

Health & Safety: All workers, young and old, need to know they have the right to know about workplace hazards, the right to participate in reducing workplace risks and the right to refuse unsafe work.  

The Know Your Rights Workshop is an accessible program that adapts easily to courses in many Secondary School Curriculums, notably:

  • Co-operative education
  • Career education
  • Business studies

If you are interested in booking a Know Your Rights workshop, please email: knowyourrights@ufcw.ca

  • Young Workers
    • Young Workers Committee
    • #TossTuition - Make tuition free
    • Young-Workers Internship Program (YIP)
    • Know Your Rights Workshop
    • Young Workers Blog
    • News
  • Join the Union
  • About Our Union
    • About Our Union
      • Find Your Local Union
      • National President
      • National Council
      • Constitution
      • Union History
      • Mission Statement
      • Annual Reports
      • Join UFCW Canada
  • Media & News
    • Media & News
      • News
      • Media
      • Action Calendar
      • Subscribe to E-news
  • Resources
    • Resources
      • Classroom Training
      • webCampusPLUS - Online Training
      • Health & Safety and Environment
      • Union Scholarships
      • Migrant Workers Scholarships
      • The National Defence Fund
      • Together Fairness Works
      • Member Discounts
  • Issues
    • Issues
      • Leukemia Fundraising
      • Political Action
      • Women and Gender Equity
      • Social Justice
      • The Union for Agriculture Workers
      • UFCW Pride – Union Pride!
      • Young Workers
      • Food Justice
      • Global Solidarity
  • Action Centre
    • Action Centre
      • Stop Greed at Saskatoon Co-op
      • Tell Mama Earth Organics to respect workers’ rights!
      • National Food Policy needs Food Workers!
      • End Discrimination Against First Nations Children NOW!
      • Paid Leave for Survivors of Domestic Violence NOW!
      • #TossTuition - Make tuition free
      • Help close the Gender Wage Gap today
      • Tell Walmart: Protect workers’ safety in Bangladesh!
      • Stop Cargill’s union-busting in Turkey
  • Join the Union
    • Join the Union
      • Why UFCW Canada
      • Union Advantage
      • Union Facts
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Workplaces We Represent
      • How to Join a Union
      • Join Now

Login

FacebookTwitterYoutubeInstagram

Copyright © 2018 UFCW Canada. All Rights Reserved
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Canada's private sector union