Canada’s leading union launches UFCW Pride News Channel to showcase member, community involvement in historic World Pride 2014 Toronto

Toronto – June 20, 2014 – Canada’s leading union, UFCW Canada, is proud to announce the official launch UFCW Pride News, a multimedia channel dedicated to providing dynamic coverage of this year’s World Pride events held in Toronto!

As a leading force for advancing inclusion, diversity and social justice, UFCW Canada is proud to be joining more than 2 million participants from around the world at this year’s Pride week, including UFCW Canada activists from across the country.

Pride supporters in Toronto and around the globe will be able to get the latest multimedia coverage of #WPTO14 by checking in with the UFCW Pride News Team at www.ufcw.ca/pride.

Pride participants can also find event information at www.ufcw.ca/pride, including the Special UFCW Canada Pride Event on Saturday, June 20, proudly open to everyone. For more information, please visit our Event Page on Facebook.

“UFCW Canada members and activists from across the country are looking forward to participating in World Pride, and joining thousands of Canadians to celebrate this exciting event, and in expressing our pride about Toronto being this year’s host city,” says UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema, who too will be joining activists, community members, and friends from around the world at what promises to be a historic festival.

UFCW Canada is Canada's leading and most progressive union, representing more than a quarter of a million workers in the country's food, retail and commercial industries. UFCW Canada is the country's most innovative organization dedicated to building fairness in workplaces and communities.