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UFCW Canada wins Website of the Year at CALM Awards

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UFCW Canada recently won top honours at this year’s Canadian Association of Labour Media Awards in Hamilton, Ontario, where www.ufcw.ca was recognized with the prize for Best Overall Website. Singled out for its strong commitment to providing timely content, excellent design, action opportunities, social media integration, and groundbreaking resources like webCampus, the union’s national website www.ufcw.ca was described by CALM judges as a “model” for electronic labour communications.

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International Solidarity between UFCW Canada and FLOC results in historic meeting with major tobacco companies on farmworkers’ rights

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In a landmark breakthrough for farm worker rights and international solidarity, major tobacco companies have agreed to designate a committee made up of representatives of tobacco manufacturers, tobacco growers, and farm workers to discuss freedom of association and other basic rights for farm workers in the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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Canada and Mexico must stop labour and environmental abuse at Canadian-run Mexican mine

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A group of workers and communal landowners at the La Platosa mine in Mexico have charged the mine's Canadian-owned operator with union busting and violating a contract to share revenue and protect the environment around the mine. The group came to Ottawa to file their complaint against the Canadian company Excellon Resources, just days before the annual meeting of the Canada-Mexico Partnership in Ottawa.

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