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Affordable Child Care for All

Toronto – August 8, 2019 – Add your voice to the call for a national strategy to make high quality, publicly funded, and affordable child care available for every family who wants it.

UFCW celebrates Toronto Caribbean Carnival

Toronto – August 7, 2019 – UFCW Canada activists and family members joined hundreds of thousands of revelers on August 3, for the 52nd Annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – August 9

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – August 9 Toronto – August 5, 2019 – Each year on August 9, we honour the contributions made by Indigenous Peoples across the world. More than 350 million Indigenous people reside in more than 90 countries, speak 7,000 languages combined, and represent 5,000 different cultures.

Food retail members at Metro Bélair achieve wage, premium gains – UFCW 500

Joliette (Que.) – August 3, 2019 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members working at Metro Bélair in Joliette have ratified a new collective agreement with a number of gains for the 158 cashier assistants, clerks, butchers, fish counter attendants and assistant department managers at the location.

Help bring justice to Uber drivers

Toronto – August 2, 2019 – UFCW Canada is calling on all activists and allies to join the campaign to bring justice to Uber Canada drivers who are fighting for their health, safety, labour and union rights.

Migrant worker in Quebec granted first-ever open work permit

Sainte-Mélanie, Que. – August 1, 2019 – With the help of UFCW Canada, a Mexican farm worker has become the first migrant worker in Canada to be granted an open work permit after experiencing abuse from his employer while working at an onion farm in Quebec.

UFCW EPC activists show their Pride at P.E.I. parade

Charlottetown, P.E.I. – July 31, 2019 – UFCW Canada members, activists, family, and friends came out in record numbers on July 27 to celebrate Pride in P.E.I. at the annual Pride Parade in Charlottetown.

ASP security guards at Calgary International Airport join the union – UFCW 401

Calgary – July 30, 2019 – Security guards at the Calgary International Airport are the newest members of UFCW Local 401 after recently voting to join the union.

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