Toronto – September 14, 2019 – We’re reminded every day how essential digital phone and internet services have become — and reminded every month that their cost keeps going up. Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world to stay digitally connected.
Toronto – September 13, 2019 – With the 2019 Federal Election campaign now underway, UFCW Canada has launched a new resource aimed at helping members and their families explore the key issues facing working people in this election, and learn more about where the parties stand on child care, the economy, retirement security, and more.
St. Catharines, Ont. – September 10, 2019 – UFCW Canada has helped a migrant worker from Mexico obtain one of the first open work permits in Ontario after the worker in question experienced abuse from her employer while working at a farm in the Niagara Falls area.
Toronto – September 11, 2019 – UFCW Canada welcomes the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal’s (CHRT) decision to issue a compensation order for children who suffered irreparable harm from the federal government’s discriminatory implementation of Jordan’s Principle.
Vaughan, Ont. – September 10, 2019 – UFCW Local 1006A members working at Swiss Chalet restaurants across Ontario have ratified a new union contract that provides benefit and wage gains and an improved shoe allowance.
Saint-Hyacinthe and Drummondville, Que. – September 9, 2019 – UFCW Local 500 members working at Laferté renovation centres in Saint-Hyacinthe and Drummondville, Quebec have achieved a new union contract that provides better wages and improved work/life balance.
Calgary – September 7, 2019 – The deadline for the UFCW Local 401 Robert McWilliams Memorial Scholarship is just weeks away.
Toronto – September 6, 2019 – Activists from the UFCW Canada National Office and Local 1006A recently attended the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) Region One conference in Toronto, where participants explored pressing issues facing black communities across North America and how we can unite “For a Better Tomorrow.”
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