Like, share, post in support of Team Unite – CLC 2021
Winnipeg – January 15, 2021 – Like, share and post your support for Bea Bruske and Team Unite as they vie to the lead the country’s labour movement through an unprecedented crisis.
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Ford government refuses to implement paid sick leave as pandemic intensifies
Toronto – January 14, 2021 – Doug Ford’s conservative government continues to ignore the advice of the province’s top medical experts by choosing not to green-light potentially lifesaving paid sick leave for Ontarians.
UFCW 401 supports Quesada family in their criminal complaint against Cargill High River
High River, Alta. – January 13, 2021 – The family of Benito Quesada, a UFCW Local 401 Shop Steward and Cargill employee who died on May 7, 2020 as a result of COVID-19, has asked the RCMP to investigate his workplace death as a criminal matter.
UFCW Canada launches new and improved weekly newsletter
Toronto – January 13, 2021 – A new year means a new look for UFCW Canada’s long-running e-newsletter, Directions. The award-winning publication will now serve its online audience with a new issue every Wednesday in their official language preference.
1000 days of fighting for trade union rights at Cargill Turkey
Toronto – January 11, 2021 – This day marks a grim hallmark in the effort to secure trade union rights for 14 workers at Cargill’s Bursa-Orhangazi starch and sugar factory who were dismissed after joining Turkey’s food workers union, Tekgida-İş, an affiliate of the IUF.
Higgs Government continues to leave essential long-term care workers out in the cold
Moncton, N.B. – January 8, 2021 – UFCW Canada is calling on the Higgs government in New Brunswick to do the right thing and stop its 5-month exclusion of essential long-term care workers from the federally funded wage top-up program.
BDM Scholarship helps UFCW 864 member with college fees
Halifax – January 6, 2021 – Pratik Patel is one of eighteen winners of the UFCW Canada – BDM Scholarship. Currently studying Massage Therapy at Eastern College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Pratik is a proud member of UFCW Local 864.
Politics Blog: NDP continues to fight for pensions and workers’ rights
Ottawa – January 4, 2021 – Canada’s NDP is the only political party that consistently stands up for the rights of workers and the protection of their pensions and benefits.
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