By the Numbers: Food bank use rising in Canada’s major cities
Toronto – November 29, 2018 – Food banks were established over 30 years ago as a short-term solution to addressing hunger in Canada.
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Maple Leaf consolidation to affect more than 1,400 members
Toronto – November 28, 2018 – At a meeting on Monday, November 26, Maple Leaf Foods announced plans to consolidate its Ontario plants by 2022.
Warehousing members at WIPTEC achieve new contract – UFCW 500
Sherbrooke, Que. – November 27, 2018 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members working at WIPTEC in Sherbrooke, Quebec have recently achieved a new collective agreement.
Hockey success runs in family of UFCW 12R24 activist
Whitby, Ont. – November 26, 2018 – Trevor McQuigge, a longstanding UFCW Canada Local 12R24 activist, is elated that his daughter, Rachel, has been named Goalie of the Week in the ECAC Hockey conference, one of six conferences that compete in NCAA Division ice hockey in the United States.
UFCW 1006A members at Cornwall YIG forced to strike
Cornwall, Ont. – November 24, 2018 – UFCW Local 1006A food retail members at the Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer, or YIG, in Cornwall, Ontario were forced on strike on November 23.
UFCW commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – November 25
Toronto – November 23, 2018 – Each year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated on November 25.
New contract for food retail members at IGA Île Bizard – UFCW 500
L'Île-Bizard, Que.– November 22, 2018 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members working at IGA in L'Île-Bizard, Quebec have achieved a new collective agreement that comes into effect on January 1, 2019.
Vision Loss Rehabilitation workers join the union – UFCW 401
Calgary – November 21, 2018 – Workers at Vision Loss Rehabilitation Alberta are the newest members to join UFCW Canada Local 401.
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