Members at Normandin IGA achieve new agreement – UFCW 509
Quebec City – September 22, 2014 – UFCW Local 509 is proud to announce that a new collective agreement has been reached by members at the IGA in Normandin.
Quebec City – September 22, 2014 – UFCW Local 509 is proud to announce that a new collective agreement has been reached by members at the IGA in Normandin.
Toronto – September 22, 2014 – Late on a Friday afternoon, while Parliament was not sitting, Con boss Harper quietly announced that his government had ratified the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA). Most Canadians have no idea what FIPA is.
Mississauga, Ont. – September 20, 2014 – Workers at the Quinte Humane Society in Belleville, Ontario voted unanimously in favour of joining UFCW Canada Local 175, at a certification vote held earlier this month.
Toronto – September 19, 2014 – Canada’s most progressive union is urging the Harper government to commit to supporting safe working conditions in Bangladesh’s garment sector. UFCW Canada activists are sending letters to the government demanding action to stop another tragedy like Rana Plaza, in which 1,135 garment workers were killed and more than 2,500 were injured when their factory collapsed more than a year ago.
Martensville, Sask.– September 18, 2014 – Dozens of community and family members joined UFCW Canada Local 1400 members at a picket line barbeque outside the Richardson Milling plant near Martensville, Saskatchewan on September 16.
Ottawa – September 17, 2014 – More than 100 migrant agriculture workers will now receive the EI Parental Benefits they were wrongfully denied by an Employment Insurance tribunal, in the wake of a successful legal battle supported by UFCW Canada, the Agriculture Workers Alliance, and argued by Niagara North Community Legal Assistance and the Income Security Advocacy Centre (ISAC).
Toronto – September 16, 2014 – Jorge Cortazar Lopez is 33-years-old and has been coming to Canada from his native Mexico for the past two years under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program.
Toronto – September 15, 2014 – UFCW International Union is calling on IKEA to guarantee secure employment and good wages for its workers in the United States.
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