A leaked document has been deposited with the British Columbia Labour Board to back up charges that the Mexican consulate in Vancouver allegedly blacklisted Mexican migrant workers who were union sympathizers from returning to Canada this season to the two Lower Mainland farms where those workers had successfully unionized.
The UFCW Canada National Council Human Rights, Equity & Diversity (HRED) Committee met recently in Winnipeg, Manitoba for the first of two yearly meetings.
Ed Wendel, the UFCW International’s long-time General Counsel, has retired after nearly four decades of “outstanding service to the union,” says UFCW Canada National President Wayne Hanley.