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S.A.M.E. puts "Stop the Blacklisting" campaign on Metropolis agenda

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Category: DIRECTIONS 14.22

Gatineau, Que. – ­­March 20, 2014 – Capping off two weeks of workshops with thousands of students across Ontario, Students Against Migrant Exploitation (S.A.M.E.) arrived at the Metropolis Conference in Gatineau, Quebec for yet another powerful action to end migrant worker exploitation.

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S.A.M.E. empowers thousands of activists for Migrant Worker Awareness Month

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Category: DIRECTIONS 14.20

Toronto – ­­March 13, 2014 – March is Migrant Worker Awareness Month. Students Against Migrant Exploitation (S.A.M.E.) and UFCW Canada have taken the message on the road — engaging, educating and empowering thousands of students since the tour began in March.

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2013 UFCW Canada – BDM Scholarship Winner: Trevor Chan, Local 1518

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Category: DIRECTIONS 14.18

Burnaby, B.C. – March 4, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 1518 member Trevor Chan is one of eighteen UFCW Canada – BDM Scholarship winners for 2013. Trevor (pictured receiving his scholarship cheque from Local 1518's director of member services Donna Tremblay) is enrolled as a first-year student at the BC Institute of Technology in Burnaby.

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Youth volunteers gear up for S.A.M.E. Awareness Tour 2014

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Category: DIRECTIONS 14.10

Toronto  – February 6, 2014 – The countdown has started to the launch of the S.A.M.E. Awareness Tour 2014 — building on the success of the 2013 tour and outreach which energized more than 10,000 Ontario youth to defend human rights and fight for migrant worker justice.

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Video Contest: One Minute to Tell the World how "Fairness Works"

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Category: DIRECTIONS 14.07

Ottawa – January 24, 2014 – UFCW Canada members are encouraged to participate in an exciting video contest that tells the world what fairness means to you, your family, and your community — in one minute or less.

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Ontario should scrap the student minimum wage

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A panel tasked with advising the Province of Ontario on how it should determine future changes to the minimum wage will be submitting its recommendations to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne this month. The panel heard calls for a $14 an hour minimum wage from various social justice organizations and civil society groups – including Health Providers Against Poverty and the Canadian Federation of Students – that were well-publicized in the media.

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