Calgary takes Pride

It may have rained on Calgary’s annual Pride Parade but that didn’t stop a record crowd from participating in the parade’s 20th anniversary.

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LATUC convention builds international solidarity

Activists from across Canada recently gathered in Toronto to take part in the first constitutional convention of the newly established Latin American Trade Unionists Coalition (LATUC). The historic event involved over 200 trade unionists from several different countries representing a large number of Latin American experiences and backgrounds.

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BDM Scholarship deadline approaching

The application deadline for the Beggs-Dowling-Mathieu (BDM) Scholarship is rapidly approaching. 

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Latin American migrant workers brutally massacred in Mexico

On August 24, 2010, the bodies of 72 migrants from Central and South America were found in San Fernando, Mexico, approximately 100 km south of the U.S. border. The migrant workers included 58 men and 14 women. All of them had been shot dead and piled in a room.

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Leading the way on Labour Day

UFCW Canada activists came out in full force on September 6 to join working families at Labour Day parades, picnics and other community events. At one of Canada’s largest and most time-honoured Labour Day festivities – the Toronto Labour Day Parade – several UFCW Canada local unions combined their presence to create one of the biggest groups in the celebration.

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Mike Freeman, 1954-2010

Mike Freeman s’est dévoué pendant plus de 20 ans à aider le mouvement syndical canadien à trouver les mots et à créer les images qui feraient une différence dans la vie des travailleurs. Membre de longue date de la grande famille des TUAC, le confrère Freeman est décédé subitement le 13 avril au bureau national, alors qu’il accomplissait ce à quoi il était destiné et qu’il aimait tant. Il avait 55 ans.

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