Time for Wal-Mart to import some equity: What’s good for Shanghai is good for St-Hyacinthe
Message from
Wayne Hanley, National Director UFCW Canada
Wayne Hanley, National Director UFCW Canada
As Canada’s largest single importer of goods from China, Wal-Mart’s next inbound shipment should also include the same pro-union attitude the company has shown toward its Chinese "associates" at all of the 66 Wal-Mart China locations recently unionized with the blessings of the company.
Recently, UFCW Canada had the pleasure of hosting a group of unionists from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU). During our deliberations, we discussed several matters pertaining to international labour issues, including Wal-Mart and its evolving position regarding unionization. The meeting ended enthusiastically, and some participants suggested that Wal-Mart’s concurrence with collective bargaining was the beginning of a new era for the corporation.













As of June 30th, Ontario farm workers are now covered under the Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). The new health and safety coverage for farm workers comes in the wake of a 3-year public awareness campaign and legal battle led by UFCW Canada.
For a decade UFCW Canada has led the campaign for safer, more just working conditions for farm workers, including the right to form unions for collective bargaining. Last year, in the wake of an ongoing UFCW Canada legal challenge on behalf of these workers, the McGuinty government finally relented and announced it would extend OHSA coverage to agricultural workers commencing June 30th.
TORONTO, ONT. – UFCW Canada members have set a new fundraising record of $1,133,808 in their annual campaign backing the efforts of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC). The record breaking campaign makes the UFCW Canada membership the largest annual supporter of LLSC’s research to find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers.
Les membres des TUAC Canada ont établi un nouveau record de 1 133 808 $ dans le cadre de leur levée de fonds annuelle à l’appui de la Société de leucémie & lymphome du Canada (SLLC). Avec ce don, les membres des TUAC Canada constituent le plus important donateur annuel de la SLLC dans le but de faire avancer la recherche pour vaincre la leucémie, les lymphomes et d’autres cancers du sang. 
















