More than 300 migrant agriculture workers – the largest gathering ever of migrant workers in Canada – travelled to Toronto on June 20 to participate in No Rights, No Rules: Migrant Workers in a Globalized World — an international forum on the challenges, obstacles and exploitation faced by migrant and temporary workers in Canada.
As we look back on the G20 meetings just held in Toronto, and forward to our country’s birthday, Canadian working families have a lot to think about this Canada Day.
For the president of UFCW Canada Local 102, the key to building a local union can be summed up in a few words. "It's all about servicing," says Dominic Musitano, who took the helm of Local 102 three years ago and since then has dedicated himself to earning the trust of hospitality workers and creating an organizing culture.
Following the success of the Education Has No Borders event recently held in Toronto, UFCW Canada and Migrante Canada combined their efforts in June to launch a series of community workshops.
UFCW Canada has become a leader in tackling immigrant and migrant issues facing communities throughout Canada.
Two UFCW Canada local unions have newly-elected presidents.
MEXICO CITY - On Thursday, July 1st, Maria Rosa Marquez Cabrera, representing the Secretaria de Desarrollo Rural y Equidad para las Comunidades (SEDEREC) and Victor Carrozzino, executive assistant to the UFCW Canada National President, signed a mutual cooperation and Letter of Intent to protect the human and labour rights of Mexican temporary agricultural migrant workers in Canada, as well as members of their families living in Mexico City.
UFCW Canada and its three million union brothers and sisters in the Canadian labour movement have joined a growing number of concerned citizens in calling for a full public inquiry into the actions of the police and other security services during the recent G20 meetings in Toronto.
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