This December 6, women and men and families will gather at vigils and memorials across the country to commemorate the 14 young women who were murdered by a gunman chanting "I hate feminists" on December 6, 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
Amidst the furor over a judge’s ruling to remove Toronto mayor Rob Ford from office, an important vote recently took place by the city’s councillors that has a significant impact on tens of thousands of UFCW Canada members and retail workers in the country’s largest municipality.
Retail workers at a Staples Business Depot location in Winnipeg, Manitoba have voted “Yes!” to UFCW Canada.
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Over 40 NDP Members of Parliament recently met with leaders from UFCW Canada and the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) at an event in Ottawa hosted by the two leading unions.
Youth activists from UFCW Canada Local Unions across the country recently met in Winnipeg for the second phase of the 2012 Youth Internship Program, which focused on building strength in the retail industry, and followed Phase One where the group met in the Western Region and Ontario.
The decision by Superior Court Justice Charles Hackland to remove Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office – for violating Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest laws – finally shows the people of Canada’s largest municipality that wealthy, well-connected politicians are not above the law and they can’t ignore it.
Walmart workers, with the full encouragement of UFCW members and activists around the world, came out in force on “Black Friday” to make history by leading over 1,000 protests throughout the United States.
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