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AWA grows again

The Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) grows stronger this season with the addition of another new centre — and an expanded outreach agenda to agriculture workers across the country.

Aramark workers at UBC vote “Yes”

Food service workers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan campus in Kelowna, B.C. have overwhelmingly voted “Yes” to certify UFCW Canada Local 247 as their union and bargaining agent.

National Council meets in Toronto

UFCW Canada leaders from across the country met in Toronto on May 12 for the first National Council meeting of the year.

UFCW Canada Boycotts Intolerance

UFCW Canada is calling on all members to stand in solidarity with their fellow workers and UFCW brothers and sisters in the United States by supporting a boycott against the State of Arizona, which recently passed a law that allows for greater discrimination against the State’s large and growing number of racialized residents and workers.

Local 401 reaches higher

Reaching Higher Together was the title and the goal of the 2010 UFCW Canada Local 401 Members Conference, held April 24-29, 2010 in Canmore, Alberta.

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – May 17, 2010

Homophobia and transphobia, like all forms of bigotry, are shameful and dangerous because they feed hate and propel inequality.

Europe welcomes Pietropaolo’s “Harvest Pilgrims”

Canadian photographer and social activist Vincenzo Pietropaolo recently displayed his award winning collection of migrant farm worker images, entitled “Harvest Pilgrims”, along with other works, at a prestigious exhibit at the University of Rome.

EPAC takes activism to a new level

UFCW Canada activists from Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia recently gathered in Niagara Falls to participate in the second phase of an exciting new training program offered by the national Education and Political Action Committee (EPAC).

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