New unit at Maple Leaf Mississauga
UFCW Canada Local 175 has been certified as the bargaining agent for workers at a Maple Leaf Foods processing facility in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Campaign victory for Guatemalan migrants
The UFCW Canada and Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) campaign No More Injustice and Oppression Against Migrants! has prompted the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Canadian employer associations FERME and FARMS to stop demanding an outrageous security payment from Guatemalan migrants.
Company kills XL Beef plant in Moose Jaw
It began as a so-called “layoff”, turned into a 40-week lockout, and reached the end of the line when on August 13 Calgary-based Nilsson Brothers Inc. told UFCW Canada Local 1400 members that the XL Beef slaughterhouse they worked at in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will be permanently closed within 90 days.
Organizing for activists builds on growth agenda
Building on the momentum of the Growth Summit held in March this year (see DIRECTIONS 10.11), “Organizing for Activists” — a new National Office training initiative — was recently made available to UFCW Canada local unions to reinforce their organizing and growth efforts.
McKesson tactics threaten rights
A work stoppage in Edmonton involving UFCW Canada and a lucrative logistics company may impact the way Alberta workers fight for fairness and equality in the future.
Sisters share at the Prairie School for Union Women
Over the past decade the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour’s Prairie School for Union Women has grown in strength as an annual opportunity for trade union women from across the country to learn from each other and build their leadership and activists skills.
Labour Day 2010
On September 6, Canadians across the country will celebrate Labour Day with friends and family, and continue a long national tradition that goes back nearly 120 years. Certainly a lot of things have changed for working families since the early 1880s, but the idea of working people coming together for justice and progressive change is just as meaningful and relevant as it’s ever been.
Union Pride in Montreal
UFCW Canada activists joined over 100,000 Quebeckers in Montreal on August 15 to stand tall for basic fairness and equality by participating in the city’s 18th Annual Gay Pride Parade.
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