Politics Blog: minority governments can work
Voters in Ontario can rest easy this summer as the threat of a second provincial election in nine months has disappeared after the Liberal budget bill passed third reading in the legislature last week.
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Toronto’s Inti Raymi a Great Achievement for the San Lorenzo and Migrant Worker Communities
UFCW Canada was delighted to take part in Toronto’s recent Inti Raymi festival where thousands of individuals from the San Lorenzo Latin American community attended the lively event this past weekend. The occasion celebrated Toronto’s Latin culture and featured international foods, local artists and live music.
Alberta Federation of Labour centennial celebrated
UFCW Canada Local Unions 1118 and 401 had a strong voice at the centennial celebration of the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) held recently in Edmonton, Alberta. The week of meetings, workshops, film screenings, and an open convention concluded on June 16, with a Banner Parade and other celebrations at Fort Edmonton Park which drew over 700 union and labour activists from across Alberta.
Migrant Workers Family Support Fund Delivers Cheque to Third Survivor of Hampstead Tragedy
Hamilton, ON – June 22, 2012 - The third survivor of the horrific collision near Hampstead, Ontario on February 6, has received his own share from the Migrant Workers Family Support Fund.
Local 1000A Member Wins NDP Membership Contest
On June 12, UFCW Canada National President Wayne Hanley and UFCW Canada Local 1000A President Pearl Sawyer presented an iPad to Local 1000A member Upender Brar, who won the UFCW Canada NDP Membership Contest by signing up the highest number of new party members in the lead-up to the federal NDP Leadership Convention this past March.
By The Numbers: Trade union rights under attack
The 2011 annual survey done by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), released on June 6, 2012, reveals that the trade union trade rights continue to be brutally trampled by both governments and employers around the world.
National Aboriginal Day — June 21, 2012
In Canada, National Aboriginal Day is commemorated each year on June 21. When this day was first proclaimed by the Governor General of Canada in 1996, the Canadian Constitution recognized the three groups of Aboriginal peoples: First Nations, Inuit and Métis; each possessing their own diverse heritage, language, cultural practices and spiritual beliefs.
Fact-finding mission gathers Mexico migrant worker blacklisting evidence in B.C.
Recently, a United Latinos of UFCW committee of inquiry returned from a fact-finding mission in the agriculture area of the B.C. Lower Mainland. What the committee was told by workers and advocates supported allegations now in front of the B.C. Labour Board that the Mexico consular service in Vancouver had blacklisted some its own citizens working in Canada suspected of being union supporters.
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