Labour Day is one of our proudest and longest-running traditions. For over 120 years, workers have come together during the final days of summer to celebrate our monumental achievements and to demonstrate our solidarity by gathering at parades, picnics and other fun-filled activities.
As part of the heartfelt affection Canadians are showing for recently passed NDP Leader Jack Layton, UFCW Canada is calling on all activists, friends and supporters to create something that memorializes Jack’s life and his remarkable commitment to creating a better, fairer Canada.
In honour of Jack Layton's outstanding contribution to the social justice movement, UFCW Canada has created a commemorative poster to celebrate his remarkable life and the hope and optimism he inspired in Canadians from coast to coast.
UFCW Canada members across the country are joining the country in mourning the loss of Jack Layton, leader of the Official Opposition and federal NDP, who died on August 22 after a very brave and courageous battle with cancer.
On August 17, Omar Graham tragically became the sixth Jamaican migrant worker over the past decade to die from an Ontario farm-related accident.
Graham, a native of Manchester, Jamaica, was fatally injured while working for an agriculture operation near Paris, Ontario.
This September 8 join UFCW Canada in acknowledging International Literacy Day by sharing a new poster that draws attention to the many literacy challenges that impact millions of adults around the globe every day.
UFCW Canada recently welcomed Cambridge Suites employees in Sydney, Nova Scotia, who became the newest group of hospitality workers to join the union on August 17.
With less than eight weeks to go before voters in Ontario head to the polls, the race between the Progressive Conservatives and the Liberals has tightened, with the Tories five points ahead among decided voters, a new poll suggests.
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