Malteurop workers on strike in Manitoba
At 6 a.m. Thursday December 9, the plant employees at Malteurop in Winnipeg walked off the job to start a strike that is expected to last into the New Year.
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We Remember poster commemorates Christmas Eve scaffold tragedy
On December 24, 2009 four migrant workers were killed and another critically injured when the scaffold they were working on collapsed and sent them plunging 13 stories to the base of a Toronto apartment building. In the wake of the investigation of the Christmas Eve tragedy — and in large part because of pressure from UFCW Canada, labour allies and community groups — more than 60 charges in total were filed under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act against various construction and repair companies.
UFCW Canada declares victory over Walmart in free speech battle
A settlement reached at the Quebec Superior Court upholds www.walmartworkerscanada.ca, the labour rights website dedicated to helping Walmart Associates know and exercise their rights as workers in Canada.
International Migrants Day — December 18, 2010
In 2010, UFCW Canada, our community partners and allies continued to fight for dignity and respect for the over 250,000 migrant workers that enter Canada annually. For instance, in British Columbia, migrant farm workers at Abbotsford’s Sidhu and Sons Nursery (and see) became members of UFCW Canada Local 1518 and successfully negotiated a first collective bargaining agreement with their employer. What makes this victory so important is that, for the first time in Canadian labour legal history, migrant workers were organized as a separate bargaining unit from domestic workers. Similar successes occurred in Quebec as well.
UFCW Canada active at World Social Forum on Migration
UFCW Canada recently joined over 1,500 activists from around the world in Quito, Ecuador, to participate in the 4th World Social Forum on Migration (WSFM). The WSFM – which took place despite an attempted coup against the government of Rafael Correa – is an extension of the long running World Social Forum and is dedicated to advocating for migrant worker rights.
Walmart v. Freespeech
Walmart's outrageous challenge of freedom of expression is now before the court. From December 13 to 17, the Quebec Superior Court is scheduled to hear arguments from the world’s largest corporation against the long-standing and award-winning website dedicated to helping Walmart Associates to empower themselves as workers in Canada.
Peel Multicultural Council thanks webCampus
UFCW Canada’s groundbreaking webCampus program is earning the praise of community partners and newcomers in the Greater Toronto Area.
The UFCW Canada webCampus is the largest online labour database of courses in North America, with hundreds of courses currently available.
Harvest of Death continues in Alberta
Following a workplace accident that killed two farm workers on December 4, UFCW Canada is once again calling on Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach to End the Harvest of Death by immediately legislating health and safety protections for the province’s agriculture workforce. The two men killed on the farm near Edmonton were electrocuted after a portable auger touched an overhead power line.
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