Next Group of Migrant Agricultural Workers Enters Pilot Project
Leamington, ON – March 17, 2023 – Mexican MP Alejandro Rodrigues and UFCW Canada’s Pablo Godoy welcomed groups of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Leamington, Ontario this week.
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UFCW Canada participates in National Farmers Union (NFU) 2022 Convention
Saskatoon, Sask. – December 19, 2022 – UFCW Canada recently participated in the National Farmers Union (NFU) 2022 Convention titled, “Confronting Concentration.” Against a backdrop of risings costs, ballooning corporate profits and growing numbers of farmers leaving the profession, participants gathered to organize, educate and build solidarity.
Migrant Workers Representation Pilot Begins in Toluca, Mexico
Toluca, Mexico – October 12, 2022 – UFCW Canada Migrant Workers Representation Pilot with Mexican governments held an inaugural workshop in Toluca, Mexico on August 10, 2022.
UFCW Canada partners with governments in Mexico to launch pilot project in support of migrant farm workers
Toronto – September 12, 2022 – UFCW Canada is working with Mexican governments at the federal, state, and local level to launch an innovative program called the Migrant Workers Representation Pilot.
Food workers’ union calls for urgent reforms to TFWP as part of 2022 Migrant Agricultural Workers Report
Leamington, Ont. – June 28, 2022 – Canada’s food workers’ union published its annual Status of Migrant Agricultural Workers Report at the UFCW Canada Agricultural Worker Support Centre in Leamington, Ontario, on Sunday, June 26.
Latest report highlights how lack of union representation contributes to migrant worker vulnerability
Toronto – May 9, 2022 – The latest research findings from Pro Bono Student Canada (PBSC) at Osgoode Hall Law School, in partnership with UFCW Canada, reveals how the lack of effective union representation continues to leave migrant agricultural workers in Canada vulnerable to exploitation.
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