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.
Toronto – December 10, 2021 – Canada’s Auditor General (AG) Karen Hogan has confirmed in a scathing report that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) continues to fall short in keeping migrant workers and Canadians safe from the deadly coronavirus.
Toronto – July 8, 2021 – With the help of UFCW Canada, a group of migrant agricultural workers from Guatemala have successfully recovered their passports and work permits after they were illegally retained by their former employer in Redcliff, Alberta.
Toronto – February 18, 2021 – In collaboration with FoodShare Toronto, UFCW Canada hosted a virtual event on labour and employment rights in a pandemic.
Toronto and Mexico City, Mexico – December 11, 2020 – UFCW Canada held a virtual press conference on Thursday, December 10 to present Mexican officials, policy leaders, and members of the media with the union’s Status of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada report, and to call for urgent reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
Toronto – November 28, 2020 – The Ontario government’s recently released Prevention, Control, and Outbreak Support Strategy for COVID-19 in Ontario's Farm Workers is destined to fail in protecting migrant farm workers from the coronavirus in part because the government neglected to consult with migrant workers before creating the strategy.
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