Mexico City, Mexico – February 21, 2014 – The NAFTA Summit held in Toluca, Mexico on February 19 should have marked the beginning of a new dialogue between Mexico and Canada: a dialogue that fosters unconditional respect for the labour rights of all migrant workers.
Narewa, Fiji – February 20, 2014 – UFCW Canada and labour activists around the world are celebrating a hard-won victory for global labour rights after a successful online solidarity campaign – led by the International Union of Food workers (IUF) – forced the government of Fiji to drop all police charges laid against leaders of Fiji’s National Union of Hospitality Catering and Tourism Industries as a result of a strike action earlier this year.
Mexico City, Mexico – February 19, 2014 – The NAFTA Summit, starting today in Toluca on February 19, leaves a bitter taste for Mexican migrant farm workers in Canada. To properly celebrate Barack Obama’s and Stephen Harper’s visit, Mexico has decided to relaunch its legal battle against the right of association for its own citizens in Canada.
Surrey, B.C. – February 19, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 247 is partnering with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC) to raise money for blood cancer research by forming a Team In Training (TNT) that will participate in the Nike Women's Half Marathon in Washington, D.C on April 27, 2014.
Washington, D.C. – February 16, 2014 – The following blog post by UFCW International President Joe Hansen was recently published in the Huffington Post, the world’s leading blog.
Toronto – February 15, 2014 – UFCW Canada activists joined community members, Aboriginal leaders, and other allies yesterday in downtown Toronto to participate in the 9th Annual Strawberry Ceremony in Honour of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.
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