Amidst the furor over a judge’s ruling to remove Toronto mayor Rob Ford from office, an important vote recently took place by the city’s councillors that has a significant impact on tens of thousands of UFCW Canada members and retail workers in the country’s largest municipality.
Retail workers at a Staples Business Depot location in Winnipeg, Manitoba have voted “Yes!” to UFCW Canada.
Youth activists from UFCW Canada Local Unions across the country recently met in Winnipeg for the second phase of the 2012 Youth Internship Program, which focused on building strength in the retail industry, and followed Phase One where the group met in the Western Region and Ontario.
Walmart workers, with the full encouragement of UFCW members and activists around the world, came out in force on “Black Friday” to make history by leading over 1,000 protests throughout the United States.
The CEDAW Report Card – administered by The West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) – grades the B.C. government on how well it has adhered to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms for Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
On Friday, November 23 – also known as “Black Friday” – Walmart workers across the United States are taking a new level of action.
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