UFCW leads the way at government youth employment panel
Toronto – February 15, 2017 – UFCW Canada activists recently brought the voice and concerns of young workers to the federal government’s Expert Panel on Youth Employment.
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UFCW solidarity for strikers at Molson Coors
Toronto – February 9, 2017 – UFCW Canada activists joined more than 400 allies for a picket line rally at the Molson Brewery in Toronto, where members of CUBGW 325 (Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers/NUPGE) were forced out on strike after the company’s refusal to bargain a fair contract.
UFCW Canada activists out in full force at Women’s Marches – January 21
Toronto – January 26, 2017 – UFCW activists and Local Unions were out in full force across Canada at marches and events held in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, January 21.
Tell Bangladesh to stop its attack on garment workers
Toronto – January 20, 2017 – Four years after the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,100 textile workers were killed on the job when the garment factory they were working in collapsed, the government of Bangladesh is still ignoring agreements made after the tragedy to establish workplace safety, and has now allowed a brutal crackdown on garment union activists.
UFCW Canada launches innovative new webinar series
Toronto – January 20, 2017 – Canada's leading union for young workers has launched an innovative, new webinar series entitled Impact.
UFCW members in Alberta help women’s shelters through province-wide shoe drive
Calgary – December 15, 2016 – For the second year in a row, in honour of the December 6 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, UFCW Canada members in Alberta stepped up to the plate to help victims of gender-based violence by collecting shoes for local women’s shelters as part of a province-wide shoe drive.
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