Leamington, ON - May 27, 2012 - More than 400 migrant and domestic agriculture workers gathered to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) Support Centre in Leamington. Over the past decade, the Leamington AWA centre has become an invaluable resource and friend to the thousands of agriculture workers who work each season in the Leamington, Essex County, and Chatham-Kent areas.
webCampus will soon be offering two new courses to all UFCW Canada members and their families, as well as the union’s social justice and community partners. These new courses will run May 29 to June 25, 2012.
UFCW Canada was recently invited to participate in a Human Rights and Labour Rights symposium and workshop called “Mexican Migrant Workers in Canada” at the offices of the Comisión de Nacional de Derechos Humanos (National Human Rights Commission, CNDH) in Mexico City.
On the May holiday weekend, more than 400 migrant and domestic agriculture workers joined the celebration of the ninth anniversary of the Agriculture Workers Alliance centre in Simcoe, Ontario. The Simcoe AWA centre is located in one of southwest Ontario’s most intensive agriculture areas.
Street theatre trial finds Mexico and its Vancouver consulate guilty of blacklisting migrant workers suspected of being union sympathizers
Vancouver, BC - May 23, 2012 — The courtroom was the doorstep of Vancouver's Mexico consulate, as dozens of AWA and UFCW Canada activists and community allies assembled midday Wednesday for a community trial and protest.
Each year, the Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS) at the University of Toronto (U of T) holds an annual fundraising event to support initiatives with strong ties to the Latin American community in Canada.
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