Day of Pink – April 9, 2014

International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, Homophobia and Transphobia
Toronto – April 7, 2014 – In 2007, a Nova Scotia high school student was bullied by a group of students with homophobic and transphobic slurs because he wore a pink shirt one day. When other students heard what happened, they banded together, bought pink shirts and wore them to school in what they called a "sea of pink solidarity" against bullying.



Guatemala City, Guatemala – April 4, 2014 – UFCW Canada and allies recently met with Guatemalan authorities to discuss the shortfalls of temporary foreign worker programs, and the impact of the programs on the human and labour rights of Guatemalan migrant workers.
Toronto – April 3, 2014 – When the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its landmark 1985 decision in the case Singh v. Minister of Employment and Immigration, Canada took a momentous leap forward in the developing legal areas of Constitutional law and refugee rights. In the Singh case, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that guarantees within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and security applied to everyone in Canada – including refugees.
Victoria, B.C. – March 31, 2014 – The verdict by the B.C. Labour Relations Board (BCLRB) that Mexico had blacklisted Mexican migrant workers in British Columbia suspected of being union supporters rocked the B.C. legislature last week, as the opposition demanded action from Premier Christy Clarke to tell Mexico to stop the blacklisting.
Toronto – March 26, 2014 – UFCW Canada has just launched