Guerrero, Mexico – November 27, 2013 – Last September, two powerful tropical storms hit the Pacific and Atlantic coast of Mexico, leaving behind an unspeakable amount of destruction. The state of Guerrero was particularly hit. The storms took away 40 years' worth of infrastructure in the region.
Ottawa – November 22, 2013 – Canada’s leading union and advocate for migrant workers is celebrating a November 19 decision by the Federal Court of Appeal that sides with more than one hundred seasonal farm workers, and active members of the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA), who were wrongly denied Employment Insurance parental benefits.
Mexico City – November 13, 2013 – UFCW Canada recently joined Mexican officials from the federal, state and municipal level, as well as human rights institutions, academics and civil society organizations for the National Forum on Migration, Health and Human Rights organized by the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and the National Institute for Public Health (INSP).
Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico – October 19, 2013 – The Oaxacan Institute for Migrants (IOAM) and UFCW Local 5 have signed a Letter of Understanding aimed at protecting the rights of migrant workers and their families in the United States. This mutual cooperation agreement will benefit more than 800,000 Oaxacans who live in California.
Ottawa – October 13, 2013 – A recent report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) notes that by 2016 the tuition costs for undergraduate studies will almost have tripled compared to 1990.
Niagara Falls, Ont. – October 5, 2013 – More than 100 members and officers from UFCW Canada Local 12R24 enthusiastically participated in the Together Fairness Works workshop at the Local Union’s activist conference recently held in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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