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United Food and Commercial Workers sees promise in the proposed reforms to Canada’s temporary and migrant labour force, outlined in a new Senate report

TORONTO, June 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agricultural workers, welcomes the ruling by Justice Michael MacArthur in the human trafficking trial in...

NEW WESTMINISTER, British Columbia, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After facing a challenging two years of layoffs and pandemic mayhem, Cineplex theater workers across the lower mainland took a...

NEW WESTMINISTER, British Columbia, Dec. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After facing a challenging two years of layoffs and pandemic mayhem, Cineplex theater workers across the lower mainland took a...

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Budtenders and staff at three Seed & Stone cannabis shops are celebrating after unanimously voting in favour of their first...

TORONTO, April 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Each year in Canada, Refugee Rights Day is commemorated on April 4. The day is an opportunity to celebrate the advances that have been made in the...

NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada Local 1518 is calling on BC municipalities to grant free short-term parking to app-based delivery drivers while they...

BRAMPTON, Ontario, March 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s outbreak at an Amazon fulfillment warehouse in Brampton, Ontario is the latest example of Amazon not prioritizing the needs of their...

TORONTO, March 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the union organizing Uber drivers and Uber Eats couriers across the country, says Uber Canada’s recent proposal to provincial governments to...

TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In an about-face move that undermines the union drive by Toronto-area Uber limousine drivers, Uber has introduced Premier – competing with its own Uber...