AG report confirms migrant worker vulnerability but when will rebuke turn to action - UFCW Canada
December 10, 2021 15:42 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s Auditor General (AG) Karen Hogan has confirmed in a scathing report that Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) continues to fall short...
On This National Day of Mourning, Coroner’s Review of Migrant Deaths Does Not Go Far Enough, Says IAVGO Legal Clinic
April 28, 2021 13:46 ET
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IAVGO Community Legal Clinic
TORONTO, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Office of the Ontario Coroner released its report and recommendations following the deaths of three migrant farm workers who died from COVID-19. On...
UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers
December 11, 2020 17:46 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) held a virtual press conference on Thursday, December 10 to present Mexican...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s food workers’ Union to present Migrant Farm Workers report to Mexican Legislature
December 09, 2020 16:52 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO and MEXICO CITY, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), will be holding a virtual press conference in Mexico...
MAJORITY Joins With Cardtronics’ Allpoint Network as Part of U.S. Mobile Banking Launch
April 21, 2020 08:45 ET
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Cardtronics USA, Inc.
HOUSTON, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAJORITY, the first digital financial service dedicated to serving migrants worldwide, has teamed with Cardtronics to offer surcharge-free ATM access...
Migrant worker in Quebec granted first-ever open work permit
July 31, 2019 11:59 ET
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UFCW Canada
SAINTE-MELANIE, Quebec, July 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the help of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), a Mexican farm worker has become the first migrant worker in Canada...
Les TUAC Canada se réjouissent de la nouvelle initiative visant à contrer les mauvais traitements infligés aux travailleurs migrants
June 04, 2019 13:45 ET
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TUAC Canada
OTTAWA, 04 juin 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Les TUAC Canada, le principal défenseur et syndicat des travailleurs migrants et temporaires au pays, se réjouit d'une nouvelle initiative gouvernementale...
UFCW Canada welcomes new initiative to counter migrant worker abuse
June 04, 2019 13:45 ET
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UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate and union for migrant and temporary workers, welcomes a new government work permit initiative to protect migrant...
Hundreds to Mourn Victims of New Zealand Mosque Shootings and to Fight Racism in Election Year
March 20, 2019 13:53 ET
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Fight for $15 and Fairness
TORONTO, March 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Torontonians will gather at Nathan Phillips Square to launch the Migrant Rights Network and to demand anti-racist, pro-migrant laws on March 21, the...
On International Migrants Day, Canada’s food workers’ union calls on government to reform TFWP
December 18, 2018 10:15 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, on International Migrants Day, Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling on the federal...