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...
Maple Leaf Foods consolidating plants: More than 1,400 unionized employees to be affected
November 26, 2018 20:53 ET
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UFCW Canada Local 1006A
TORONTO, Nov. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At a meeting on Monday, November 26, Maple Leaf Foods announced plans to consolidate its Ontario plants by 2022. This consolidation will result in the...
Workers at Baxtrom’s Your Independent Grocer in Cornwall on Strike for Fairness
November 23, 2018 06:30 ET
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UFCW Canada Local 1006A
CORNWALL, Nov. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada Local 1006A members working at Baxtrom's Your Independent Grocer in Cornwall, Ontario will be on strike on Friday, November 23, 2018 at 7...
Ford government’s “Open for Business Act” shuts down fairness for Ontario working families, says UFCW Canada national president
October 23, 2018 19:42 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Oct. 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The plan by the Ontario Ford Conservative government to repeal recent workplace gains for millions of Ontario workers, “will harm vulnerable workers and be...
Rights of cannabis workers must be respected too, says cannabis union
October 17, 2018 13:54 ET
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UFCW Canada
Commentary by Paul Meinema, National PresidentUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union – UFCW Canada TORONTO, Oct. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- While adult consumers now have the right to legally...
Canada's food workers "betrayed" by USMCA and its impact on dairy and poultry sectors, says UFCW Canada Leader
October 01, 2018 19:04 ET
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UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, Oct. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The national leader of Canada’s food workers union says the trade deal with U.S. and Mexico will weaken Canada’s food system and create uncertainty for...
Canada's dairy sector vital to food sovereignty and consumers, says national union leader
September 14, 2018 15:44 ET
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UFCW Canada
Commentary by Paul Meinema, National PresidentUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) OTTAWA, Sept. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- If ultra-conservative politicians and pundits had...
Food workers key to delivering public vision of National Food Policy
September 07, 2018 15:43 ET
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UFCW Canada
Commentary by Paul Meinema, National PresidentUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) OTTAWA, Sept. 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s food workers are glad to see that many of...
Canada’s poverty reduction strategy “missing key ingredient,” says national union leader
August 22, 2018 17:45 ET
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UFCW Canada
Paul MeinemaNational President, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) OTTAWA, Aug. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As one of Canada’s leading unions, we certainly welcome the federal...
UPDATE – Agriculture workers voice concerns in federal review of TFWP
August 21, 2018 15:51 ET
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UFCW Canada
LEAMINGTON, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agriculture workers met with senior government officials in Leamington, Ontario on Sunday to share their experiences with the Temporary Foreign...