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September 17, 2012 17:31 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

UFCW Canada Endorses Metcalf Recommendations of Status for Migrant Workers

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 17, 2012) - UFCW Canada, Canada's leading union and long-time advocate for migrant workers' rights, endorses the recommendations and agrees with the...
September 12, 2012 15:41 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Naming Harper as "World Statesman of the Year" Perplexes Canada's Leading Union

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2012) - Canada's leading union is questioning why a foundation that trumpets "freedom, democracy and human rights" as "fundamental values" has...
September 11, 2012 15:26 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Death strikes another Ontario migrant agriculture worker

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 11, 2012) - The Ministry of Labour is investigating the workplace death of a Mexican migrant agriculture worker who was fatally injured Monday at an...
August 22, 2012 15:36 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Demonstrators March on Target Canada's Headquarters in Support of Zellers Workers

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 22, 2012) - Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release. Over 300 demonstrators marched on Target Canada's...
August 20, 2012 10:30 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Target Canada headquarters the target of August 22 rally

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 20, 2012) - On Wednesday, August 22, at 11 a.m., activists, Zellers workers, and community allies from across Ontario and the Greater Toronto...
July 30, 2012 14:07 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Leading Retail Union Slams Harper Conservatives for "Doing Nothing" to Protect Good Retail Jobs at Zellers

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 30, 2012) - The National President of Canada's leading retail union is calling on Canadians to take the Federal government to task for abandoning over...
July 27, 2012 10:51 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Saskatchewan's Leading Private-Sector Union Blasts Brad Wall Government for Trying to Gut Labour Laws

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - July 27, 2012) - Norm Neault, President of UFCW Canada Local 1400 has delivered the union's response to the Saskatchewan government's consultation...
July 25, 2012 15:19 ET | Source: TUAC Canada

Target et Walmart font preuve du "même mépris" pour le Québec et sa main-d'oeuvre, selon le principal syndicat du secteur détail au Canada

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwire - 25 juillet 2012) - Le principal syndicat représentant des employé(e)s du secteur de détail au Québec, et partout au Canada,...
July 25, 2012 15:19 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Target and Walmart Show the "Same Disregard" for Quebec and Its Workers, Says Canada's Leading Retail Union

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 25, 2012) - The leading retail workers' union in Quebec, and all across Canada, is taking Walmart to task for reneging on an important promise it...
July 19, 2012 12:15 ET | Source: TUAC Canada

Des membres de familles de travailleurs migrants reçoivent une bourse unique des TUAC Canada

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 19 juillet 2012) - Vingt étudiantes et étudiants extraordinaires de partout dans le monde viennent de recevoir une bourse d'études des TUAC...