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Ontario members deliver massive
strike mandate against Loblaw Companies
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New campaign calls for action on Guatemalan migrant abuse
UFCW Canada and the Agriculture Workers Alliance (AWA) are spearheading a new campaign to denounce the systematic abuse and violation of the rights of Guatemalan farm workers who come to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP).
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Groundbreaking effort puts People First
Thousands of UFCW Canada members, environmentalists, human rights advocates and other members of the progressive movement peacefully marched through the streets of downtown Toronto on June 26 to protest the pro-corporate, anti-family actions and policies of the G2O leaders, who were simultaneously meeting in the city mere blocks from the massive demonstration.
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WALMART: THE FACE OF GLOBAL GREED - June 21, 2010 - Toronto
As part of our international response to the billion dollar meeting of the G8 and G20 in Toronto, UFCW Canada, Canada’s largest private sector union, is presenting WALMART: THE FACE OF GLOBAL GREED - an essential International Summit about the worlds most egregious corporate benefactors of globalization and the policies of G8 and G20 leaders.
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Quebec Loblaw-banner contract talks heating up
As July temperatures rise in Québec, things are also heating up on the negotiation front with the Provigo and Maxi supermarket chains in Quebec. Provigo and Maxi are both subsidiaries of Loblaw Companies.
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Near-unanimous strike vote steps up pressure in Ontario Loblaw/UFCW Canada retail negotiations
Thousands of workers at Loblaw Companies Ltd. stores across Ontario have voted by over 97 per cent to give their UFCW Canada Local Unions the authority to call a strike if negotiations fail to produce an acceptable settlement.
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UFCW Canada and Mexico's Federal District unite efforts to protect migrant workers in Canada, as well as their families
UFCW Canada and Mexico's Federal District (Mexico City) government sign mutual cooperation agreement to provide protection, support and information to temporary agricultural workers
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Migrant workers protest at Canada’s embassy in Mexico
Under the flags of the Agriculture Workers Alliance, more than 300 Mexican migrant farm workers descended on the Canadian embassy in Mexico City to denounce their working and living conditions as migrant agriculture workers in Canada under the federal government’s Seasonal Agriculture Workers Program (SAWP).
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UFCW raises half a million to rebuild Haiti
The total contributions have been tallied and UFCW activists in Canada and the United States have combined their efforts to raise nearly $500,000 for the Haiti relief effort.
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