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November 29, 2022 10:12 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

UFCW Canada celebrates bargaining success at Seed & Stone cannabis

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...
November 29, 2022 09:56 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

December 6 Vancouver shoe memorial honors victims of gender-based violence

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 247 (UFCW 247) is once again hosting the annual National Day of Remembrance and Action on...
June 28, 2022 14:21 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Food workers’ union calls for urgent reforms to TFWP as part of 2022 Migrant Agricultural Workers Report

LEAMINGTON, Ontario, June 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s food workers’ union published its annual Status of Migrant Agricultural Workers Report at the UFCW Canada Agricultural Worker Support...
June 24, 2022 13:56 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s food workers’ Union to release 2022 Migrant Farm Workers report in Leamington, Ontario, on Sunday, June 26

TORONTO, June 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), will be holding a press conference in Leamington, Ontario, to release...
June 17, 2022 13:22 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

UFCW Canada lifetime fundraising for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada tops $49 million thanks to $1.86 million campaign in 2021-2022

TORONTO, June 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Another year of pandemic restrictions presented unique challenges for UFCW Canada’s fundraising efforts on behalf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society...
June 17, 2022 12:53 ET | Source: TUAC Canada

La collecte de fonds à vie des TUAC Canada pour la Société de leucémie et lymphome du Canada dépasse les 49 millions de dollars grâce à une campagne de 1,86 million de dollars en 2021-2022

TORONTO, 17 juin 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Une autre année de restrictions liées à la pandémie a présenté des défis uniques pour les efforts de collecte de fonds des TUAC Canada au nom de la Société...
April 04, 2022 13:07 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Statement by UFCW Canada on Refugee Rights Day – April 4

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...
March 25, 2022 11:58 ET | Source: TUAC Canada

Le soutien sans participation est une bonne nouvelle pour les travailleur(euse)s

OTTAWA , 25 mars 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Les TUAC Canada félicitent le Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD) fédéral et le gouvernement du Canada pour avoir travaillé ensemble sur un accord historique...
March 25, 2022 11:58 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Supply and Confidence Agreement is good news for workers, says Canada’s leading union

OTTAWA, March 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) commends the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Government of Canada for working...
December 10, 2021 15:42 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

AG report confirms migrant worker vulnerability but when will rebuke turn to action - 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...