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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...
December 11, 2020 17:46 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers

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...
December 09, 2020 16:52 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s food workers’ Union to present Migrant Farm Workers report to Mexican Legislature

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...
August 10, 2020 10:17 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Report calls for changes to protect migrant agricultural workers and Canada’s food supply

TORONTO, Aug. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report from UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate for agricultural workers, has called for urgent changes to protect the health, safety, and...
July 31, 2019 11:59 ET | Source: UFCW Canada

Migrant worker in Quebec granted first-ever open work permit

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...