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May 01, 2025 15:04 ET | Source: United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 175 & 633

FreshCo workers vote Union Yes to join UFCW Local 175

At an OLRB vote in April, retail grocery workers at a FreshCo store on Don Mills Road in Toronto voted to unionize with UFCW Local 175.
March 21, 2024 13:28 ET | Source: United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 175 & 633

Workers at the Delta by Marriott in Thunder Bay Vote to Join UFCW Local 175

The 84 employees at the Delta by Marriott hotel in Thunder Bay are celebrating their successful vote to join UFCW Local 175.
April 26, 2022 12:37 ET | Source: Canadian Labour Congress

CLC: Building a Low-Wage Economy With Stomach-Churning Greed

OTTAWA, April 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Replacing frontline workers with exploited offshore workers, as the restaurant chain Freshii is now doing, moves us towards a low-wage economy that weakens...
November 09, 2021 14:24 ET | Source: Canadian Labour Congress

Canada’s Unions Stand in Solidarity With New Brunswick Public Sector Workers & Call on Premier Higgs to Bargain in Good Faith

OTTAWA, Nov. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Instead of lockouts, back-to-work laws and intimidation tactics, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs must start bargaining in good faith with striking public...
August 24, 2020 10:00 ET | Source: Goldblatt Partners LLP; Flight Centre Travel Group (Canada) Inc.

$7 Million Settlement Reached in Class Action Against Flight Centre Travel Group Canada

TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stephen Aps and Flight Centre Travel Group (Canada) Inc. (“Flight Centre Canada”) are pleased to announce that they have reached a settlement in the...
June 08, 2020 12:00 ET | Source: Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

Migrant workers call for permanent resident status in shocking new report on abuses

TORONTO, June 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) is releasing a report today of complaints made on behalf over a thousand migrant workers, warnings that were...