Introducing Higher Fines for Employers Withholding Migrant Workers' Passports is Not Enough
March 24, 2023 14:17 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, March 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the country's leading advocate for agricultural workers, is calling on the Ford Government to implement laws that strengthen the human and...
Food workers’ union calls for urgent reforms to TFWP as part of 2022 Migrant Agricultural Workers Report
June 28, 2022 14:21 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s food workers’ Union to release 2022 Migrant Farm Workers report in Leamington, Ontario, on Sunday, June 26
June 24, 2022 13:56 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers
December 11, 2020 17:46 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Canada’s food workers’ Union to present Migrant Farm Workers report to Mexican Legislature
December 09, 2020 16:52 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
Report calls for changes to protect migrant agricultural workers and Canada’s food supply
August 10, 2020 10:17 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
UFCW Canada advocates for greater protections for migrant workers in Windsor-Essex County
July 21, 2020 13:30 ET
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UFCW Canada
TORONTO, July 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) recently presented to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to advocate for better health and...
Migrant worker in Quebec granted first-ever open work permit
July 31, 2019 11:59 ET
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UFCW Canada
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...
Food workers’ union welcomes Canadian Agri-food pilot
July 12, 2019 13:16 ET
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UFCW Canada
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, July 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW Canada) welcomes the federal government’s announcement regarding an agri-food pilot that...
UFCW Canada welcomes new initiative to counter migrant worker abuse
June 04, 2019 13:45 ET
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UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, June 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW Canada, the country’s leading advocate and union for migrant and temporary workers, welcomes a new government work permit initiative to protect migrant...