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Urgent reforms needed for migrant agricultural workers, says food workers’ union in new report
January 29, 2024 07:00 ET | UFCW Canada
UFCW Canada is calling for urgent reforms to protect the health, safety and rights of migrant workers in a new report.
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AG report confirms migrant worker vulnerability but when will rebuke turn to action - UFCW Canada
December 10, 2021 15:42 ET | 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...
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More permanent residency (PR) opportunities for migrants welcomed but much more action needed, says UFCW union
April 15, 2021 12:55 ET | UFCW Canada
OTTAWA, April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The voice of Canada’s food workers, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), welcomes the announcement by the federal government to create an...
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UFCW Canada is joined by Mexican officials in calling for increased protections for migrant farm workers
December 11, 2020 17:46 ET | 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...
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On International Migrants Day, Canada’s food workers’ union calls on government to reform TFWP
December 18, 2018 10:15 ET | UFCW Canada
TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, on International Migrants Day, Canada’s food workers’ union, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is calling on the federal...
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À l’occasion de la Journée internationale des migrants, le grand syndicat canadien de l’alimentation demande à l’État de réformer le PTET
December 18, 2018 10:15 ET | TUAC Canada
TORONTO, 18 déc. 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aujourd’hui, à l’occasion de la Journée internationale des migrants, le syndicat des Travailleurs et travailleuses unis de l’alimentation et du...
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UPDATE – Agriculture workers voice concerns in federal review of TFWP
August 21, 2018 15:51 ET | UFCW Canada
LEAMINGTON, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agriculture workers met with senior government officials in Leamington, Ontario on Sunday to share their experiences with the Temporary Foreign...
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Agriculture workers voice concerns in federal review of TFWP
August 21, 2018 12:33 ET | UFCW Canada
LEAMINGTON, Ontario, Aug. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Agriculture workers met with senior government officials in Leamington, Ontario on Sunday to share their experiences with the Temporary Foreign...