Food banks
Restoring Special Diet Allowance the right thing to do, CUPE Ontario
Dec 1, 2010 02:27 PM "Campaigns like the ‘Do the Math’ Challenge, where hundreds of Ontarians tried to live for a week from the contents of a food bank hamper, have had a huge impact on this debate because it puts the issue in real terms people understand," says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. more »
Hahn goes hungry: CUPE Ontario president endures one-week welfare diet to raise awareness
Oct 8, 2010 01:19 PM The "Do the Math Challenge", supported by CUPE Ontario, seeks to demonstrate the quality of diet many of Ontario’s poorest citizens must live with. more »
CUPE Local 79 and Second Harvest launch special food drive
May 28, 2010 11:47 AM CUPE Local 79 has joined forces with Second Harvest to launch a special week-long food drive that asks the union’s 18,000 members to help reach the charity’s goal of delivering a record six million pounds of food this year. more »
- CUPE Nova Scotia President says latest food bank data highly disturbing 04/21/11
- CUPE 255 donates $11,000 to regional food banks 12/16/10
- Report shows alarming increase in people needing food banks 11/16/10
- Put Food in the Budget - Toronto rally on November 15 11/15/10
- Food bank report more proof that feds need to act on poverty 11/17/09