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Apr 23, 2012 - There are two major blank spots in our never-ending quest to identify union-made goods:  cell phones and running shoes.  All the popular brands of running shoes – Nike, Puma, Converse, Asics, Reebok, Ecco, Salomon, Adidas – are made in China or other far east countries where the working conditions are unverifiable.  Most often these plants are sweatshops where wages and working...
Mar 27, 2012 - We have now launched our mobile optimized website, which gives users who contact our service from their smartphones the same high level of functionality as computer users.  The Mobile site is accessible from iPhones, Blackberrys, Androids, Windows phones and others, and features a slimmed-down interface which gives users access to the entire database of information, as well as all...
Mar 7, 2012 - On Sunday March 4 we greeted our 1,000th unique visitor to the site. In our first two months, we received a total of 1,412 visits, and those visitors viewed an amazing 8,878 pages.  This tells us that our visitors see the value in the information we provide and the convenient format in which it is provided.   We believe this is a strong indication that ShopUnion.ca is much more than...

 


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