IKEA workers form first U.S. retail store union
Stoughton, Massachusetts – November 13, 2015 – Workers at an IKEA store in Stoughton, Massachusetts have become the company's first unionized employees in the United States.
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Combating precarious work needs global strategy
Nyon, Switzerland – November 13, 2015 – UFCW Canada Local 1000A President Pearl Sawyer spoke at the UNI Global Union World Executive Board meeting last week, discussing the importance of lifting workers globally out of low-wage, precarious, and insecure work, which has seen unprecedented growth at the expense of good jobs.
Members at Mobile Climate Control achieve new agreement — UFCW 175
Concord, Ont. – November 14, 2015 – UFCW Canada Local 175 members working at Mobile Climate Control in Concord, Ontario have ratified a new collective agreement.
Academics and activists build solidarity at symposium
Toronto – November 16, 2015 – UFCW Canada joined graduate students at a recent Toronto symposium that focused on the role of academics in helping to build the labour movement.
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