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Workers at Fairmont Manoir Richelieu join UFCW 501

Quebec (Que.) – September 21, 2025 — UFCW Local 501 is very proud to announce that nearly 130 employees of Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu are now represented by our union.

First contract ratified for new members at GFL Environmental – UFCW 864

Stellarton, N.S. – September 19, 2025 – After joining UFCW 864 earlier this year, members of GFL Environmental in Stellarton, N.S. have voted 100% in favour of ratifying its first collective bargaining agreement.

Introducing the UFCW National Education Survey

September 16, 2025 – Toronto – UFCW Canada is proud to launch the UFCW National Education Survey, in order for members to share their experiences with workplace learning and contribute to the future of union education.

What does Truth and Reconciliation Day mean to you? – Part 2

National Day for Truth and Reconcilation

Toronto – September 14, 2025 – This September, members of UFCW Canada’s Indigenous Committee are sharing their stories of the vital importance of the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, and why it should be a statutory holiday in all provinces.

Veterinary workers join union – UFCW 1252

Mount Pearl, N.L. – September 15, 2025 – UFCW Eastern Provinces Council would like to welcome 19 new members to Local 1252 in Newfoundland and Labrador following a successful organizing campaign at Sunrise Animal Hospital – Vet Strategy in Mount Pearl.

International Equal Pay Day: Closing the Gender Wage Gap

Toronto – September 12, 2025 – Every year on September 18, the world marks International Equal Pay Day, a day established by the United Nations to draw attention to persistent wage inequality between women and men. Despite decades of progress toward gender equality in education and the workplace, women in nearly every country continue to earn les than men for work of equal value.

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