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MEC Toronto Workers vote overwhelmingly to join union – UFCW 1006A

Toronto – October 19, 2023 – Toronto – October 25, 2023 – Workers at Mountain Equipment Company Toronto location voted yesterday to join UFCW Local 1006A.

The company “can’t just take everything away” from us, says locked-out Heritage Inn member

Moose Jaw, Sask. – October 24, 2023 – Parshwa, a locked-out UFCW 1400 member working at the Heritage Inn in Moose Jaw, says that the lockout is unjust to him and his co-workers.

Safeway and FreshCo Pharmacy Workers Ratify Historic New Agreement – UFCW 1518

New Westminster, B.C. – October 23, 2023– Workers at Safeway and FreshCo Pharmacy in British Columbia have voted in favour of a historic new contract. This new contract will add over 300 full-time jobs, bring needed benefit improvements, and create the highest wage increases at the Sobeys-owned stores in 25 years.

UFCW Canada signs collaboration agreement with Mexico’s largest worker organization

Toronto – October 19, 2023 – UFCW Canada has signed a historic new agreement with Mexico’s largest labour organization, the Confederation of Workers in Mexico (CATEM), that calls on both organizations to work collaboratively to better protect the rights of Mexican migrant workers while in Canada.

UFCW Canada contingent active at 2023 NDP Convention

Hamilton, Ont. – October 17, 2023 – UFCW Canada activists from across the country gathered in Hamilton, Ontario to participate in the 2023 New Democratic Party convention. UFCW Canada activists represented one of the largest contingents at the convention.

Eskasoni School Board bus drivers achieve first contract – UFCW 864

Eskasoni, N.S. – October 16, 2023 – UFCW Canada Local 864 members working as bus drivers for the Eskasoni School Board in Eskasoni, Nova Scotia have ratified their first collective agreement after joining the union in February 2023.