Building on the momentum of the Growth Summit held in March this year (see DIRECTIONS 10.11), “Organizing for Activists” — a new National Office training initiative — was recently made available to UFCW Canada local unions to reinforce their organizing and growth efforts.
It began as a so-called “layoff”, turned into a 40-week lockout, and reached the end of the line when on August 13 Calgary-based Nilsson Brothers Inc. told UFCW Canada Local 1400 members that the XL Beef slaughterhouse they worked at in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, will be permanently closed within 90 days.
Since dedicating themselves to greater collaboration through the Eastern Provinces Council (EPC), four UFCW Canada local unions in the Atlantic region are leading the way in organizing workers throughout the Maritimes and Prince Edward Island in particular.
A work stoppage in Edmonton involving UFCW Canada and a lucrative logistics company may impact the way Alberta workers fight for fairness and equality in the future.
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