UFCW Locals 5 and 881 sign groundbreaking labour and human rights agreement with Government of Michoacan, Mexico

Improving labour and human rights of Michoacanos living and working in California and Chicago a shared goal of UFCW and Michoacan government

Hayward, California and Chicago, Illinois – July 2, 2014 – UFCW Locals 5 and 881 recently met with officials from the Government of Michoacan, Mexico to sign a groundbreaking agreement that will provide training, advocacy information services, and monitoring efforts to improve the human and labour rights of Michoacanos living and working in California and Chicago. 

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Workers at Supermarché G.C. join the union, UFCW 503

Baie-Saint-Paul, Que. – July 3, 2014 – Approximately 90 employees working at the Supermarché G.C. grocery store in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 503 after voting to join the union last month. An application for union certification was filed by Local 503 on the workers' behalf and approved by Quebec’s labour relations board several weeks later.

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Local 175 members achieve new contract at Trent Valley Lodge

Trenton, Ont. – July 3, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 175 members working at the Trent Valley Lodge Nursing Home in Trenton, Ontario recently ratified a new three-year collective agreement. The 100+ health care workers achieved a number of gains in their new contract, including the merging of part-time and full-time contracts into a single collective agreement. 

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