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Food Retail Workers ratify new contract – UFCW 832

Flin Flon, Man. – June 20, 2025 – UFCW 832 members at the North of 53 Co-op in Flin Flon have voted in favour of a new, four-year deal.

Equity Grant Recipient: Ashley Baresinkoff and Waceya Métis Society

Langley, B.C. – June 18, 2025 – Ashley Baresinkoff is a proud member of UFCW Local 247, working in the retail grocery sector for more than a decade. She is a member of the UFCW Canada Indigenous Committee and her local union’s Member Engagement Committee. In the fall of 2024, she also became a recipient of the 2024 Equity Grant program under the Community Action stream.

UFCW Canada signs onto Global demands for the protection and advancement of LGBTQIA+ persons across the globe

Toronto – June 16, 2025 – Recently, a Pride 7 Summit was convened by Egale and Dignity Network. Out of this event came the Pride7 Communique, which calls on G7 leaders to act on key recommendations to advance LGBTQIA+ rights.

Security workers join union – UFCW 1006A

Toronto – June 13, 2025 – Workers from DiFranco Security Services in Toronto have joined the union.

Workers' rights collapse across the world: ITUC Global Rights Index 2025

Geneva – June 11, 2025 – Workers’ rights are in free fall across every continent, according to the 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index, with Europe and the Americas recording their worst scores since the Index began in 2014.

New contract for ferry workers – UFCW 1252

Lewisporte, N.L. – June 10, 2025 – UFCW Eastern Provinces Council Local 1252 members at Labrador Marine Inc. in Lewisporte, N.L. have ratified on a new six-year contract including wage increases, benefits improvements and more.

UFCW Canada partners with Ecojustice to mount legal challenge to ensure health and safety of farm workers

Leamington, Ont. – June 9, 2025 – UFCW Canada has launched a new legal case challenging Health Canada’s unlawful failure to protect agricultural workers by not enforcing safety data sheet requirements under the federal Pest Control Products Act (PCPA). Without access to critical information about the chemicals they are handling, agricultural workers are unable to protect themselves from hazardous pesticides at work.