Nearly 200 former Walmart workers are one step closer to justice after an October 13 decision by the Quebec Superior Court, which upheld an earlier arbitrator’s ruling that found the world's largest retailer acted illegally by laying off 190 employees at its Jonquiere store on April 29, 2005.
150 Walmart workers gain union contract in Gatineau 150 UFCW Canada Local 500 members in Gatineau, QC, have become the third group of Walmart Canada associates to gain the benefits of a union contract.
UFCW Canada national representatives from across the country recently gathered in Port Credit, Ontario, to participate in the annual National Staff Conference.
“It hasn’t changed my life much, but I hope the money will change the lives of people with leukemia,” says Albert Johnson, the UFCW Canada Local 1118 president who recently shaved off all his curly locks and moustache to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC).
UFCW Canada National Council Committees recently met in Halifax to evaluate ongoing projects, discuss upcoming initiatives, and, for one group, make front page news.
A new five-year agreement with Loblaw Companies Ltd. (LCL) has been ratified by UFCW Canada members across Ontario, except for workers at nine stores in the southwestern corner of the province.
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