Vancouver – November 4, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 247 and Local 1518 activists and their family members recently joined more than 2,500 other participants for the 9th Annual Vancouver Light the Night Walk. The fundraising event was in support of the lifesaving research efforts of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC).
Montreal – October 27, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 500 and 501 activists and family members recently joined thousands of other participants for the 8th Annual Light the Night Walk in Montreal. The fundraising event, held at Parc Jean-Drapeau (the site of Expo 67) was in support of the lifesaving research of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (LLSC).
Granby, Que. – October 24, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 501 members at the Provigo Gilbert Ouellet inc. supermarket in Granby have unanimously ratified a new collective agreement with the employer.
Toronto – October 24, 2013 – More than 15,000 UFCW Canada members in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba have ratified new contracts with Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer.
Montreal – October 23, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 501 is pleased to welcome more than 60 agriculture workers at Novafruit in Montreal. Local 501 recently filed an application for certification under article 25 of the provincial labour code to represent the employees of the company, based in St-Paul-d'Abbotsford near Granby in Quebec. In a decision issued on October 17, 2013, UFCW Local 501 was awarded union certification by the Quebec Labour Relations Commission.
Winnipeg – October 22, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 832 members at Vista Park Lodge recently voted 97 percent in favour of a new and improved collective agreement, ending a strike that began on September 14.
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