Carrousel Packaging workers join the union – UFCW 1991P

Drummondville, Que. – July 21, 2016 – Workers at the Carrousel Packaging plant located in Drummondville, Quebec are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 1991P after saying “Yes!” to joining the union last month.

In June the province’s Administrative Labour Tribunal certified UFCW Canada Local 1991P as the official bargaining agent for the forty employees who work at the Drummondville plant, which specializes in the distribution of packaging materials for food and maintenance products.

“We are very happy and proud to welcome the workers at Carrousel Packaging, who demonstrated great courage in their quest to join the union,” says Mario Maisonneuve, the president of UFCW Canada Local 1991P.

“By choosing to join Canada’s best union, the Carrousel Packaging workers will have a much stronger voice in the workplace,” Brother Maisonneuve adds.