A campaign backed by UFCW activists from both sides of the Canada-U.S. border was in full force in Vancouver recently, where the U.S. multinational grocery chain Whole Foods held its annual shareholders’ meeting on March 8.
The spirit of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver burns brightly for a number of UFCW Canada members, with the recent cross-country torch relay including several participants from our ranks.
On Feb. 28, UFCW Canada joins members and other labour groups around the world to recognize RSI Awareness Day, a day of education about the dangers to workers of Repetitive Strain Injuries, or RSIs.
UFCW Canada added international profile to its campaign to achieve collective bargaining rights for Ontario’s
agriculture workers when, on March 23, it filed a formal complaint with the International Labour Organization
(ILO), based in Geneva, Switzerland.
| A strike at a number of Maxi stores in eastern Quebec began recently, just as members in rural Alberta ratified a contract with Real Canadian Superstore (RCSS). Both RCSS and Maxi (the latter as part of Provigo) are banners of Loblaw Companies Limited (LCL). |
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