Winnipeg – October 10, 2020 –UFCW 832 members at Vista Park Lodge ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with significant improvements to scheduling and wages.

Highlights of the agreement include wage increases, scheduling improvements, increases to weekend premiums, and more.

“This was an incredibly tough round of bargaining,” says Joe Carreiro, UFCW 832 union negotiator. “This group works very hard to support aging Manitobans and our committee fought to ensure they had parity with health care aides in other locations.”

Vista Park Lodge is one of 125 senior care centres owned and operated by Extendicare, Canada’s largest provider of long-term care. UFCW 832’s approximately 100 members who work as health care aides, activity, rehab and dietary aides; as well as in housekeeping, kitchen and laundry services.

Read more about the collective bargaining victory at Vista Park Lodge.

UFCW Canada Local 832 is Manitoba’s largest private sector union, representing over 19,000 members in a wide variety of industries, including the retail food, health care, cannabis, food processing, security, industrial, textile, and transportations sectors. To learn more about UFCW 832, visit the local union’s website.

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