BDM Recipient dreams of future in design
April 10, 2024 – Goderich, Ont. – The latest recipient of the BDM scholarship award goes to a UFCW 175 member, Elise Puska.
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Equal Pay Day is April 16, 2024
Toronto – April 10, 2024 – April 16, 2024 is Equal Pay Day. It symbolizes how far into the next year the average woman must work in order to have earned what the average man had earned in the previous year.
Workers at Nanaimo Trees Cannabis join union – UFCW 1518
Nanaimo, B.C. – April 8, 2024 – Workers at two Trees Cannabis locations in Nanaimo have joined their colleagues at other locations across Vancouver Island by joining UFCW Local 1518, establishing Trees Cannabis as British Columbia’s first private wall-to-wall unionized cannabis chain.
New contract for Red Lobster workers – UFCW 401
Edmonton – April 5, 2024 – UFCW 401 members working at Red Lobster have ratified a new contract after taking the company to mediation for a fair deal.
International Day of Pink – April 10
Toronto – April 3, 2024 – International Day of Pink happens every year on the second Wednesday of April, where people around the world wear their pink shirts and stand in solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community to continue the fight for equality and acceptance.
New courses added: How Dangerous is your Job, Working with Anxiety, and more
Toronto – April 2, 2024 – Face fear with confidence, courage, and knowledge. Discover more on webCampus.
Manufacturing workers at Lallemand Inc. join the union – UFCW 175 & 633
Cornwall, Ont. – April 1, 2024 – Workers at Lallemand Inc. in Cornwall, Ontario have voted to join UFCW Locals 175 & 633.
First contract for new members at Earnest Ice Cream – UFCW 1518
Vancouver – March 28, 2024 – Last year, workers at Vancouver’s Earnest Ice Cream’s Quebec St. and Fraser St. locations took their workplace into their own hands by organizing under UFCW 1518.
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