Workers at Provigo Baie-Comeau join the union – UFCW 503
Baie-Comeau, Que. – November 1, 2014 – Workers at Alimentation Jacques Nadeau Inc. (Provigo) in Baie-Comeau, Quebec are the newest members of UFCW Canada Local 503 after voting to join the union earlier this year. An application for certification was filed by the union on August 4 and approved by the Quebec Labour Relations Commission on October 8.


Ottawa – October 31, 2014 – UFCW Canada leaders and staff from all across Canada recently gathered in Ottawa for a summit focused on diversity and inclusion.
Toronto – November 3, 2014 – Forty years ago, the Canadian and Mexican governments came together to create the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP). At the time, the SAWP was seen as the perfect answer to an agricultural labour shortage in Canada and poverty and rural unemployment in Mexico.
Toronto – November 3, 2014 – The newly appointed leaders of Target in the United States and Canada continue to be smug about the company’s failed venture into Canada. Rather than addressing serious concerns, such as the lack of secure employment in the retailer’s Canadian stores, Target executives vow to stay the course on a ship that’s leaking, if not sinking.