Workers at Maxi Mascouche achieve new contract - UFCW 500
Montreal – January 26, 2015 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members working at Maxi Mascouche have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new collective bargaining agreement. The new contract is retroactive to March 12, 2014 and runs until 2018. Workers at the Maxi Mascouch grocery store have been UFCW Canada Local 500 members since 1994.


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