National President joins the Covered Bridge Potato Chips picket line
Hartland, N.B. – March 3, 2016 – UFCW Canada National President Paul Meinema and Executive Assistant Barry Sawyer joined the picket line at Covered Bridge Potato Chips on Tuesday, as Local 1288P members continue to hold strong in their resolve to gain a fair first contract.


Regina, Sask. – February 29, 2016 – A recently released video that shows the owner of the Best Western Seven Oaks in Regina bullying workers has gone viral across Canada.
Surrey, B.C. – February 26, 2016 – The 2016 Students Against Migrant Exploitation (SAME) tour recently kicked off in Surrey, British Columbia at the KDocs Film Festival, with a special screening of Food Chain$, a documentary that explores the working conditions of migrant agriculture workers.
Hartland, N.B. – February 25, 2016 – A new radio ad has hit the airwaves asking consumers not to buy Covered Bridge Potato Chips until a strike by UFCW Canada Local 1288P members ends with a fair first contract.
Toronto – February 18, 2016 – UFCW Canada activists stood shoulder to shoulder with community members and volunteers across the country to take part in the February 14 Annual Memorial Marches in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
Regina, Sask. – February 10, 2016 – Canada's leading voice for workers, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), has launched a major radio ad campaign to support the hard-working men and women at the Best Western Seven Oaks Inn in Regina, Saskatchewan.