Ottawa – December 17, 2013 – Former employees and UFCW Canada members from the shuttered Walmart store in Jonquière, Quebec, and their spokesperson Gaétan Plourde returned to the Supreme Court of Canada on December 6, in a new effort to win their case.
Quebec City – December 13, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 509 is pleased and very proud to announce that the workers at Gaudreau Environnement inc. have achieved a first collective agreement. The members at Gaudreau Environnement — a waste management company in the Charlevoix area — ratified the terms of a first labour contract which runs until the end of 2016.
Barrie, Ont. – December 10, 2013 – The health care providers at the Barrington Retirement Home in Barrie, Ontario recently met to review and vote on their first collective agreement. Workers in the bargaining unit join 3,000 other members of the UFCW Canada Local 175 Health, Office & Professional Employees (HOPE) Sector.
Washington, D.C. – December 5, 2013 – UFCW Canada National Council President Paul Meinema has been elected Executive Vice President of UFCW International to serve the interests of the membership on the union’s most senior leadership committee.
Toronto – November 29, 2013 – UFCW Canada activists from across Ontario came out in force for the 12th Biennial OFL convention, involving more than 1,000 delegates and leaders representing a million plus union members throughout the province.
Quebec City – November 26, 2013 – UFCW Canada Local 509 members at the Coop Saint-Ludger supermarket in Quebec’s Estrie region are excited to have a new collective agreement following a successful ratification vote in October 2013.
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