Prior to being hired at Local 1000A in May 2010, Thulasi developed extensive experience writing stories for newspapers across Ontario. Thulasi is a graduate of Queen’s University (B.A.) and of Ryerson University’s Journalism program. She is responsible for membership communications, which include social media management and creating content for our website, Connections magazine, telephone town halls, email news blasts, media releases and speeches. In addition to negotiations communications planning, she produces stories on new collective agreements, negotiations updates, new units organized and much more. She is the coordinator of the union’s Pride Advisory Committee, organizing our participation in Pride events every year. She is also UFCW Canada’s representative on the Ontario Federation of Labour’s Pride and Solidarity Committee.