Of Note: This news item is archived content from UFCW Canada Local 1000A.
Local 1000A and UFCW Canada Local 206 merged on May 1, 2016 to form UFCW Canada Local 1006A.
RE: CANCELLATION OF SHIFTS
Loblaw Supermarkets Ltd has been cancelling a number of shifts on a weekly basis at many of its Great Food and Real Canadian Superstore locations. These cancellations have been occurring on a systematic basis. It is your union's belief there may be shifts that were cancelled in violation of our members' rights under the collective agreement.
We are proud to welcome workers at LensCrafters Markville into the Local 1000A family. Workers at the Markham location recently voted overwhelmingly to join the local union.
Walmart workers took part in a worldwide protest on December 14, 2012 to raise awareness about how the multinational giant was treating its workforce. Local 1000A members and activists in the GTA supported workers in these global efforts, by handing out flyers and talking to members of the public about the need for Walmart’s employees to be paid fairly and treated with dignity.
UFCW Canada Local 1000A is proud to congratulate the Ottawa Retail Franchise Division for its hard work and dedication in raising $1,320 in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma.
The division undertook multiple initiatives last year, including a TV raffle, book sales, and a bake sale to fundraise for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. “All in all, we are very pleased and happy with everyone who participated in all these initiatives,” said Gord Knowles, President of the Ottawa Retail Franchise Division. “Without their support, we wouldn’t have been able to do what we did.”
Ontario’s workers and their families will be facing one of the biggest attacks on their rights if right-to-work-for-less legislation becomes a reality in this province.
“My livelihood will be in jeopardy,” said Glacier Samuel, a bookkeeper at Oakville’s Real Canadian Superstore. The mother of three said right-to-work-for-less will empower the rich at the expense of poor, stripping workers of hard-fought rights and protections in the workplace. “Companies will be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want to us,” Samuel said. “Our wages could be cut, our benefits eliminated and people will have to struggle more than ever to make ends meet.”
At its essence, right-to-work-for-less is the gutting of labour laws and the decimation of resources unions use to protect and defend members.
UFCW Canada Local 1000A activists were among the 120 delegates who gathered at Barrie’s Kempenfelt Centre to participate in the first ever Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) Women’s Leadership Summit. Held over three days, the summit drew women from a wide range of sectors, from retail to industrial to healthcare to education.
