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.
Each year, 42 scholarships of $500 each are made available to ease the burden of increasingly costly postsecondary education. All Local 1000A members and their dependents are eligible for the scholarships. Successful recipients will receive $500 towards the cost of full-time undergraduate studies at a Canadian university, college or other postsecondary educational institution.
The 2010 successful recipients will be contacted by their full-time staff representatives to deliver the cheques and take a photograph, for Connections magazine.
See list of 2010 Recipients.
The traditional punch clock is undergoing a makeover, in a very big way. Workers at all Loblaws, Real Canadian Superstores, and Great Food stores will be checking in and out of work by scanning a finger and entering their employee PIN number on the digital punch clock.
The Issue: Some members have approached the union with privacy concerns regarding the introduction of finger scan punch clocks throughout Loblaw Companies' various banners.
The Action: In response to members' concerns, the union's lawyers investigated the legality regarding the use of this new technology in your workplaces. Here's what they've discovered:
Being a good steward takes not only a passion to help fellow members but a willingness to learn. That is why Local 1000A is proud to congratulate 53 new stewards for completing the introductory Stewards Course this spring. Activists from a variety of workplaces (including Maple Grove, Green Grove Foods Corp, Loblaws, Great Food, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, and Janes Family Food Ltd), participated in the sessions in Toronto, Ottawa and London.
They learned about the local union, the labour movement and a steward’s duties. The courses were co-instructed by newly-trained instructors, Amanda Atwell, Leonna Turcotte, Fred Williams, and Glacier Samuel. Every year, Local 1000A offers courses in the spring and fall for interested
Stewards.
Local 1000A is proud to congratulate Executive Vice-President Pearl Sawyer for winning the 2010 OFL-ODRT (Occupational Disability Response Team) Workers’ Compensation and Disability Prevention Rights Award. Pearl is a tireless advocate and trailblazer in the world of workers’ compensation, helping improve life for workers injured on the job and/or those returning to work. Pearl is also an OFL Executive Board Vice-President and co-chair of the OFL Health and Safety and WCB Committees.
THUNDER BAY, ON - After 15 months of negotiations, employees at the Real Canadian Superstore in Thunder Bay, Ontario voted 98 per cent in favour of ratifying a five-year collective agreement with Westfair Foods Ltd.
TORONTO – After more than five months of on-and-off negotiations, a new five-year labour agreement between UFCW Canada Local 1000A and Loblaw Companies Ltd. has been ratified by 56 per cent, the union announced today.
