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.
UFCW Canada Local 1000A activists and staff took to the streets of downtown Toronto on March 7 to participate in the city’s annual International Women’s Day rally and march.
Participants gathered to raise awareness on a variety of issues, including violence against women, affordable childcare, missing aboriginal women and the gender wage gap prevalent in non-union workplaces.
“The reality is that society still has a long way to go when it comes to addressing these issues,” said Diana O’Brien, Coordinator for Local 1000A’s Women’s Issues Network. “International Women’s Day is about empowering women and men to transform our communities and our province for the better.”
Your Women’s Issues Network is pleased to announce your new regional committees. Votes were held across Ontario to help select regional representatives for your Women's Issues Network (WIN). In each of the network’s six regions, a Chair, Co-Chair and an Alternate were chosen to serve as the regional committee for a four-year term.
Your union bargaining committee finished three days of negotiations with your employer. Your bargaining committee met on Monday March 2 and then met with your employer on March 3, 4, and 5. Several passes of bargaining proposals were conducted and sub-committees were struck to deal with specific issues.
In 1977, International Women's Day was proclaimed to be held every year on March 8 by the United Nations (UN). They state that the day is "a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities."
UFCW Canada Local 1000A members at Mississauga’s Cineplex Cinemas Courtney Park ratified a new collective agreement with wage increases and language improvements.
The deal, which covers 87 workers, was ratified on January 12, 2015. It runs from March 31, 2013 to March 31, 2016.
The bargaining committee was led by Local 1000A Staff Representative Dustin Magee and included Staff Representative Gord Jackson, IIija Dimeski and Judy Tokzke.
“It is a fair contract which provides us with a good foundation to build upon for the future,” said Pearl Sawyer, President of Local 1000A.
Working Together to Improve Your Wages, Benefits and Working Conditions
On February 10 and 11, 2015, your union bargaining committee – led by experienced negotiators, from UFCW Canada Locals 1000A, 175 & 633, met with representatives from Loblaws Supermarkets Ltd.
Based on contract proposals completed by our members, the committee’s key priorities at the bargaining table included:
- wage increases — improving wage progression scales
- scheduling improvements
- benefits improvements
- limits on in-store third party providers (so workers’ hours are protected and not cut)
