Kevin Benn
Secretary-Treasurer
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905-850-4584
Kevin has been standing up for workers and their families since the 1970s when he was an active member of the Labourers’ International Union and Plumber & Pipefitters Union.
From those early days, his involvement in the labour movement deepened in the early 1980s as he became a volunteer organizer and later a Special Projects Union Representative with UFCW Canada.In 1983, UFCW International hired Kevin as an Organizing Representative and from the mid to late-1980s, Kevin became an International Representative, serving local unions across the country.
In 1990, Local 1000A hired Kevin as a Staff Representative. Since then, he has served in a variety of positions, including Director of the Industrial Sector from the mid- to late-1990s.
In 2004, he was elected Executive Vice-President and in 2013, as Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1000A.
Kevin has extensive experience with negotiations, grievances, arbitration and litigation (with the Ontario Labour Relations Board, Human Rights Commission, and much more). On May 1, 2016, Kevin became the Secretary-Treasurer of UFCW Canada Local 1006A.
