Canada’s leading voice for retail workers, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada), is offering its condolences to the families of the garment workers who were recently killed in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and partnering with Loblaw Companies Limited to lead the effort for a higher standard of scrutiny, accountability and health and safety protections in the global garment industry.
After four years working cash at Brian’s No Frills, Brenda Foster was ready for change.
Eager to prove women could do the same job as men on the floor, UFCW Canada Local 1000A member Foster decided to take advantage of a new front-end training opportunity provision negotiated in the last No Frills collective agreement.
The union negotiated the right for part-time cashiers with four or more years of service to have the option of being transferred to another area of the store and receive relevant training. Members would be able to maintain their seniority and rate of pay and successfully complete their probationary period of 60 days.
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.
After several draft exchanges between your Union and the Company, Local 1000A is pleased to announce hard copies of the Loblaws Real Canadian Superstore (RCSS) appendices and letters of understanding covering RCSS workers are being printed and will be available for distribution by the end of the month. In order for our members to access this information as quickly as possible, we have also uploaded an electronic “draft” of the RCSS booklet online. Earlier this year, the draft Collective Agreement covering Great Food was published. The full Collective Agreement covering Loblaws Conventional, RCSS and Great Food is over 450 pages.
