Source: Financial Assets Experts and union representatives say their new collective deal raises the bar for grocery store workers across the country. We apologize for the inconvenience, but this video has not been loaded. Tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Metro strike [...]
Source: CBC News Metro Inc. and Unifor have reached a tentative agreement, just over a month after thousands of the grocer's employees went on strike across the Greater Toronto Area, the company announced Wednesday. The deal comes after both parties returned to the negotiating table Tuesday after the company won a court injunction stopping picketers from [...]
By Spencer Van Dyk Source: CTV News The Competition Bureau of Canada is calling on all levels of government to boost competition in the grocery industry, in a bid to lower prices for shoppers. The independent agency launched its study of Canada’s retail grocery market last October, and in its [...]
Source: CBC News Unionized workers of two grocery store chains with locations in five Manitoba cities have voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike mandate. Over the weekend, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 832 members who work for Safeway and FreshCo gave their union the strike mandate [...]
By Jim Wilson Source: Canadian HR Reporter Uber Canada and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW Canada) have signed a “historic” national agreement that would benefit over 100,000 drivers and delivery people on the Uber platform. If requested, UFCW Canada will provide free representation to drivers and delivery [...]
By Lauren Bailey Source: Benefits Canada Canadians’ health priorities are shifting as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, as claims for medications to treat mental-health conditions continued to rise in 2020, along with claims for specialty drugs designed to treat rarer, yet increasingly chronic diseases, according to Telus Health’s annual drug [...]
By Russell Redman Source: Supermarket News Under a multibillion-dollar investment announced last summer, Walmart Canada plans to construct a fresh and frozen food distribution center in Moncton, New Brunswick. Walmart’s Mississauga, Ontario-based Canadian subsidiary said Thursday that the 221,000-square-foot facility, expected to open in the fall of 2022, will mark [...]
A union representing thousands of food-store employees was meeting with management Wednesday afternoon to figure out how those workers will be able to travel legally as Legault government announced a curfew as part of its lockdown strategy. The curfew begins at 8 p.m. Saturday. That would leave many employees in [...]