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UFCW 1518 Home Care Workers Ratify Historic Contract
01 mars 2023 15h48 HE | UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, March 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over 3,000 members of the UFCW 1518 Community Health sector, who provide home care to vulnerable people across British Columbia,...
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First Private-Sector Cannabis Retail Workers on Mainland Unionize
14 mars 2022 16h06 HE | UFCW 1518
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Workers at an East Hastings cannabis shop are venturing into green territory after a union vote last week. Together, staff decided to...
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More Original Farm Budtenders Join UFCW 1518 and Win Common Employer Application
03 févr. 2022 10h22 HE | UFCW 1518
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Feb. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The BC Bud Union, a division of UFCW 1518, has grown its power significantly after 14 cannabis workers at the Original Farm Hillside...
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Budtender Fired for Unionizing Gets Job Back — UFCW 1518
26 nov. 2021 11h32 HE | UFCW 1518
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Nov. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Budtender in Victoria will be going back to work on Friday after he was fired three weeks ago. Niko Kruzel works as a Budtender at...
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Uber Drivers Fired for Refusing Unsafe Work Says UFCW 1518 Union
07 oct. 2021 15h44 HE | UFCW 1518
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is taking the cases of several Uber Drivers to the BC Labour Relations Board by filing an unfair labour practice complaint...
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UFCW 1518 Calls on FreshCo Kamloops to Recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a Statutory Holiday
21 sept. 2021 17h00 HE | UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is calling on the operator of FreshCo Kamloops to grant store workers a statutory holiday on September 30 in...
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Classified as “Contractors,” Gig Workers Need to be Included in BC’s Paid Sick Leave Program
18 août 2021 15h34 HE | UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With the provincial government announcing that it is developing a permanent paid sick leave program for all BC workers, UFCW 1518...
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Shortage of Home Support Workers Made Worse by Interior Health’s Scheduling Program
02 juil. 2021 18h23 HE | UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, July 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is calling on Interior Health to re-examine its decision of reducing care times and to change its scheduling program to...
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UFCW 1518 Welcomes Budtenders at Trees Cannabis
24 juin 2021 15h26 HE | UFCW 1518
VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workers at Trees Cannabis have voted to join other budtenders as part of the BC Bud division of UFCW 1518. These workers have been...
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UFCW 1518 Disappointed in BC Government's Minimal Paid Sick Leave Announcement
12 mai 2021 10h12 HE | UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UFCW 1518 is disappointed in the minimal paid sick day provisions announced by the government of British Columbia. Premier John...