First Private-Sector Cannabis Retail Workers on Mainland Unionize
March 14, 2022 16:06 ET
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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...
More Original Farm Budtenders Join UFCW 1518 and Win Common Employer Application
February 03, 2022 10:22 ET
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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...
Budtender Fired for Unionizing Gets Job Back — UFCW 1518
November 26, 2021 11:32 ET
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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...
Uber Drivers Fired for Refusing Unsafe Work Says UFCW 1518 Union
October 07, 2021 15:44 ET
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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...
UFCW 1518 Calls on FreshCo Kamloops to Recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a Statutory Holiday
September 21, 2021 17:00 ET
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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...
Classified as “Contractors,” Gig Workers Need to be Included in BC’s Paid Sick Leave Program
August 18, 2021 15:34 ET
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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...
Shortage of Home Support Workers Made Worse by Interior Health’s Scheduling Program
July 02, 2021 18:23 ET
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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...
UFCW 1518 Welcomes Budtenders at Trees Cannabis
June 24, 2021 15:26 ET
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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...
UFCW 1518 Disappointed in BC Government's Minimal Paid Sick Leave Announcement
May 12, 2021 10:12 ET
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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...
Grocery Workers in Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health to Receive Priority Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
May 04, 2021 21:55 ET
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UFCW 1518
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia, May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grocery workers in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions over the age of 18 are now eligible for early COVID-19...