Warehouse

Nearly 70 Unifor members working across the food and retail warehouse sector met for a strategy session November 28–30 in Toronto.

The meeting was called to assemble key local activists to discuss building capacity in the sector with the goal of improving standards for all. Priority issues included wages, benefits, workload, and the growing threat of unchecked automation in the workplace.

VANCOUVER—For the first time in British Columbia, workers elected by their peers sat down across the table from Amazon representatives to negotiate a first collective agreement.

“We’ve heard loud and clear from the team at YVR2 that workloads and speed are a top priority,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Work shouldn’t hurt, nor should YVR2 workers suffer from arbitrary pressure to speed up.”

Unifor Local 222 members at the Loblaws Distribution Centre in Ajax have voted overwhelmingly, by 91%, to ratify a new five-year collective agreement that delivers major wage gains, stronger benefits, and significant improvements to premiums and bonuses.

VANCOUVER—Unifor Local 114 has officially filed papers to begin negotiations for a collective agreement at the Delta B.C. facility (“YVR2”).

VANCOUVER—Amazon has failed to overturn the B.C. Labour Relations Board’s ruling and the company suffered a scathing indictment from the Board about its conduct during the Unifor unionization drive at the Delta B.C. facility (“YVR2”).

VANCOUVER—The B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) has sided with Unifor and awarded union certification to workers at the Amazon facility in Delta, B.C.

“Workers at Amazon organized against very difficult odds, but they’ve slayed the giant,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “This ruling sends a clear message to companies that bullying workers will only backfire in the end.”

TW Distribution was recently the scene of a moving, but above all inspiring, story that saw two members of Unifor Local 698—David Savard (unit president) and Steve Comptois, along with Mireille Vinet, a non-unionized employee—perform a heroic act that literally saved a life.

MONTREAL - Unifor denounces Amazon's decision to close seven warehouses in Quebec. The union also reaffirms support for the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), which has fought to improve conditions for Quebec’s unionized Amazon workers.