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Extra Foods Strike Over After close to three and a half years on the picket lines, the employees of Extra Foods in Maple Ridge are finally going back to work. The picket line in front of the store came down at 3:30 p.m. on Friday to the cheers of striking workers after employees at the store voted 93 per cent in favour of accepting a new six-year contract with Loblaw Companies Limited, the parent company of Extra Foods. Under the new contract, workers at the store will get a small bump in pay, retroactive to 2004. read more
March 27, 2012 Thomas Mulcair wins NDP Leadership, thanks UFCW Canada for "constant, steady and wise" support ... read more
March 15, 2012 More unions join UFCW Canada in supporting Thomas Mulcair for NDP Leader ... read more
December 08, 2011 H&M Associates in Quebec Join the Union ... read more
April 13, 2012 Aramark Okanagan UBC members vote 87% for Strike Action ... read more
April 10, 2012 Celebrating Women in Vancouver! ... read more
March 20, 2012 SEPPS Members Overwhelmingly Ratify First Collective Agreement ... read more