Welcome to the UFCW Local 247 information hub for the 2026 round of collective bargaining for BC Superstores and Distribution Centres.
This page is updated regularly. Bargaining updates will be shared with members by email and posted here, so please check back often.
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Our union Bargaining Team is comprised of UFCW Local 247 members supported by union leadership and staff.
For this round of negotiations, we are proud of the fact that this is the largest group we’ve ever brought together to negotiate a collective agreement.
Within the Bargaining Team, have a large Bargaining Committee: the group that meets face-to-face with the company. We also have an even larger Bargaining Council, made up of members whose role is to provide updates, gather feedback, and engage members along the way.
Your Bargaining Team is a diverse group of UFCW Local 247 members who generously give their time and energy to try to bring improvements for their co-workers.
The team is intended to equitably represent as many members’ interests as possible, bringing together members from nearly every workplace, department, seniority level, employment status (full-time/part-time), and other demographics.
We are posting profiles of our bargaining team members on this page.
The following is our proposed timeline for the bargaining process. For more general information on how collective bargaining works, see our Bargaining Basics page.
We held a member survey to gather members' ideas and priorities.
Members were invited to express their interest in serving on the UFCW Local 247 union bargaining team.
Your union reviewed survey respondents and selected over 70 UFCW Local 247 members to serve on the union's Bargaining Team.
Our bargaining team equitably represents the membership based on geography and store location, department, seniority, full-time/part-time status, and other demographics
Our Union Bargaining Team gathered in Surrey for a bargaining conference where they heard from experts and discussed and developed bargaining priorities.
There was also special information on how we are communicating and engaging members throughout the bargaining process.
Your bargaining committee will meet with the Employer and seek to negotiate improvements for you.
For retail members, bargaining will begin on the week of April 27-May 1.
For warehouse members, bargaining will begin on May 5.
Further bargaining meetings for both retail and warehouse members will occur simultaneously on May 11-15, June 1-5, and June 15-19.
Further bargaining dates may be necessary to secure a tentative agreement before our July 22 deadline.
Your bargaining team members will provide updates to you throughout the process, both by email and in person updates in your workplace.
One of our key conditions for early bargaining is that we reach a deal before the anniversary of the expiry of the agreement.
If no deal is accepted by our members by July 22, 2026, then we will end the process and prepare for bargaining as usual in 2027.
If a deal is accepted by membership vote, then the collective agreement will be renewed with the newly negotiated terms.
