Rosemont, Que. – June 13, 2019 – Workers at the Rosemont Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), who have been members of the United Food and Commercial Workers since December, have voted unanimously in favour of a strike mandate following negotiations between the union and the employer.
Toronto – March 13, 2019 – Workers at the call centre for the Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of unionization with UFCW Canada.
Montreal – February 27, 2019 – UFCW Canada is proud to announce that workers at the SQDC cannabis retail store in Mirabel have said “Yes!” to joining Canada’s leading union in the cannabis sector.
Montreal – December 10, 2018 – UFCW Canada is proud to announce that applications to represent employees at SQDC cannabis retail locations in both Rosemont and Rimouski, Quebec have been certified by Quebec’s Administrative Labour Tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail, or TAT).
Montreal – October 18, 2018 – Cannabis workers at four retail locations in Quebec have chosen UFCW as their union.
TORONTO – October 17, 2018 — While adult consumers now have the right to legally purchase cannabis, what about the workplace rights and safety of the thousands of cannabis workers at the centre of this burgeoning Canadian industry?
Seattle, Washington – August 31, 2018 – UFCW21 members at the Have a Heart cannabis retail chain in Washington State have ratified the first-ever collective bargaining agreement in the state between a union and an adult-use cannabis retailer.
