UFCW Canada Local 12R24
The Union for The Beer Store Workers
The Union for Beer Store Workers
UFCW Canada Local 12R24 is the union representing over 6,000 employees working at The Beer Store in the province of Ontario, from Thunder Bay to Ottawa to Windsor.
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Beer Store contact centre workers vote to ratify first collective agreement
London, Ontario – Beer Store Contact Centre workers, Members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 12R24, voted to ratify their first Collective Agreement!
Doug Ford breaks another promise to protect jobs
Legislation to cancel Master Framework Agreement contract will cost 7,000 jobs and billions of taxpayers’ dollars to put beer in corner store
Campbellville, Ont. – May 30, 2019 – The Doug Ford Ontario PC government’s move to cancel the Master Framework Agreement governing beer retailing “is an assault on good-paying jobs and agreements negotiated in good faith,” says John Nock, the president of UFCW Canada Local 12R24, which represents Beer Store employees.
UFCW Local 12R24 asks Ontario Auditor General and Ombudsman to investigate convenience store lobbying activities
Taxpayer funded resources used to set up website to attack Beer Store workers
Campbellville, Ont. – May 24, 2019 – UFCW Local 12R24 President John Nock has sent a letter to the Auditor General and Ombudsman of Ontario asking them to investigate the activities of the provincial government in working together with the convenience store industry to lobby for expanded alcohol sales.
UFCW News
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UFCW Canada commemorates National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Ottawa – September 24, 2021 – In June of this year, the federal government proclaimed September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day calls for recognition and reflection of the ongoing legacy of Canada’s residential school system. As a paid statutory holiday, it covers all federally regulated employees working in the public and private sector.
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BDM Scholarship recipient grateful for assistance through work and study in difficult pandemic
Ottawa – September 23, 2021 – McGill University student and UFCW 175 & 633 member Dona Tu is the latest recipient of UFCW Canada’s BDM Scholarship award, granted annually to members and their family. -
Industry Snapshot: Canada’s tomato industry nears $1 billion in value
Toronto – September 21, 2021 – Statistics Canada has released its latest infographics on trends in the Canadian tomato sector, revealing an industry producing nearly $1 billion in value and exporting over 172 million kilograms (kg) of product in 2020.