TORONTO—Staff at Walmart’s Mississauga warehouse have voted to affix Unifor, Canada’s largest personal sector union. It’s Walmart’s first warehouse to unionize in Canada.
“This victory is the results of uniting round a perception in office democracy and higher working circumstances,” mentioned Unifor Nationwide President Lana Payne. “Walmart workers in Mississauga stood up for their rights, and we are excited to get to work on their first collective agreement.”
Greater than 40% of the employees on the facility signed a union card this summer time and the Ontario Labour Board awarded the employees a vote, which was held September 10–12, 2024.
The notoriously anti-union firm did their finest to unfold falsehoods concerning the protections of a union, however staff noticed via the thinly veiled intimidation and selected unity over concern and division, says Unifor.
“Unions are the most effective way to have a say in your conditions at work,” mentioned Unifor Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi. “These Walmart workers are showing warehouse workers across Canada what’s possible when we stand together.”
Unifor’s marketing campaign at Walmart’s facility started in December 2023.
Earlier this yr warehouse staff at Amazon in Metro Vancouver efficiently filed for a union vote. The poll field stays sealed whereas Amazon’s legal professionals proceed to make use of stall ways to artificially inflate the worker numbers forward of the depend.
Unifor is Canada’s largest union within the personal sector, representing 315,000 staff in each main space of the economic system. The union advocates for all working individuals and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and overseas, and strives to create progressive change for a greater future.
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