The BC NDP budget announced this week contains important gains for working families and will make life more affordable for everyone living in the province. Poverty reduction and climate action are two new areas of investment, with continued social spending on child care, housing and public infrastructure, as well as health care and the opioid crisis. Key for working families is a the BC Child Opportunity Benefit for children ...read more 

UFCW 1518 is applauding a decision by the BC NDP to bring privately-run home support services back into the government fold, a change that will improve quality of care for British Columbians and increase job security for community health workers. “As one of the first unions to organize home support workers, we understand very clearly the challenges our members face in providing top notch care to some of the ...read more 

About $40 million dollars in funding to address low wages will soon be distributed to community health workers, including about 2000 UFCW 1518 members. The money was gained during negotiations for their new collective agreement, which takes effect April 1. “Finally, we are working with a cooperative Minister of Health,” said President Kim Novak. “It helps that Minister Dix is determined to fix 16 years of neglect our members and ...read more 

Nobody should have to choose between feeding their family and affording basic hygiene products but that’s a choice many British Columbians have to make every month. Periods are a fact of life but the cost of menstrual products is prohibitive to many: street-affected girls and women, and those living in poverty; transwomen experiencing social stigma; and single mothers struggling to feed their children. That’s why UFCW 1518 has joined ...read more 

UFCW 1518 has released to NEW Q&A documents for members working at Safeway. Since Special Officer Vince Ready handed down his decision late last year on the reopener of the Safeway collective agreement as well as his ruling that Sobeys could convert Safeway stores to FreshCo, the union has been working with legal counsel on interpretation issues and pressing the company for more information. Then Sobeys announced last week ...read more