UFCW 1518
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UFCW 1518 proudly represents over 28,000 members across British Columbia and the Yukon! ✊ Learn more at ufcw1518.com/join
Happy Halloween from UFCW 1518!
Whether you’re trick-or-treating with family, dressing up with coworkers, or enjoying some treats after your shift, we hope your day is full of fun and a little spooky spirit! 👻
Whether you’re trick-or-treating with family, dressing up with coworkers, or enjoying some treats after your shift, we hope your day is full of fun and a little spooky spirit! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy Halloween from UFCW 1518!
Whether you’re trick-or-treating with family, dressing up with coworkers, or enjoying some treats after your shift, we hope your day is full of fun and a little spooky spirit! 👻
Whether you’re trick-or-treating with family, dressing up with coworkers, or enjoying some treats after your shift, we hope your day is full of fun and a little spooky spirit! 👻
Happy Diwali from UFCW 1518! 🪔
Wishing all our members and their families a joyful Festival of Lights.
May this Diwali bring light to your homes, strength to your communities, and peace to your hearts.
Wishing all our members and their families a joyful Festival of Lights.
May this Diwali bring light to your homes, strength to your communities, and peace to your hearts.
October 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy Diwali from UFCW 1518! 🪔
Wishing all our members and their families a joyful Festival of Lights.
May this Diwali bring light to your homes, strength to your communities, and peace to your hearts.
Wishing all our members and their families a joyful Festival of Lights.
May this Diwali bring light to your homes, strength to your communities, and peace to your hearts.
Happy Thanksgiving! Today we're thankful for our members who grow, process, distribute and sell so much of the food that people across BC and the Yukon will enjoy today.
Our office is closed for the holiday, and reps and other staff will return to work on Tuesday, October 14🦃
Our office is closed for the holiday, and reps and other staff will return to work on Tuesday, October 14🦃
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Today we're thankful for our members who grow, process, distribute and sell so much of the food that people across BC and the Yukon will enjoy today.
Our office is closed for the holiday, and reps and other staff will return to work on Tuesday, October 14🦃
Our office is closed for the holiday, and reps and other staff will return to work on Tuesday, October 14🦃
G’mar Chatima Tovah to everyone observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
As the sun sets tonight, UFCW 1518 extends our warmest wishes for a meaningful fast and reflection!
As the sun sets tonight, UFCW 1518 extends our warmest wishes for a meaningful fast and reflection!
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
G’mar Chatima Tovah to everyone observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
As the sun sets tonight, UFCW 1518 extends our warmest wishes for a meaningful fast and reflection!
As the sun sets tonight, UFCW 1518 extends our warmest wishes for a meaningful fast and reflection!
Today, we honour the children, Survivors, and communities impacted by Canada’s residential school system. We acknowledge a painful past — but we also commit to building a future rooted in truth, justice, and respect.
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today, we honour the children, Survivors, and communities impacted by Canada’s residential school system. We acknowledge a painful past — but we also commit to building a future rooted in truth, justice, and respect.
Please join us in welcoming two new voices to our Executive Board! 👏
Helen Zhai (PriceSmart) & Jasmeet Kaur (FreshCo) are advocates, proud shop stewards, & now E-Board reps from their workplaces.
They’re ready to stand up for fairness and build a stronger union for all!
Helen Zhai (PriceSmart) & Jasmeet Kaur (FreshCo) are advocates, proud shop stewards, & now E-Board reps from their workplaces.
They’re ready to stand up for fairness and build a stronger union for all!
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Please join us in welcoming two new voices to our Executive Board! 👏
Helen Zhai (PriceSmart) & Jasmeet Kaur (FreshCo) are advocates, proud shop stewards, & now E-Board reps from their workplaces.
They’re ready to stand up for fairness and build a stronger union for all!
Helen Zhai (PriceSmart) & Jasmeet Kaur (FreshCo) are advocates, proud shop stewards, & now E-Board reps from their workplaces.
They’re ready to stand up for fairness and build a stronger union for all!
Governments talk about the affordability crisis. Workers live it. Public services can’t be strong when the workers who deliver them are forced to scrape by.
We were proud to stand with BCGEU and PEA workers on the picket line for a fair deal. Your fight is our fight. ✊
We were proud to stand with BCGEU and PEA workers on the picket line for a fair deal. Your fight is our fight. ✊
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Governments talk about the affordability crisis. Workers live it. Public services can’t be strong when the workers who deliver them are forced to scrape by.
We were proud to stand with BCGEU and PEA workers on the picket line for a fair deal. Your fight is our fight. ✊
We were proud to stand with BCGEU and PEA workers on the picket line for a fair deal. Your fight is our fight. ✊
The Kim Novak Memorial Scholarship deadline is September 15, 2025.
This award honours Kim’s legacy of leadership, equity, and education. Don’t miss your chance to apply or share with someone who should!
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
This award honours Kim’s legacy of leadership, equity, and education. Don’t miss your chance to apply or share with someone who should!
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
September 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Kim Novak Memorial Scholarship deadline is September 15, 2025.
This award honours Kim’s legacy of leadership, equity, and education. Don’t miss your chance to apply or share with someone who should!
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
This award honours Kim’s legacy of leadership, equity, and education. Don’t miss your chance to apply or share with someone who should!
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
Happy Labour Day from UFCW 1518! ✊
Today we honour the workers who keep our communities strong.
When workers organize, we win.
When we stand together, we raise the bar for everyone.
Let’s keep building power, together. 💪
Today we honour the workers who keep our communities strong.
When workers organize, we win.
When we stand together, we raise the bar for everyone.
Let’s keep building power, together. 💪
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Happy Labour Day from UFCW 1518! ✊
Today we honour the workers who keep our communities strong.
When workers organize, we win.
When we stand together, we raise the bar for everyone.
Let’s keep building power, together. 💪
Today we honour the workers who keep our communities strong.
When workers organize, we win.
When we stand together, we raise the bar for everyone.
Let’s keep building power, together. 💪
This Labour Day, we’re celebrating worker power across BC! ✊
📍 Victoria
📍 Burnaby
📍 Abbotsford
Family fun, solidarity & more. Look for us in UFCW 1518 gear and come and say hi!
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📍 Victoria
📍 Burnaby
📍 Abbotsford
Family fun, solidarity & more. Look for us in UFCW 1518 gear and come and say hi!
🔗 ufcw1518.com/upcomin...
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This Labour Day, we’re celebrating worker power across BC! ✊
📍 Victoria
📍 Burnaby
📍 Abbotsford
Family fun, solidarity & more. Look for us in UFCW 1518 gear and come and say hi!
🔗 ufcw1518.com/upcomin...
📍 Victoria
📍 Burnaby
📍 Abbotsford
Family fun, solidarity & more. Look for us in UFCW 1518 gear and come and say hi!
🔗 ufcw1518.com/upcomin...
Want to shop union in Vancouver? We’ve got you. 🛍️
We’ve rounded up a list of UFCW 1518 union shops across Metro Vancouver—cafés, cannabis stores, dessert spots, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, retail & recreation, and professional services.
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We’ve rounded up a list of UFCW 1518 union shops across Metro Vancouver—cafés, cannabis stores, dessert spots, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, retail & recreation, and professional services.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Want to shop union in Vancouver? We’ve got you. 🛍️
We’ve rounded up a list of UFCW 1518 union shops across Metro Vancouver—cafés, cannabis stores, dessert spots, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, retail & recreation, and professional services.
🔗ufcw1518.com/update/...
We’ve rounded up a list of UFCW 1518 union shops across Metro Vancouver—cafés, cannabis stores, dessert spots, grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, retail & recreation, and professional services.
🔗ufcw1518.com/update/...
Big congrats to Urban Fare members who ratified their new collective agreement last week!
Their bargaining committee worked hard to bring members' priorities to the table—& they delivered in securing meaningful gains.
Here’s to a stronger, united voice for all retail workers!
Their bargaining committee worked hard to bring members' priorities to the table—& they delivered in securing meaningful gains.
Here’s to a stronger, united voice for all retail workers!
August 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Big congrats to Urban Fare members who ratified their new collective agreement last week!
Their bargaining committee worked hard to bring members' priorities to the table—& they delivered in securing meaningful gains.
Here’s to a stronger, united voice for all retail workers!
Their bargaining committee worked hard to bring members' priorities to the table—& they delivered in securing meaningful gains.
Here’s to a stronger, united voice for all retail workers!
It was great to connect with Matchstick Coffee, Earnest Ice cream, and Rain or Shine members at our recent picnic at Trout Lake — thank you to everyone who showed up!
Events like this show us what we already know: We’re stronger together.
Events like this show us what we already know: We’re stronger together.
August 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It was great to connect with Matchstick Coffee, Earnest Ice cream, and Rain or Shine members at our recent picnic at Trout Lake — thank you to everyone who showed up!
Events like this show us what we already know: We’re stronger together.
Events like this show us what we already know: We’re stronger together.
Two UFCW 1518 members attended the UFCW United Latinos Educational Conference in San Diego. ✊
Together, we are proud to stand with Latinx workers building power across North America.
Together, we are proud to stand with Latinx workers building power across North America.
August 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Two UFCW 1518 members attended the UFCW United Latinos Educational Conference in San Diego. ✊
Together, we are proud to stand with Latinx workers building power across North America.
Together, we are proud to stand with Latinx workers building power across North America.
UFCW 1518 stands in solidarity with the 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, represented by CUPE, fighting for dignity and fairness at work. We echo the CLC's message: an attack on one worker is an attack on all.
Take action to support flight attendants via @UnfairCanada today.
Take action to support flight attendants via @UnfairCanada today.
August 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
UFCW 1518 stands in solidarity with the 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, represented by CUPE, fighting for dignity and fairness at work. We echo the CLC's message: an attack on one worker is an attack on all.
Take action to support flight attendants via @UnfairCanada today.
Take action to support flight attendants via @UnfairCanada today.
Three months ago on Kim Novak's 40th birthday, we promised to honour her legacy through education. Today, applications for the Kim Novak Memorial Scholarship for UFCW 1518 members are open!
Learn more and apply by Sep 15, 2025.
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
Learn more and apply by Sep 15, 2025.
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Three months ago on Kim Novak's 40th birthday, we promised to honour her legacy through education. Today, applications for the Kim Novak Memorial Scholarship for UFCW 1518 members are open!
Learn more and apply by Sep 15, 2025.
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
Learn more and apply by Sep 15, 2025.
🔗 students.ubc.ca/fina...
✅FreshCo workers have secured another big win!
The BC Supreme Court upheld their right to bargain as one group, rejecting the employer's attempt to overturn the ruling. A clear message to employers: you can’t restructure to weaken workers’ collective power.💪🏽
The BC Supreme Court upheld their right to bargain as one group, rejecting the employer's attempt to overturn the ruling. A clear message to employers: you can’t restructure to weaken workers’ collective power.💪🏽
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
✅FreshCo workers have secured another big win!
The BC Supreme Court upheld their right to bargain as one group, rejecting the employer's attempt to overturn the ruling. A clear message to employers: you can’t restructure to weaken workers’ collective power.💪🏽
The BC Supreme Court upheld their right to bargain as one group, rejecting the employer's attempt to overturn the ruling. A clear message to employers: you can’t restructure to weaken workers’ collective power.💪🏽
Today on International Youth Day, we celebrate the power, resilience, and vision of young people everywhere.
Our young members are organizing, leading, and reshaping the future of work. They are not just the future of the labour movement. They are driving it forward right now.
Our young members are organizing, leading, and reshaping the future of work. They are not just the future of the labour movement. They are driving it forward right now.
August 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today on International Youth Day, we celebrate the power, resilience, and vision of young people everywhere.
Our young members are organizing, leading, and reshaping the future of work. They are not just the future of the labour movement. They are driving it forward right now.
Our young members are organizing, leading, and reshaping the future of work. They are not just the future of the labour movement. They are driving it forward right now.
Last week, Secretary-Treasurer Ronda Melbourne teamed up with our newest UFCW 1518 Representative to meet Save-On-Foods members in Delta and build connections on the ground.
Have you connected with your Union Rep yet?
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Have you connected with your Union Rep yet?
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August 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Last week, Secretary-Treasurer Ronda Melbourne teamed up with our newest UFCW 1518 Representative to meet Save-On-Foods members in Delta and build connections on the ground.
Have you connected with your Union Rep yet?
🔗 ufcw1518.com/rep-fin...
Have you connected with your Union Rep yet?
🔗 ufcw1518.com/rep-fin...
Thank you to everyone who showed up in strength and solidarity at Vancouver Pride on Sunday!
We were proud to sing loud and march for LGBTQ2S+ rights alongside the BC Federation of Labour and union members from across the city. 🌈✊🏽
We were proud to sing loud and march for LGBTQ2S+ rights alongside the BC Federation of Labour and union members from across the city. 🌈✊🏽
August 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Thank you to everyone who showed up in strength and solidarity at Vancouver Pride on Sunday!
We were proud to sing loud and march for LGBTQ2S+ rights alongside the BC Federation of Labour and union members from across the city. 🌈✊🏽
We were proud to sing loud and march for LGBTQ2S+ rights alongside the BC Federation of Labour and union members from across the city. 🌈✊🏽
📣 Just a heads-up! Today is a statutory holiday here in BC, so the UFCW 1518 office is closed. We'll be back tomorrow and ready to support our members. Thanks for your understanding!
August 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
📣 Just a heads-up! Today is a statutory holiday here in BC, so the UFCW 1518 office is closed. We'll be back tomorrow and ready to support our members. Thanks for your understanding!
Today, we honour the resilience of Black communities and remember the abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1833. In Canada, this day is a powerful reminder of our shared history—and a call to confront ongoing systemic racism with action and accountability.
August 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Today, we honour the resilience of Black communities and remember the abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1833. In Canada, this day is a powerful reminder of our shared history—and a call to confront ongoing systemic racism with action and accountability.
Matchstick Coffee workers voted to ratify their collective agreement yesterday!
This is a reminder of how union democracy works. Big decisions aren’t made behind closed doors. They’re made by the people doing the work. That’s what makes unions strong. ✊
This is a reminder of how union democracy works. Big decisions aren’t made behind closed doors. They’re made by the people doing the work. That’s what makes unions strong. ✊
July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Matchstick Coffee workers voted to ratify their collective agreement yesterday!
This is a reminder of how union democracy works. Big decisions aren’t made behind closed doors. They’re made by the people doing the work. That’s what makes unions strong. ✊
This is a reminder of how union democracy works. Big decisions aren’t made behind closed doors. They’re made by the people doing the work. That’s what makes unions strong. ✊
Congratulations to this year's ten Diversity Scholarship recipients! 🎉
This scholarship is open to Pattison Food Group team members and their dependents. Learn more about scholarship opportunities available to UFCW 1518 members on our website.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/education
This scholarship is open to Pattison Food Group team members and their dependents. Learn more about scholarship opportunities available to UFCW 1518 members on our website.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/education
July 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Congratulations to this year's ten Diversity Scholarship recipients! 🎉
This scholarship is open to Pattison Food Group team members and their dependents. Learn more about scholarship opportunities available to UFCW 1518 members on our website.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/education
This scholarship is open to Pattison Food Group team members and their dependents. Learn more about scholarship opportunities available to UFCW 1518 members on our website.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/education
⏳ LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! ⏳
Only 2 days left to apply for One Union, our UFCW 1518 membership gathering! Whether you’re brand new or a longtime member, this is your chance to connect, celebrate, and help shape the future of our union.
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Only 2 days left to apply for One Union, our UFCW 1518 membership gathering! Whether you’re brand new or a longtime member, this is your chance to connect, celebrate, and help shape the future of our union.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/one-uni...
July 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
⏳ LAST CHANCE TO APPLY! ⏳
Only 2 days left to apply for One Union, our UFCW 1518 membership gathering! Whether you’re brand new or a longtime member, this is your chance to connect, celebrate, and help shape the future of our union.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/one-uni...
Only 2 days left to apply for One Union, our UFCW 1518 membership gathering! Whether you’re brand new or a longtime member, this is your chance to connect, celebrate, and help shape the future of our union.
🔗 ufcw1518.com/one-uni...