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Organizing
With over 50,000 members, Locals
175 & 633 have a powerful place in Ontario’s labour
movement. Growth is essential to maintaining the strength and
progress of the collective agreements we negotiate. President
Hanley and the Organizing Department are dedicated to providing
excellent service to any worker who wants to bring the benefits
of union membership into their workplace.
Local 175 represents workers
in retail grocery and drugstores, retirement and nursing homes,
funeral service facilities, industrial warehouses, packaging
plants, production facilities, distribution warehouses and the hospitality
industry. Local 633 represents meat cutters working in retail
or non-retail establishments.
The organizing department strives
to help organize workers through educating non-unionized
workers on their rights in the workplace and how the presence
of a union can increase their wages, improve their benefits
and protect their jobs and quality of life.
Many workers are afraid to organize
their workplace because they think management will fire them
or that their co-workers will resist. The Local takes every precaution
to protect your anonymity throughout the organizing process.
If you want to learn more or if you want to organize your workplace, please contact the Locals 175 & 633 Organizing Department at organizing@ufcw175.com.
It
is important to know that your employer cannot prevent you from
organizing and they cannot threaten you or your job. You may
not, however, conduct union business – including organizing
– during your scheduled work hours. You cannot conduct
union business with a coworker during their scheduled work hours.
This sometimes makes it difficult to inform everyone.
Read
the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on organizing.
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