“Ready, Set, Go!”: A Successful Bargaining Conference!

We’re happy to share that our Ready, Set, Go! bargaining conference was a huge success.

Members in attendance learned a lot, saying that they found the workshops and guest speakers incredibly valuable and that they shed crucial light on what it meant to bargain strong together in the coming years.

Everyone gained new perspectives on vital bargaining issues and enjoyed cultivating a spirit of solidarity and camaraderie with other union members from across the province.

The conference was a success all around. It left us looking forward to future conferences, including our upcoming Women’s Conference and a second bargaining conference in 2025.

Guest speakers, including emergency physician and medical activist Dr. Paul Parks and economist Jim Stanford, provided powerful insights into the economic and political landscape we face, and into how we can move forward and organize for a better future.

Thanks so much to all of the members who attended the Conference and brought their energy, enthusiasm, and passion to our work getting ready and set to go forward with the most aggressive bargaining we have coordinated as a local union.

We remain committed to fighting on everyone’s behalf to Stop the Squeeze and address the affordability crisis in this difficult time.

In solidarity,
Your Union
UFCW Local 401

P.S. During his presentation, Dr. Paul Parks reminded us that as medical indicators in Alberta worsen due to increasing problems of access, the government has simply stopped tracking many of them to avoid embarrassment.

Dr. Parks urged us all to make use of the website Putting Patients First to record our stories and help capture the data the government is now avoiding.

Click here to visit Patientsfirst.ca.

Posted on: November 15,2024