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A New Chapter in Our Union's History DIRECTIONSBulletinBulDletin fromfrom theI NationalNationalR Director,Director,E UFCW CanadaC • Vol.Vol. IV TNos.Nos. 3-5 • JuneJuneI 14, 2004O • ISSN 1496-9009NS A new chapter in our union’s history he successful conclusion of the historic fi ve-month strike by tens of thousands of our union’s members in California earlier this year coincidentally marked a milestone point in the UFCW’s development. With our Tunion’s attention and resources devoted to the needs of that strike, a number of planned changes – including the retirement of the international president – had been put on hold until the strike against the Safeway, Kroger, and Albertsons chains was resolved. After more than 40 years of service to members in the United States and Canada – including several years working in Montréal – Doug Dority has been one of the most infl uential leaders in the North American labour movement, best known for his unwavering commitment to organizing the unor- ganized. UFCW Canada leaders gather in Toronto this month to pay tribute to his long career of work on behalf of working people (more on page 2). The vacancies created by Brother Dority’s retirement, along with that of executive vice-president Mike Leonard, have resulted in some major changes in the union’s fi ve-member international excutive committee. Former secretary-treasurer Joe Hansen has been elected international president, and former executive vice-president Marc Perrone was elected secretary-treasurer. Bill McDonough, formerly the UFCW regional director in California, was elected as an executive vice-president, joining Sarah Palmer Amos. In addition, I have been elected to the international execu- tive board. To me, it is a privilege serving members and represent- ing their interests as an executive vice-president in addition to my duties as national director of UFCW Canada. These changes serve to reinforce the UFCW as a leader in organizing the unorganized, while at the same time marking the start of a new era of rejuvenation and revitilization. We all remain committed to the needs of our members as well as the outreach to thousands of workers everywhere in their quest for fair treat- ment and dignity. In solidarity, Above, retired UFCW international president Douglas H. Dority; below (l-r) new president Joe Hansen, new secre- tary-treasurer Marc Perrone, new executive vice-president Michael J. Fraser Bill McDonough, and retired executive vice-president Mike National Director Leonard. With the NDP and Bloc growing in support in early election Election spells opportunity polls at the expense of the governing Liberals, supporters are anticipating the possibility of forming at least the balance of the Despite the spectre of a possible right-wing government as a result, government. the June 28 federal election also means a chance for Canada’s New “It will take a lot of hard work – we’re certainly not there yet,” Democrats and the Bloc Québécois to gain ground and possibly Fraser says. “But this election could be a milestone.” provide the balance of power in a minority government situation, In the wake of the Liberal sponsorship scandal and the promise- UFCW Canada national director Michael Fraser says. breaking first budget of the Ontario Liberals, Fraser cautions vot- “Many Canadians have been waiting for an opportunity to ers to avoid supporting “new Conservatives” as a way of sending a express their distaste for the right-wing agenda that increasingly is message to the Liberals. permeating our society,” he says. “This election is about winning “Stephen Harper’s so-called Conservatives are not the Conserv- back a caring, socially-responsible government, and adequately atives of Joe Clark. They’re not even the Conservatives of Brian funding programs such as health care, child and elder care, and Mulroney! They are mainly right-wing reactionaries who want to others, sustaining what we and those before us have worked to tear apart our social fabric,” he says. build.” At the same time, he adds, “We have long known what Paul Martin is and what he represents – the old, privileged, wealth of Canada, mad at a terrible cost to thousands upon thousands of working people. It’s time for voters to support someone with the interests of average working people at heart.” UFCW Canada Local 175 member Tim McCallum is the NDP candidate in Ontario’s Elgin-Middlesex-London riding. Other notable labour activists in the race as New Democrats include Sid Ryan of CUPE in Oshawa; Irene Mathyssen of the OSSTF in Lon- don-Fanshawe; and Peggy Nash of the autoworkers in Parkdale- High Park. In a controversial move, Prime Minister Martin has appointed several “star” candidates to run for the Liberals, including IWA- Canada leader Dave Haggard and former B.C. NDP Premier Ujjal Dosanjh. “This election is about people,” Fraser says, noting the recent Ontario by-election landslide victory by NDP candidate Andrea Horwath in Hamilton-East has shown the electorate is willing to consider options. “People are opting for change, and supporting the party that supports working people means change for the bet- ter.” For details, contact Brian Noonan, UFCW Canada national New Charter challenge coordinator, political action. UFCW Canada is once again taking the government of Ontario to court in an effort to win back rights for workers in the province’s agriculture sector, following inaction by the province’s new Liberal government on Political donation changes following the previously-won ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. UFCW Canada National Council has adopted the recommenda- The union has joined with three agriculture workers in filing the ac- tions of the UFCW Canada National Political Action Committee tion, seeking to uphold and enforce the Court’s December 2001 ruling on the rule changes on political donations recently put in place by defending their right to representation under the Charter of Rights and Elections Canada and the Canada Elections Act. Because of new restrictions on union donations that came into Freedoms. UFCW Canada has been advocating for the rights of agricul- effect on January 1, 2004, any and all UFCW Canada donations to ture workers for more than 20 years, both for industrial-style workers in federal parties will be made solely by the national office, to a man- provinces where their rights are denied, as well as on behalf of migrant dated aggregate of $1,000.00. At the same time, the UFCW Canada workers from mainly Mexico and the Caribbean working in Canada National Council urges local unions and chartered bodies to affiliate to provincial New Democratic Parties, wherever possible. under the federal Seasonal Agricultural Workers (SAW) program (see Further, the council urges all local unions and chartered bodies to Support Centres, page 5). This marks the third time in the past year that participate in the CLC’s Labour Issues Campaign. UFCW Canada has taken government to court in support of agriculture For details, contact Brian Noonan, UFCW Canada national workers, having earlier initiated actions on the exclusion of agriculture coordinator, political action. workers from the Ontario Occupational Health and Safey Act, and another to challenge the federal Employment Insurance Act, which Dority feted in Canada forces SAW program workers to pay insurance premiums even though they cannot collect from the program. Seen above with UFCW Canada An evening in tribute to retired UFCW international president national director Michael Fraser at a Queen’s Park news conference Doug Dority is scheduled in Toronto on Thursday, June 17 at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel. “It seems fitting that we pay tribute to announce the legal action is union legal counsel for the case Paul to Brother Dority’s 43 years of service to members and workers Cavaluzzo. For details, contact Stan Raper, UFCW Canada national office. DIRECTIONS 2 June 14, 2004 DIRECTIONS 3 June 14, 2004 UFCW Canada UFCW Canada everywhere especially here in Canada where he spent part of his career,” says UFCW Canada national director Michael Fraser. Loeb agreement ratified During the late 1960s and early 1970s, while working from the from Cincinnati and Philadelphia, Dority’s organizing and other Members at the Loeb McArthur grocery store in Ottawa ratified a work as a union representative sent him across southern Ontario, renewed collective agreement with wage increases and better pen- as well as time assigned in Montréal and Ottawa. sion benefits earlier this year. Watch for the next edition of DIRECTIONS for details of this Full-time workers receive quarterly lump sum payments total- tribute evening. ling $800.00 per year in addition to an hourly increase of 90¢. Part-time workers gain similar lump sum payments totalling $400.00 per year along with 90¢ more per hour by the end of the Sobeys warehouse deal reached contract. There is also a new wage scale for full- and part-time meat cutters. UFCW Canada Local 175 members at the Sobeys Milton Retail In addition, workers on “Express Cash” and lead hands receive Support Centre in Milton, Ont., west of Toronto, voted earlier this shift premiums of 75¢ per hour. Night shift workers’ hourly pre- year in favour of a new contract. The centre, which is a main ware- mium increases to 95¢. house and distribution facility for central Ontario Sobeys stores, employs 560 workers. “Winning this new contract is a victory for these workers,” says Local 175 president Wayne Hanley. “Because of the determination and resolve of the membership, the union committee (unit mem- bers Learie Philips (chief steward), Paul Santos, John Robinson, and Steve Wright, assisted by union staff Dan Serbin (union rep), Jerry Clifford (Central East region director), and Jim Hastings (ex- ecutive assistant to the president) was able to negotiate improved pensions, health and welfare benefits, and wages.” Company contributions to the Canadian Commercial Work- ers Industry Pension Plan (CCWIPP) increase in each year of the agreement, wages increase by $2.00 per hour across the board, and workers also gained a $650.00 signing bonus.
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