UFCW Women's Network

UFCW Women's Network Convention

On May 16 – 17, 2024, about 300 delegates from UFCW Local Unions across Canada and the United States took part ithe 15th Biennial UFCW Women’s Network Convention.

During the two-day convention, members heard several panel discussions including one called Connect Your Power which featured Local 175 President Kelly Tosato, among other women leaders from our Union. The entire group was part of a large workshop entitled ‘Developing a Leadership Mindset.’ In addition, smaller workshops in break out rooms covered topics such as:

• Building Community Connections – Broad Based Organizing

• Communication is Key, and;

• Online to Offline – Identifying Leaders in Organizing Campaigns.

On May 16, delegates grabbed protest signs and donned their women’s network t-shirts to rally with community leaders and other Unions at a local Food 4 Less store in solidarity with workers who are fighting for better wages, benefits, and job security from parent company Kroger.

Resolutions passed by delegates at the Convention addressed:

• Training & Support for UFCW Women in Leadership Roles;

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Action;

• Advancing a Working Women’s Agenda by Engaging More Women and Members in Politics;

• Ending Gender-Based Violence, and;

• Closing the Gender Wage Gap.