Negotiation Updates

First Collective Agreements Ratified by members at two Canna Cabana locations

Twenty-four members working at two Canna Cabana locations – in Innisfil and on Queen Street East in Toronto – recently ratified their first collective agreements as members of UFCW Local 175. Both agreements provide wage increases and other gains for the new members over the next three years.

As these are the first Union agreements in place for these workers, they now benefit from the security of belonging to the Union with language such as a grievance procedure and just cause protection.

• The new hire rate improves immediately to $17.15 per hour, up from minimum wage. After one year of service, members will see another increase to $17.60 per hour. They will then receive an increase of 40 cents per hour in each of the remaining years of the agreement.

• A new classification for Shift Leads shall be paid $19.50 per hour, and they will receive steady increases in each year of the agreement. Members also benefit from a onetime signing bonus of $400 for full-time and $200 for parttime sales associates.

• Full-time employees with at least one year of service will now receive five sick days per calendar year, three of which will be paid.

• Full-time with one year of service will also receive one float day, and one additional float day on January 1, 2026.

• Vision care coverage for frames, lenses, and eye exams of $250 per 24-month period.

Achievements also include the inclusion of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Remembrance Day as paid holidays, among other improvements.

Union Negotiating Committees

Canna Cabana Innisfil: Brianna Latimer, Union Representative Arlene Robertson, and Regional Director Jehan Ahamed.

Canna Cabana Queen East: Raghav Chawla and Kerri Lee, Union Representative Sabrina Qadir, and HOPE Community Director Mike Mattioli.