The UFCW Local 832 is a
local union of the
United Food and Commercial Workers union.
History
Founded in 1938, Local 832 was approximately 700 members strong by 1964 when Bernard Christophe was elected president. Christophe held the presidency of Local 832 until ending his 38-year stretch as head of the local by stepping down in 200
He was replaced by Robert Ziegler in the fall of 2002, who held the office until he recently retired on December 1, 2011. On October the 24th, 2011, the local's executive board elected Jeff Traeger to be the local's third full-time president in its 73-year history. Jeff had been the treasurer since 2004, and Beatrice Bruske was also elected by the board to serve the remainder of Jeff's term as Secretary/Treasurer (the 1st female in an executive administrative role in the local's history).
The local was recently successful in organizing a group of Mexican agricultural workers at Mayfair Foods. Although enough workers signed union cards to automatically certify in September 2006, a series of disputes before the Manitoba Labour Board pushed back their certification until June 26, 2007
CBC News, June 26th, 2007 (accessed July 17th, 2007). This certification has national importance, they became the first group of organized foreign farm workers in Canada.
See also
* UFCW Local 1776
UFCW Local 1776 represents workers in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs for the United Food and Commercial Workers. The larger majority of their members work in grocery stores. The number 1776 refers to the historical date in Philadelphia ...
, Philadelphia
References
Trade unions established in 1938
United Food and Commercial Workers
Organizations based in Winnipeg
Trade unions in Manitoba
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