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The workers at one of Lufa Farms’s greenhouses have formed a union.
The new Local 501 of the Travailleurs unis de l’alimentation et du commerce, affiliated with the FTQ, encompasses about 15 employees who work in the Laval greenhouse, in maintenance or harvesting. But the union says it has ambitions to unionize other workplaces.
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Workers unionize at Lufa Farms greenhouse in Laval Back to video
Lufa Farms has four greenhouses in the Montreal area, with three others in Ahuntsic, Anjou and St-Laurent. It grows produce on building rooftops and has formed partnerships with local producers.