The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), affiliated with the FTQ, has organized them. There are about 15 employees working in these greenhouses, maintaining and harvesting the crops. But UFCW Local 501 makes no secret that it has ambitions for other facilities. Lufa Farms operates four greenhouses: three in Montreal and one in Laval. They are involved in urban agriculture, grow crops on building rooftops and have developed partnerships with local producers. Several issues are of interest to the new union members, including occupational health and safety, promotions, wages and the opportunity to have a say in the company, explained Sami Dellah, UFCW Local 501 representative and negotiator, in an interview Tuesday.
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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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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.