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Staff of the Ontario Nurses Association have voted 96% in favour of authorizing strike action.
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BARGAINING 2025
JUSTICE FOR JANITORS
VANCOUVER | TORONTO | OTTAWA | HALIFAX
This year, SEIU Local 2 janitors in all our major markets are negotiating new city-wide agreements.
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Justice for Janitors
The goal of SEIU’s J4J movement is to build power for all janitors by developing member leadership and activism, winning strong contracts, organizing unorganized janitors, and building political & community power.
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Private Retail Liquor Store Workers
As private retail liquor store workers we face numerous challenges but there’s a way forward. We’re coming together through the Beverage Workers Rising campaign to overcome these and other challenges.
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Beverage Workers Rising
Beverage Workers Rising is a response to the workplace challenges faced by employees in the brewery and liquor industry working for both independent craft institutions as well as global multi-national corporations.
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Stand for Security
The Stand for Security campaign empowers workers in the private security sector to address the issues we face at work. Forming a Union with SEIU Local 2 provides us a path to come together and collectively make improvements.
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Strike News

ONASU
Staff of the Ontario Nurses Association have voted 96% in favour of authorizing strike action.
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BARGAINING 2025

Justice for Janitors
VANCOUVER | TORONTO | OTTAWA | HALIFAX
This year, SEIU Local 2 janitors in all our major markets are negotiating new city-wide agreements.
FIND OUT MORE
ONGOING CAMPAIGNS

Justice for Janitors
The goal of SEIU’s J4J movement is to build power for all janitors by developing member leadership and activism, winning strong contracts, organizing unorganized janitors, and building political & community power.
FIND OUT MORE
ONGOING CAMPAIGNS

Private Retail Liquor Store Workers
As private retail liquor store workers we face numerous challenges but there’s a way forward. We’re coming together through the Beverage Workers Rising campaign to overcome these and other challenges.
FIND OUT MORE
ONGOING CAMPAIGNS

Beverage Workers Rising
Beverage Workers Rising is a response to the workplace challenges faced by employees in the brewery and liquor industry working for both independent craft institutions as well as global multi-national corporations.
FIND OUT MORE
ONGOING CAMPAIGNS

Stand for Security
The Stand for Security campaign empowers workers in the private security sector to address the issues we face at work. Forming a Union with SEIU Local 2 provides us a path to come together and collectively make improvements.
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Article: Home at last

April 29, 2025

“Home at last: The long road to unionizing Nova Scotia’s largest homeless shelter,” an article by Eamon Irving published in The Signal about some of SEIU’s newest members.

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SEIU Local 2 represents 20,000 workers in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Alberta. We are proud members of the largest, fastest growing, and most dynamic union in North America.

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Members' Voices

“We won … the power to stand up to management when necessary and address problems.”

Olga da Cruz
Janitor, Hallmark Housekeeping Services
Toronto, ON

“We now have more opportunities and better working conditions.”

Cody Dilullo
Liquor Store Clerk, Berezan Liquor Store
Kelowna, BC

We’re getting increases of 18% over the life of the 2.5-year agreement.” 

Curtis Dauphney
Security Guard, Casino Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Sydney, NS

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“A union contract means our jobs are more protected and we have a collective voice.” 

Security Guard, Guardteck Security Corp
Burnaby, BC

“Being in a union has made the workplace fairer for employees.” 

Forklift Operator, Labatt’s Distribution
Mississauga, ON

“We won … the power to stand up to management when necessary and address problems.” 

Janitor, Bee Clean
Halifax, NS

“As a union we can fight for the sort of respect we deserve at work.” 

Janitor, GDI Integrated Facility Services
Vancouver, BC

“I’ve been a member for 27 years and being unionized has helped [us] win good wages and benefits.” 

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Arterra Wines Canada (Lab)
Niagara Falls, ON

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