UFCW Local 832

UFCW Local 832 is a local union of the United Food and Commercial Workers union in Manitoba, Canada.

UFCW Local 832

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Local 832
Type	Local union
Headquarters	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Location	Manitoba, Canada
Membership	19,000[1] (2024)
President	Jeff Traeger
Parent organization	United Food and Commercial Workers
Affiliations	Manitoba Federation of Labour
Website	ufcw832.com

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 2002 . He was replaced by Robert Ziegler in the fall of 2002, who held the office until he recently retired on 1 December 2011. On 24 October 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 Bea Bruske was also elected by the board to serve the remainder of Jeff's term as Secretary/Treasurer (the first 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 26 June 2007.^[2] This certification has national importance, they became the first group of organized foreign farm workers in Canada.

See also

• Organized labour portal

• UFCW Local 1776, Philadelphia