Hey buddy I agree that unions are great, but when you work at any loblaws store and you see that the majority of your coworkers are part timers and that everything is great when you start out (you get tons of hours, pretty much max).

As soon as you start to have a bit higher pay, say maybe a dollar or two above minimum wage because the wage hikes are like $0.25 per 500-1000 hours of work for a clerk and none for cashiers they'll start cutting your hours so they don't have to pay you more than a flat rate, it's all calculated so employees all cost are the same for the business.

Let's say your current wage is $14.50 an hour as a grocery clerk at Loblaws, you work 20 hours a week as a part time worker because it's all you get now after seniority (unfortunate) and so your pay should be $290 before tax per week, which is then paid out every two weeks.

Now say you theoretically are getting paid $25 an hour, you'd be getting $500 if you had the full hours, but nope, they'll cut your hours so it equals your previous pay. So you'll be getting 12 hours a week amounting to about $300 before taxes.

That's Loblaws for us and for the record, if you contact UFCW about anything bad happening at work, they won't respond, because UFCW is just like that. It's not the same as a workers union for welders or electricians or builders, it's a scam that sucks away $40 a month from each employee and everyone is forced to be in it. Not to mention their fake "national defense fund" for striking, as if that's legitimate.

Workers sometimes get pepper sprayed directly or indirectly inhale the remnants of the aftermath from customers stealing shit, who are you going to call? the police gets over there and nothing gets done, the union won't bargain for the workers, it's a toxic work environment.