At Safeway, regular communication with our teammates has always been incredibly important to us. You are the experts in our stores – you are dedicated, hard working, and caring. You take great pride in serving our B.C. families and giving back to our communities. Your voice is important.
In December 2018, the Special Officer’s Award was issued which resulted in many stores being classified as Appendix B stores. Now, just over two years later, we have met with UFCW 1518 to discuss bringing some of those stores into Appendix A. In March of this year, we agreed to moving three stores back into Appendix A under conditions that would help the stores effectively compete in their markets.
Now, we are prepared to announce the return of eight more stores to Appendix A as follows:
Store #126 / 4946 – Terrace
Store # 93 / 4936 – Shaughnessy
Store #44 / 4913 – Kensington
Store #42 / 4911 – Burnaby Heights
Store #38 / 4909 – Caufield
Store #58 / 4917 – McBride
Store #2271 / 4974 – Cranbrook
Store 170 / 4960 – Downtown Kelowna
These changes apply to the UFCW 1518 bargaining unit in the above-mentioned stores only.
We will keep you updated on Safeway Talks as more information becomes available.