UFCW 1518 members have come to expect the very best in negotiated benefits in their collective agreements.
The experienced negotiators on staff with Local 1518 are consistently successful in negotiating among the best BC labour union contracts, often surpassing the expectations of our members.
For example, when the government increased the fees for the Medical Services Plan, members that joined our union did not have to pay the increase. Instead their employer paid the increase for them because that was what was negotiated into the collective agreements. It is innovative collective bargaining such as this that keeps more money in our members pockets and insures they receive the best available health care coverage of BC labour unions.
In addition to using our skills as negotiators to win the very best possible collective agreements, we apply those skills to obtaining other services for our members superior to other BC labour unions.
Through our association with the Working Enterprise group of companies, workers that form a union have been able to obtain a number of valuable services at reduced prices.
Tenant, Home Owner and Condo Insurance
- WE Insurance offers UFCW 1518 members the best possible home insurance policies at the very best prices
Income Tax Preparation Service
- WE Financial Services provides Local 1518 members and their families with income tax preparation for the lowest prices available in the market guaranteed.
Free Legal Consultation
- Everyone needs to talk to a lawyer about a problem at some point in their lives. Workers that form a union with 1518 receive half an hour of free legal consultation absolutely free from an independent legal firm. And all of it is absolutely confidential.
Worker Compensation Decision Appeals
- Appealing Workers Compensation Board decisions that are wrong or unfair is a very long, complicated and expensive process. Very few unions offer their members this service, but Local 1518 members can get it automatically at no cost just by phoning the union office. Over the years, workers that have formed a union with UFCW have received hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation benefits and pensions.
These are just some of the outstanding benefits and services Local 1518 members are eligible to receive just by forming a union.
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