📢The IWC is facing a 23% funding reduction that will have serious consequences for the dedicated employees, service delivery and, most importantly, the newcomers who rely on the IWC's programs. @hamiltonlabour.bsky.social 📧Send a letter to your MP! 🔗tinyurl.com/3te4s662 1/2

Yesterday we raised our SEIU flag in solidarity with the Ontario Health Coalition at Queen’s Park and joined @unifor.org, @opseusefpo.bsky.social, and CUPE Ontario’s ongoing fight for a stronger, fully public health care system that prioritizes workers, patients, and quality care for all. 📢✊🏼

May first marks International Workers' Day. In Ottawa, hundreds took to the streets to celebrate working class solidarity, march in the streets, and speak to pressing campaigns. Read about it here: leveller.ca/2026/05/otta... #ottpoli #ottnews @seiulocal2.bsky.social

Welcome to SEIU Local 2! 🟪☕🟨 Starbucks workers at the Four Points Sheraton in Windsor voted unanimously to join the Union to win wage increases and adequate staffing levels! Congrats! @sbworkersunited.org

There’s still time to apply for our 2026 National Bursary contest! Open to all active SEIU Local 2 members and their dependents who will be attending a university or community college full-time in the fall. 🗂️🖊️ 🔗Apply here: seiulocal2.ca/member-resou...

Big gains for 45 unionized brewery workers at Andrew Peller Ltd. (Canada’s premium wine producer)! 💪🏼 We have signed a new collective bargaining agreement that ratified on May 19, 2026. 🔗Link to read story: seiulocal2.ca/brewery-work... 🟪🍷🟨

SEIU Local 2 supports @ichrp.net’s petition to review and suspend the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) between Canada and the Philippines. 🔗Sign here! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

We are joining our friends @freegrassy.bsky.social for their annual River Run on Sept. 23 to show that we are with them on the path to environmental justice and Indigenous sovereignty. ☀️☔️Rain or shine, family-friendly event! 🔗RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/river...

It’s been a week of cross-national activities for SEIU Local 2! We joined #CLC2026 and took to the streets with union siblings across the country, including SEIU Healthcare and SEIU-West ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿1/2

📍Vancouver! We were surrounded by workers, friends, and community to rally outside of City Hall where we work as Dexterra cleaners! 🧼💛 We are constantly being forced to work in unsafe and unsanitary environments that are made inaccessible to the public. 1/2

Toronto! We showed up at Yonge & Eglinton Station to take a unified stance against Dexterra with our fellow unionized workers across 4 major cities! ✊🏾🧹💜 1/3

Workers across Canada have been blowing the whistle on Dexterra Group's ongoing mistreatment of workers, unsafe working conditions, and unjustified layoffs! ⏱️🛑 On Wednesday May 13, we’re taking a unified stance in major Canadian cities! ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 1/2

✊🏽💜 Strong SEIU presence at #clc2026 in Winnipeg today! We used our voices as delegates on the floor to vote down constitutional amendments that would have disadvantaged smaller unions. We organized, and we won! 1/2

Happy Mother's Day to all moms, caregivers, community builders, aunties, uncles, and people who nurture, feed, fight, lead, and work towards a more just world. Mothering is unseen & unpaid labour, we see you, and we know the importance of mothering in the labour movement. 💐✊🏽

✌🏽💜📢 We’re forming a Union at the Sexual Assault Centre in Kingston! @oflabour.bsky.social 1/3

The unbelievably petty arrogance of this employer. #BCLab

📢Alberni Golf Club says two-thirds of unionized employees are set to be replaced by an automated lawn mower. As of April 20, 2026, all 6 seasonal groundskeepers have been terminated. 1/4

Vancouver public transit riders are showing solidarity with SkyTrain janitors! Join us in telling TransLink and Dexterra Group to get their act together! 🔗Sign the petition: justiceforjanitors.ca/vancouversky...

On May 5th, Red Dress Day reminds us of the work that still needs to be done in this country and across Turtle Island, to implement all 94 calls-to-action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1/3

Celebrated International Worker’s Day with Local 2 members in Hamilton Bike Share and @djno.ca at the Workers Art & Heritage Centre! Thank you @hamiltonlabour.bsky.social for organizing and bringing us together through music, food, and conversation ✌🏽💜 #HamOnt

Yesterday we were in community in Vancouver and Victoria to march, honour, and reflect on May Day. The struggle for worker rights, safety, and respect continues and is made easier with fellow workers rising together against the systems that try to keep us down 👊🏽💜

SkyTrain riders deserve a clean, safe transit system. And the people keeping it that way deserve dignity and respect. Please sign this petition! It's time @translink.ca tells Dexterra Group to clean up their act and treat their employees right. justiceforjanitors.ca/vancouversky... #BCLab

May we find time to rest and rejuvenate this International Worker's Day. 💜 The struggle for workers' rights across all regions continues until everyone is free and can live and play and work with dignity. 1/3

Vancouver public transit riders are speaking up about the state of the Vancouver SkyTrain. Join us in telling @translink.ca and Dexterra Group to get their act together! 🔗Sign the petition: justiceforjanitors.ca/vancouversky... @bcfed.bsky.social @movementyvr.bsky.social

Every April 28th, labour activists, Union members and other supporters come together at various ceremonies in local communities to mourn those that have been injured or killed on the job and recommit our efforts to improve worker health and safety protections. 1/2

We met with the Hon. Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour in BC, and the Hon. Mike Farnworth, Minister of Transportation & Transit to talk about the egregious state of the Vancouver SkyTrain and the lack of communication from the TransLink Board. 1/3

We clean airplane cabins at @yvrairport.bsky.social and we are preparing to go on strike! DFM keep ignoring our demands for better wages, job security, and benefits. 🟪💺🟨 On Sunday May 3, the committee will report back. If negotiations don't go well, we will strike. @bcfed.bsky.social

7 workers at the GEM Residence at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario have won their Union! These workers organized to win job security, fair wages, and respect at work ✊🏼🏫💜

Unions would not exist w/o admin professionals! Many SEIU L2 members work in admin & staff support. They are some of the first points of contact for members, they keep unions working, and they do a lot of incredible work that goes unnoticed. We see you and appreciate you! 📁💜

Today we rallied in Victoria to end the subcontracting scheme for cleaners in gov’t buildings! 🟪🧹🟨 Workers who clean BC Gov’t buildings are being squeezed by four levels of subcontracting. 1/3

Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Without workers, a vision for a more healthy and sustainable planet is not possible. SEIU Local 2 supports the @canadianlabour.bsky.social statement for this year's theme of "Our Power, Our Planet" canadianlabour.ca/earth-day-20...

Justice for Janitors Canada RALLY! ✊🏽🧹 Government buildings in BC are cleaned by workers being squeezed by 4 layers of subcontracting. Show up to: •  Stop the subcontracting scheme •  Stop the wage theft •  Stop the union busting

April 19-25 is National Volunteer Week in Canada. Volunteering is labour! 💜 It is often done for the sake of community building and in non-profit settings, but can easily become an exploitation of work. 1/2

Please sign and share!!! Solidarity with these workers. ❤️ All jobs supporting public transit should be de-privatized and should have good pay and working conditions. Excellent public transit requires excellent public transit jobs!!!

There's a day to celebrate even the little things, including high fives! Make sure you high five, fist bump, or greet your fellow workers today and everyday while acknowledging all the wins and collabs, including small ones! ✋🏽

📝SIGN THE PETITION! justiceforjanitors.ca/vancouversky... Dexterra SkyTrain cleaners in Vancouver are sounding the alarm about a litany of workplace violations and safety concerns on the @translink.ca system. This is about safety, dignity, and public health. It’s time for TransLink to listen.

21 points for "worker rights" 🎲 Thanks to Scrabble for this one. Did you know the word "scrabble" means "to grasp" ? With that said, we hope that employers across the country learn to grasp the very simple practice of worker rights. But until then, we persist!

April 11 is National Pet Day! A friendly reminder to know when it's time to unionize and when it's OK to be bossed around (by cats only). 🐾💟

It's National (Union) Siblings Day! 👯 Solidarity and community is what makes SEIU Local 2 members stronger, together. When some of us face injustices in the workplace, we all need to unite, fight, and win! 💜

Happy Sikh Heritage Month! As we approach the Spring harvest, we wish all members, workers, supporters, and friends who are observing a prosperous Vaisakhi. We recognize the leadership and contributions of the Sikh community in our labour movement for over a century. ✊🏽💜

On March 20, we ratified a new collective agreement for Food Service Workers at Acadia University that included an increase to wages retroactive to October 1, 2025! 🔗Read more here: seiulocal2.ca/victory-for-...

On March 10, we ratified a new collective agreement with Chilliwack Golf Club that includes some huge gains, including: ✅Wage Increases ✅Pension and Vacation Improvement ✅Workplace Protection Improvements, + more!

Over the Easter long weekend, workers ratified a new contract. The strike is cancelled. 👊🏽 The 2 year agreement has wage increases that reflect the city-wide industry standards of $1 increase per year, an enhanced health care spending account, and more! 🔗 justiceforjanitors.ca/dexterravanc...

Wishing a joyous and happy Easter to all who celebrate today, and a blessed Palm Sunday to Orthodox and Eastern observers. 🌷🙏🏽

🎉New members alert! Security workers at the Four Points Hotel in Windsor and the workers at the Social Grill Restaurant have unanimously voted to join SEIU Local 2! They join the housekeeping, front desk, and other hotel staff at Four Points. Welcome to SEIU Local 2 💜🏨💛

Fists up for janitors who work for Integral Services Group at Grant Park Shopping Centre for unionizing this month! ✊🏽 Welcome to SEIU Local 2 💜🧹💛

We ratified a new agreement on March 14 for 60 members working as power sweepers in BC at Atlas Maple Ridge, SpectraTec Surrey, and Atlas Kelowna. 🔌🧹 Highlights include: ✅Night shift premium increased ✅New smart device allowance ✅Better grievance procedure language + more!

❗Today's strike and picket line for Dexterra workers is postponed! A tentative deal has been reached and a ratification vote is being scheduled. The strike and picket line is postponed for the time being pending the outcome.

Yesterday, we had strike training and prepared for our strike at McArthurGlen outlet - a premier outdoor shopping centre near YVR. We came together as unionized cleaners working for Dexterra + across multiple sites in Metro Vancouver to prepare to hit the picket lines.👊🏽🧹

Wishing all who celebrate and observe Passover a joyous, meaningful, and kosher holiday. Chag Pesach Sameach!