Workers at Liberté Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec join UFCW 1991P

190 employees also produce Yoplait-branded products

Workers at Liberté Saint-Hyacinthe in Quebec join UFCW 1991P
Belonging to the Yoplait dairy products company, the Liberté plant produces Yop drinkable yogurts, as well as Liberté and Yoplait-branded products. SHUTTERSTOCK

Workers at the Liberté yogurt plant in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., are the newest members of United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) Local 1991P after voting to joining the union April 18.

Quebec’s labour tribunal certified Local 1991P to represent the 190 plant employees at Liberté Saint-Hyacinthe, who work as pasteurizers, operators, general assistants, electromechanical technicians and instrumentation technicians, according to UFCW.

Belonging to the Yoplait dairy products company, the Liberté plant produces Yop drinkable yogurts, as well as Liberté and Yoplait-branded products. 

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