Indigenous workers committee
Want to advance reconciliation in your workplace, union and the wider labour movement?
We are seeking indigenous members of UFCW 1518 to join the Indigenous Workers Committee – contact your union rep for information on joining.
Committee Values
We support the wellbeing of Indigenous workers by being a community where people feel safe, supported, and connected.
We advocate for meaningful Truth and Reconciliation through ongoing education, awareness, and respectful engagement.
We work collaboratively with our kin and allies to advance the rights of Indigenous workers and peoples, within workplaces, UFCW 1518, in policy at all levels of government, and in the communities we live in, with an open hand and an open heart to all.
Our Shared Commitments
- Community
- Compassion
- Connection
- Culture and traditional ways of being
- Ongoing learning and education (for ourselves and others)
- Respect
- Love
- Sharing
- Listening
Committee Members
Committee Co-chairs
Christine Holowka, a dedicated 35-year member of UFCW 1518, joined the UFCW 1518 Executive Board in 2012.
She is a passionate advocate for education and awareness on indigenous issues, having served on the Provincial Indigenous Committee, National Indigenous Sub-Committee, and Human Rights Equity and Diversity National Committee.
Christine is committed to engaging with members and empowering them to use their voices to champion workers’ and human rights.
Eddie Goodwater joined UFCW 1518 in 2020 and has been a union activist supporting a number of causes, most recently being elected co-chair of the Indigenous Workers’ Committee at the end of 2024.
Eddie also worked as an Organizer-in-Training from 2023-24, helping the Organizing team to build worker power in the industrial food sector.
Committee Members
- Jaclyn Mountain (Fraser Health)
- Shaun Landry (Rogers Foods)
- Marvin Campbell (Save-on-Foods 0952)
- Anita Letendre (Save-on-Foods 0999)
- Marylou Fonda (Save-on-Foods 2223)
- Jodi (Madelynn) Klashinsky (Save-0n-Foods 919)
- Natasha Toye (Save-on-Foods 968)
Join the Indigenous workers committee
We are seeking indigenous members of UFCW 1518 (First Nations, Métis or Inuit) to join the Indigenous Workers Committee – contact your union rep for information on joining! Fill in this form to let us know you’d like to be involved, or ask any questions you might have.