TORONTO – Employees of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) have unanimously voted to join the Society of United Professionals, IFPTE Local 160 (“the Society”). The newly certified bargaining unit includes all employees, including lawyers.
“We are delighted that the employees at LEAF choose our union,” says Rebecca Caron, President of the Society of United Professionals. “With this decision, they join the nearly 600 legal professionals currently represented by the Society. We look forward to providing these employees with the first-rate representation and bargaining support that the rest of our members enjoy.”