TORONTO, Dec. 3, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor leaders and activists from across Ontario will meet in Toronto this weekend to discuss what lies ahead for workers in the province, with a new federal government and major auto talks planned for 2016.
"This will be a very important meeting as we plan for the year ahead," said Unifor Ontario Regional Director Katha Fortier.
TORONTO, Dec. 2, 2015 /CNW/ - Ontario's largest school bus driver's union is encouraged by many of the recommendations issued today by the Auditor-General that focus on improvements to service quality, ensuring government accountability and better tracking the impact of driver turnover on safety.
Here on Day 3 of COP 21, Human Rights and worker rights have emerged as one of the key issues in the early negotiations. In the current draft text of "Article 2" there is a provision committing the parties to recognition of human rights and just transition for workers in implementing the COP21 agreement. However, a number of countries including Mexico, Norway, and the US are pushing to have these commitments moved to the non-binding preamble section. That is unacceptable for the labour delegates at COP who are lobbying hard to have Article 2 maintained in its present form.
On December 1, World AIDS Day, unions around the world are taking action and working towards zero – zero discrimination, zero new infections and zero AIDS-related deaths. Unifor recognizes HIV/AIDS as a workplace, union and social justice issue and is committed to working with other unions, social partners and allies to tackle issues related to the spread of HIV/AIDS including sexual violence, health and development.
Unifor's delegation to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (“COP21”) has arrived in Paris for this historic world gathering. I am in Paris with a group of senior staff and Ken Smith, President of Local 707A, who is arriving today.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 29, 2015 /CNW/ - Container truck drivers at several Metro Vancouver trucking companies have voted to ratify collective agreements with Unifor today after several days of around-the-clock bargaining. Companies with new collective agreements include AG, Aheer, Forward, Prudential, and Sunlover.
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias and a delegation of other leaders will be travelling to Paris to participate in the global gathering of labour and non-governmental organizations coinciding with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change ("COP21").
VANCOUVER, Nov. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Owners of several Vancouver container trucking companies are scheduled to meet today to discuss how to keep wages down in the sector, even if it means going to court to challenge the authority of the Trucking Commissioners.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 25, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor members at the trucking company Port Transport have withdrawn their services and begun picketing and others could soon be behind picket lines if employers don't come to the bargaining table.
On December 6, 2015, Unifor recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We remember the 14 women who were singled out and murdered on this day in 1989 at the École Polytechnique.
EDMONTON, Nov. 22, 2015 /CNW/ - The Premier's Climate Change Advisory Panel report makes sensible recommendations that, once implemented, will make significant impacts on Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions and provide real solutions for affected industries and communities.
PRINCE RUPERT, BC, Nov. 19, 2015 /CNW/ - If Jim Pattison Group's Canadian Fishing Company (CFC) cannot generate good jobs with a majority control in the salmon fishery, the federal government should revoke the fishing licences, said the union representing cannery workers in Prince Rupert.
The first Transgender Day of Remembrance resulted from the vicious murder of a transgendered person on November 28, 1998. The event led to the launching of "Remembering Our Dead” – a web project combined with a vigil that vividly illustrated the travesties suffered by transgendered people in San Francisco.
The November 20th day of Remembrance has since continued. Each year it reminds us that transgendered people still live in fear of violence, isolation, and discrimination – right across this country and around the world.
Around the world over a billion people are living with disabilities and far too many of them face economic, political and social exclusion. Barriers to participation in political, social, economic and cultural life are both real and attitudinal.
OTTAWA, Nov. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - /CNW/ Unifor has responded positively to Coventry Connections' most recent offer, hoping to make progress towards a resolution of the lockout that started in early August.
"We want nothing more than to reach a deal that is fair for everyone and our members are eager to get back to work. Unfortunately Coventry is spreading misinformation regarding the dispute," said Bob Orr, assistant to the Secretary Treasurer.
