Hundreds of truckers from across the BC’s Lower Mainland will undertake a work stoppage and protest today demand action on issues ranging from waiting times to pay-rate enforcement.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 26, 2014 /CNW/ - Hundreds of truckers from across the BC's Lower Mainland will undertake a work stoppage and protest today demand action on issues ranging from waiting times to pay-rate enforcement. According to BC's largest union representing container truckers, if governments and the Port Authority don't develop firm commitments to begin addressing the truckers' concerns, the work stoppage could escalate.
TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2014 /CNW/ - Every serious political leader around the world understands that countries need to invest in their manufacturing sectors to ensure the success of those sectors - except Tim Hudak, leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives.
HALIFAX, Feb. 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be continuing its leadership tour with events this week in the Atlantic region as part of its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meetings to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
TORONTO, Feb. 21, 2014 /CNW/ - The surprise announcement from Tim Hudak this morning that his Ontario Progressive Conservative party is dropping its plan to kill the Rand formula in the province is welcome, but his many other threats to working people continue and will not be tolerated, Unifor National President Jerry Dias says.
TORONTO, Feb. 20, 2014 /CNW/ - The layoffs and contracting out announced by United Airlines at airports across Canada today are unacceptable and need to be reversed, Unifor National President Jerry Dias says.
"This is a devastating blow to an experienced workforce that has a proven record of performing their duties to the highest standards," Dias said.
REGINA, Feb. 19, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Regina on Thursday as part of its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
EDMONTON, Feb. 18, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Fort McMurray on Wednesday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
"The hard work and courage of the Volkswagen workers to bring a union to their plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has been an inspiration to us in Canada," Unifor National President Jerry Dias said.
"We watched as they built an organizing drive based on wanting a voice in their workplace and building a stable future for their children. We held our breath for three days as they voted on whether to join the UAW in the face of an onslaught of intimidation and misinformation from Republican politicians who put ideology ahead of the needs of their people."
EDMONTON, Feb. 17, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Edmonton on Tuesday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Prince George on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in New Westminster on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
Republican politicians and conservative groups wage war against workers choice to join union
TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias is lamenting the news that workers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee have not been successful in unionizing their workplace.
TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The victory by Wayne Gates to become the new NDP MPP for Niagara Falls was a reflection of his hard work over the years to build a strong community with stable jobs, those who know him best say.
"Wayne is a hard worker. He's always been respected as a community leader," Larry Greenhalgh, secretary-treasurer of Unifor Local 199, said.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Prince George on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in New Westminster on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.
EDMONTON, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The injunction awarded Friday against the Alberta government's Bill 46 is a welcomed development in the fight for fair bargaining, according to Unifor. As a result of the injunction, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) can proceed with a legal challenge to the bill.
OTTAWA, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - Workers in the armoured car sector are on Parliament Hill today to urge the Minister of Public Safety Steven Blaney and Members of Parliament to strike a taskforce on safety in the industry. The lobby takes place on the heels of two robberies of armoured cars in Montreal and Toronto.
Bill C-525 is not about employee democracy as its title suggests. It is about eroding the ability of employees in Canada to contribute to the decisions that affect their lives by choosing to participate in collective bargaining.
The Bill would place unreasonable obstacles in the way of union organizing, making it more difficult for a group of employees in a workplace to make a democratic choice to be represented by a union.
TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector is bringing its national campaign to defend the rights of working people to the Nation's Capital this afternoon.
The meeting, just two days after the federal government handed down its 2014 budget, will focus much of its attention on challenges to workers' rights coming from the Harper government.
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