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VANCOUVER, May 6, 2015 /CNW/ - The Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS) today, the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally today to protest the closure.

EDMONTON, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - The election of an NDP government will bring much-needed change after years of deteriorating public services and a weak economy under Alberta's Conservatives.

VANCOUVER, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - Tomorrow the Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS), the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally to protest the closure.

TORONTO, May 1, 2015 /CNW/ - More than 550 Unifor members in the Dryden-based Domtar Pulp Mill and Woodlands operations have ratified new collective agreements in overwhelmingly positive votes held late last night of 80 and 97 per cent in favour.

This is turning out to be another deadly year for journalists around the world.

Already in 2015, 44 journalists have been murdered or died in crossfire killings, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ chilling Kill List. That’s 44 men and women killed on the job –  too often killed just for doing their job.

It is for them that we mark World Press Freedom Day this Sunday, May 3.

The year barely began when Moises Sanchez Cerezo, editor of La Union newspaper in Mexico, was abducted from his home and killed, his body dumped in the countryside.

EDMONTON, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Negotiations between Unifor and Air Canada have broken down over Air Canada's plan to outsource jobs at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Unifor has taken its protest on the road with a march through the Edmonton International Airport today around 4:30 pm.

EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.

More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.

EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.

More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.

TORONTO, April 24, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor leaders expressed shock and anger at news that Export Development Canada is lending Volkswagen $526 million to support the expansion of its assembly operations in Mexico.

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TORONTO, April 23, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario provincial budget tabled today includes important investments that could lead to a brighter future, but also takes risks that might lead to the lights going out.

"Some of the measures in this budget will help secure a stronger future for Ontarians, while others, namely the privatization of Hydro One, are remarkably short-sighted," said Katha Fortier, Unifor Ontario Regional Director.

KINGSTON, ON, April 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias will be delivering the Donald Gow Memorial Lecture at Queen's University, on the challenges of promoting and strengthening workers' rights in the digital economy. The lecture will take place on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Queen's University Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

OTTAWA, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - In a pre-election budget, Prime Minister Harper is attempting to distract Canadians from his failure to create good jobs and economic growth, says Unifor.

"The Harper Conservatives' budget is too little, too late," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "Canadians won't be fooled by the pre-election goodies offered in today's budget – which will be of little or no help to Canadians struggling to keep up."

EDMONTON, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Parkland Institute will co-host a panel discussion on opportunities for creating more jobs in energy-related industries by promoting more domestic content at all stages of the energy value chain.

OTTAWA, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - Federal budget day coincides with the closure of a coast guard monitoring station in Ucluelet, the third such base to be closed by the Conservative government in 2015. Coast guard officers say that reducing the number of staff that oversees marine communications and traffic is a threat to the safety of Canadians and wildlife on the coast.

OTTAWA, April 20, 2015 /CNW/ - Coastal communities from Parksville to Placentia are watching tomorrow's federal budget closely for funding to restore the cuts to coast guard services that have closed bases across the country, putting communities at risk.

VANCOUVER, April 20, 2015 /CNW/ - Concerns over job security, restoring pension funding, and greater autonomy in the workplace have pushed couriers at ICS to vote in favour of strike action if a resolution cannot be found.

"We want to get a solution done at the bargaining table," said Unifor Local 114 plant chair Kevin Gibbs. "But ICS has to get serious about a deal."

TORONTO, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress will host a forum Thursday for experts and interested groups to share their perspectives on the Harper government's proposed anti-terror legislation Bill C-51.