Presented by Jim Stanford, Economist Jordan Brennan, Economist
The Unifor submission points out that the current minimum wage in Ontario ($10.25 per hour) has been frozen for three-and-a-half years, during which time its real purchasing power has eroded by over 7 per cent (compared to average consumer prices in the province).
Unifor has made a submission to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on averaging hours of local programming, calling on the CRTC to reject Bell Media’s application to circumvent their license obligations to provide local news and programming.
To read the full submission please click here (pdf)
November 19, 2013 Unifor made a submission to the CIIT Hearings on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. The submission was presented by Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
Unifor called on the federal government to make the full text of the trade deal public. Unifor also raised concerns about the potential impact on key industries here in Canada.
Unifor is calling on the commission (CRTC) to require broadcasters to dedicate more of the tangible benefits from any merger or takeover to enhancing local programming.
“Local programming (whether television or radio), acts as a bridge between citizens and community life. Local news programming, specifically, offers an important window into local affairs and essential to a vibrant local democracy, community and culture,” the submission reads.
It is inappropriate for the Harper government to bring in sweeping labour law changes through an omnibus budget implementation bill, making proper consultation and consideration much more difficult, Unifor told the federal Standing Committee on Finance at hearings into Bill C-4 on November 26, 2013.
Unifor Economist Jim Stanford and Assistant to the President Dave Moffat spoke Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, in pre-budget consultations. They stressed the importance in job creation in the upcoming 2014 federal budget, and recommended specific measures the federal government could take to encourage job growth.
This is a submission from the former CEP union in July 2013 to the National Energy Board regarding the proposal to reverse the direction of flow in the Enbridge Line 9 pipeline, so that it can ship Canadian oil to refineries and consumers in Eastern Canada.
November 19, 2013 Unifor made a submission to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities HUMA. The submission was presented by Sari Sairanen, Unifor Health, Safety and Environment Director and Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director.
Unifor addressed the dangers that sweeping changes to Canada Labour Code would pose if implemented according to omnibus Federal Budget Implementation Bill, C-4.
The advent of new hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) technologies has dramatically altered the economic and environmental effects of the petroleum industry in recent years – around the world, but especially in North America.
On November 20, workplaces and communities across Canada and around the world will take the time to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance and commemorate those individuals who have lost their lives or faced violence and discrimination due to transphobia. This serves as a time for our union to recommit to the work required to eliminate and reduce transphobia while building more respectful communities in which we live.
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women. To mark this day, Unifor is working collaboratively with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) in partnership with the University of Western Ontario’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children (CREVAWC) to launch the first nation-wide survey on the impact of domestic violence on workers and workplaces. The CLC and its affiliates, labour councils and provincial and territorial federations of labour will promote the survey link in workplaces, on websites and on social media.
TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Clergy and other faith workers of the United Church of Canada and their families marked the official launch of their new union today in Toronto. The group held the inaugural meeting of the Unifor Unifaith Community Chapter that will aim to unite and mobilize members across the country.
Production workers at Toyota have a name for it – job hardening. Its when you work long hours, at a fast pace and you hurt. Problem is, the hurt is not going away.
Just down Highway 401, at Cami, the Unfior autoworkers face the same pace, and have negotiated a solution.
“The line work is grueling, its the pace, you actually feel pain,” said one Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada worker.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. is "critical" to the automaker with revenue growing 15 per cent this year over last to $12.5 billion, more than $2 billion a month, he said during a recent telephone town hall call-in.
"Toyota is a profitable, consistently successful company," which has recovered from the economic downturn and impact of the Japanese tsunami, he said.
Unifor, the union, is signing workers at both sites to union cards, an organizing drive geared to bettering the working conditions at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Corp.
"The auto sector is very important to Canada's economy and autoworkers (union and non union alike) play a pivotal role in this success. Too many time, though autoworkers are either expected to shoulder an unfair burden or not receive their fair share when times are good," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
MONTREAL, Dec. 23, 2013 /CNW/ - An agreement in principle was reached last night in the lock-out opposing members of Unifor the union and Bécancour company Quebec Silicon.
The ratification meeting is set for this Friday, December 27th. No information about the content of the agreement will be released or commented on until the members vote on Friday.
It’s time that Canada developed a modern passenger rail service in this country.
That means more frequent trains to better meet the needs of Canadian travelers, whether for business or pleasure, and the introduction of high speed rails in our busiest travel corridors, such as Toronto to Montreal or Calgary to Edmonton.
From that would come jobs, helping to reduce unemployment, while providing some level of hope to our young people for more than contract jobs and precarious employment.
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