Unifor met with CNTL in Montreal February 25-28 and in Calgary March 5-8 to bargain a new collective agreement for the 1,000 dependent owner-operator truck drivers at CNTL across Canada who are members of Unifor Council 4000. The current agreement expires on March 31, 2019.
Read Unifor’s submission, Early Years and Child Care: Good for Equality, Good for the Economy, which outlines concrete action the Ontario government must take to improve up-front affordability and increase the number of licensed public child care spaces in the province.
WINNIPEG- Premier Brian Pallister’s crass attempts to win popularity with tax cuts will drain core public programs of funding, says Unifor.
“Tax cuts are a gift to the wealthy and a slap in the face to working families,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Pallister’s tax cuts mean one thing for working families: inferior hospitals and schools.”
The theme is "We are Fearless: Organizing our Communities, Supporting Each Other, Growing the Resistance”. Speakers will support our critical social programs including health care, education and justice, dignity and fairness for all workers.
Community speakers and performers include Indygo Arscott, Indigenous Activist; Catherine Brooks, Indigenous Elder; Nicky Lawrence, blues singer; singers Moscow Apartment and more.
OTTAWA- Retail workers at Ottawa-area Rexall stores are set to return to the bargaining table united in their demand for decent wages and fairness.
“Rexall is raking in profits, but expects employees to be content with precarious, part-time, minimum wage jobs,” said Gord Currie, President of Unifor Local 414. “Retail workers deserve better. We fought for reforms like fairer scheduling through legislative change then the Conservatives rolled it back. Now we’re facing the employer to write decent work into the contract.”
The Nova Scotia Department of Environment sought public comment on the Environmental Assessment application filed by Northern Pulp until March 9, 2019. Unifor submitted our letter, supporting the process and urging government to find a solution that supports the Environment Act which outlines a set of principles for sustainable development that should guide its application, including:
Unifor has launched a campaign to inform residents, families and community members about the shamefully low wages being paid by Chartwell Retirement Homes in seven locations across the province.
TORONTO- Ontario’s largest union in the private sector expresses deep concern for the proposed amalgamation of healthcare oversight and delivery into an unaccountable partisan agency.
Members of Unifor Local 103 have voted to ratify five new collective agreements with Ontario Northland that cover 350 Unifor members who work in a variety of different job classifications.
Ratification voting took place in North Bay, Engelhart and Cochrane. Members voted electronically in Moosonee and Sault Ste. Marie. More than 65% of the membership took part in the voting.
This letter from Unifor National President, Jerry Dias was sent to Marc Garneau, Transportation Minister regarding Unifor’s concerns about the proposed Air Passenger Protection Regulations, and their implementation.
Atlantic Regional Director Lana Payne visits Todd Veinotte in for Sheldon MacLeod on NEWS 95.7 FM in Halifax to discuss the current situation with Northern Pulp and why political leadership is what is needed.
TORONTO – Workers represented by Ontario’s largest public and private sector unions have joined forces to deliver a message to the provincial government: if priorities don’t shift in the provincial budget, we’re ready to ramp up the fight.
Unifor and OPSEU members from sectors and regions across Ontario are at Queen’s Park this week to meet with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) and present a vision for well-funded public services and decent work in Ontario.
