TORONTO – Porter Airlines is using the pandemic as an excuse to stop paying workers using the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and terminating health care coverage for its furloughed workers.
Porter Airlines is using the pandemic as an excuse to stop paying workers using the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and terminating health care coverage for its furloughed workers.
Members of Unifor Local 88 who work at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario have voted to ratify a new agreement with General Motors that brings $1 billion in investments to begin large scale production of electric commercial delivery vans.
January 15, 2021 INGERSOLL—Unifor Local 88’s bargaining committee, representing 1,900 workers at the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario has reached a tentative agreement with General Motors today. “This tentative deal delivers significant investment, new products, new jobs, and job security, achieving our union’s key bargaining priorities during these challenging times,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. General Motors has agreed to invest $1 billion dollars to begin large-scale commercial production of EV600, an all electric van, starting next year.
Unifor is pleased to provide input into the 2021 provincial budget. We are continuing to recommend a dual strategy to keep Ontarians protected and build a better economy – budget 2020 made some small gains but largely missed the mark. Our members and all Ontarians deserve more.
St. John’s – As Newfoundland and Labrador begins a provincial election, workers in the province will look to parties for policies that ensure good jobs for all, and supports key industries.
The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic grow increasingly dire for Ontarians, including frontline
workers, each day. This pandemic has shone a spotlight on the structural deficiencies in Canada’s social infrastructure, glaring gaps in legislative standards and deep-rooted inequities.
Unifor Local 88’s bargaining committee, representing workers at the CAMI Assembly Plant reached a tentative agreement with General Motors today that includes a $1 billion investment to build Canada's first all-electric commercial vehicle.
Read Unifor's media release about the tentative agreement here.
TORONTO – Air Canada's decision to suspend Jazz flights to Yellowknife, Kamloops, Gander and Goose Bay regional airports is one more blow to remote communities already suffering from the current crisis in the airlines industry.
TORONTO – Air Canada's decision to suspend Jazz flights to Yellowknife, Kamloops, Gander and Goose Bay regional airports is one more blow to remote communities already suffering from the current crisis in the airlines industry.
Your Master Bargaining Committee continues to make progress in our negotiations with General motors, meeting throughout the day yesterday, overnight and well in to the morning. Please note that the Committee has set an internal deadline for today Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. to reach a tentative settlement with the company.
Your patience is greatly appreciated, particularly as the union continues to work under the expanded public health restrictions recently introduced by the Ontario government.
Following yesterday’s media conferences announcing Ontario’s COVID-19 modelling and your government’s response to the dire projections, our offices were flooded with messages from workers who are outraged and frightened at the seeming lack of tangible action offered.
Ontario’s workers heard loud and clear that without a major shift, ICUs that are not yet overrun will be filled with COVID-19 patients by the end of January. We were told to expect 50 to 100 deaths per day between now and the end of February.
Unifor believes the recently announced workforce reductions at Air Canada could have been lessened if the federal government had developed a plan to support Canada's aviation industry.
Unifor believes the recently announced workforce reductions at Air Canada could have been lessened if the federal government had developed a plan to support Canada's aviation industry.
OTTAWA – Unifor, ACPA, ALPA and CALDA continue to call on the federal government to make a direct and meaningful financial contribution to our devastated industry, commensurate with the contribution made by other countries to their own sector.
Unifor, ACPA, ALPA and CALDA continue to call on the federal government to make a direct and meaningful financial contribution to our devastated industry, commensurate with the contribution made by other countries to their own sector.
The expansion of eligibility to include more frontline workers for the province’s emergency child care program on January 9 is a welcome acknowledgment of the wide range of brave people who are keeping our society going in this difficult time. In the context of extended school closures, this was a sensible step.
However, we encourage the expansion of this list to further capture those who continue to keep our economy going and also need the assistance during this challenging time. This would include workers such as:
As all members are aware, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a significant public health threat. New and heightened public health restrictions have compelled us to transform the way our union bargains with General Motors and how we will hold our upcoming ratification meeting. The circumstances are far from ideal.
Written on a door in the U.S. Capitol Building was a chilling warning about the dangerous state of journalism today: “Murder the media.” A Texas woman took to social media threatening the mob would move on to the news media after they stormed the Capitol.
This past week, your union met VIA Rail at the table, primarily addressing the major concessions tabled against members covered under Agreements 1 and 2.
On advice of the Conciliator, both parties agreed to an extension of the conciliation period for Local 100.
This extension is critical to Local 100 negotiations. The entire monetary package is affected by Agreement 1 and 2 bargaining and by the concessions that the company has levelled against our union sisters and brothers in Council 4000.
Negotiations with the Company continued this week via Zoom. The Union and the Company have finished exchanging proposals and completed negotiations of the non-monetary demands. Due to the provincial lockdown we will continue to meet via Zoom next week and begin monetary discussions. The Committee will keep you updated as the process unfolds.
At the beginning of the pandemic, Unifor made two broad demands of government.
The first was to protect public health and ensure all workers had access to sick leave and immediate income assistance. The second was to build an economic stimulus package big and bold enough to speed Canada’s economic recovery and build the Canada so many of us believe is possible.
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