Guy Desforges

In his third term as Prairie Regional Council Chair, Guy Desforges president of Unifor Local 445 an amalgamated local with seven units in Edmonton Alberta. Desforges has been with the local since 1987 when he was hired at what is now known as Saputo Dairy Products.

Guy started his involvement with his local’s bargaining unit in 1990; first with the Health and Safety Committee, then as shop steward, vice president, and then became president in 2008 and has held that position since.

Believing that workplace and community involvement is vital, Guy sat on the executive committee of the Edmonton and District Labour Council for eleven years and ran in his federal riding of Sturgeon River Parkland in 2015 and 2019.