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News Content of Region Atlantic

Governments and offshore operators must collaborate on urgent plan to save NL jobs

June 23 - 3:45 PM EDT
Newfoundland and Labrador stands to lose thousands of good-paying jobs in the offshore oil industry unless governments and offshore operators take...
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Supporting NS health care workers and fighting for LPN wage parity

June 18 - 10:00 AM EDT
Unifor members across the Atlantic region are reaching out to support the health care members in Nova Scotia with signs and donations...
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NB pulp mill members win workplace changes for safety

June 4 - 10:45 AM EDT
Members at Local 219 at the AV Nackawic pulp mill in New Brunswick were successful in demanding their employer add safety controls to protect local...
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Fish harvesters welcome announcement of direct federal support to compensate industry

May 20 - 4:00 PM EDT
Fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador were relieved to hear that direct federal support is on the way for the inshore fishery.
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Cape Breton local restocks community pantry

May 6 - 10:45 AM EDT
Members of Unifor Local 4600 know a lot about caring for one another – as health care workers, child and community care workers and proud Cape...
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Husband of health care worker slain in NS shooting honours her memory with fight for PPE

April 23 - 9:45 AM EDT
Kristen Beaton was a continuing care worker employed at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) and an NSGEU member. She was killed on Sunday, along with
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In Solidarity with Nova Scotia

April 21 - 5:45 PM EDT
A message on the April act of terror in Nova Scotia from Unifor leaders Jerry Dias, Lana Payne and Linda MacNeil.
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Right to refuse results in safer working conditions at Autoport in Nova Scotia

April 16 - 10:15 AM EDT
Unifor members at the Autoport in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia raised issues with their employer shortly after the provincial government directed
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New Brunswick paper mill works to produce pulp for non-medical masks

April 16 - 10:00 AM EDT
Twin Rivers Paper Company in Edmundston, New Brunswick is working with a sister mill in upstate New York to respond to the need for paper products...
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NS joint union statement on protection for health care workers

March 13 - 7:30 PM EDT
The Nova Scotia Council of Unions issued a joint statement on protections for health care workers.
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