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Building solidarity across borders

November 11 - 1:30 PM EST
More than 140 union leaders and activists from several countries gathered for the first ever North American Solidarity Project Conference.
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Forestry workers celebrate tariff rejection

September 4 - 6:00 PM EDT
Unifor and the Canadian forestry industry was vindicated on August 29 when the U.S. Independent Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that tariffs...
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U.S. tariffs on Canadian paper lower but still unfair

August 7 - 5:15 PM EDT
The U.S. Department of Commerce has lowered the assessed anti-dumping duties on Canadian paper mills, but Canada’s largest forestry union says...
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Pulp and paper workers ask Trudeau to fight for their jobs

April 13 - 1:45 PM EDT
U.S. President Donald Trump’s reckless trade war on Canadian forestry is not a theoretical exercise: it will cost thousands of Canadian jobs in 2018..
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Bargaining kicks off in Eastern Canada’s pulp and paper industry

April 11 - 4:00 PM EDT
This week in Montreal, the union marked the start of negotiations for a pattern agreement in Unifor’s pulp and paper sector...
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Unifor fights to #SaveLocalNews and end harassment

March 9 - 3:45 PM EST
Unifor members were honored for their work at the Canadian Screen Awards, with some using the opportunity to highlight the crisis in local news.
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Lucrative contract for strand board mill workers

March 7 - 8:45 AM EST
On February 28, 135 workers represented by Unifor Local 324-99, at Norbord’s Oriented Strand Board (OSB) mill...
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Western pulp and paper members meet

February 28 - 3:00 PM EST
More than 50 Unifor members in the pulp and paper sector in Western Canada are meeting...
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N.B. government commits to domestic violence leave

January 24 - 1:15 PM EST
The N.B. government’s January 22 announcement to include domestic violence leave...
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Unifor members give $135,000 to foodbanks

December 15 - 1:30 PM EST
Unifor locals across Canada have made donations to 48 food banks, totaling $135,000 ....
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