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COVID-19 Update to Local Unions

March 13 - 2:00 PM EDT

COVID-19: An important update to Unifor Locals about ongoing responses by the national union.

BC government support for forestry workers is welcomed and much-needed

September 19 - 10:00 AM EDT

On September 17, the BC NDP government announced they are investing $69 million in support programs for forestry workers in the Interior...

New Brunswick sawmill workers join Unifor

September 4 - 2:45 PM EDT

Workers at the Chaleur Sawmills in Belledune, N.B., have joined Unifor after seeing the advances that Unifor has been able to make for forestry...

Unifor’s National President tells U.S. business owners workers must not be left behind in wave of automation

May 6 - 5:00 PM EDT

Unifor’s National President told leading U.S.business leaders that workers must not be left behind in the wave of industrial automation

Unifor members making a difference in the Alberta election campaign

April 7 - 8:30 AM EDT

As elections go, it’s a nail biter. Albertans will vote for a new provincial government on April 16 and the polls show it could be close, which is wh

Delegation meets with NS Premier and Official Opposition to discuss Northern Pulp

April 5 - 3:15 PM EDT

Members at Northern Pulp and Unifor leadership met with Premier McNeil and Opposition Leader Tim Houston in meetings to discuss the future of the mill

$100k retirement packages for Domtar Woodlands employees

February 19 - 12:15 PM EST

Domtar and Unifor have just negotiated $100,000 early retirement packages and up to $50,000 in moving allowances for about two dozen woodlands....

Unifor works to save Alberta forests from the pine beetle

February 6 - 12:15 PM EST

Alberta’s forestry industry faces a serious threat from the mountain pine beetle that could severely damage the industry for years to come.

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.

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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