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Unifor applauds news of Verizon about-turn, calls for telecommunications industrial strategy

TORONTO, Sept. 3, 2013 /CNW/ - Newly-formed Canadian union Unifor is applauding the sudden about-face by U.S.-based Verizon Telecommunications in deciding not to enter the Canadian wireless market. 

Unifor National President Jerry Dias said that the change of heart by Verizon is likely due to the resistance to the Verizon bid here in Canada by unions, business and privacy advocates.

/C O R R E C T I O N from Source -- Unifor the union/

In c9670 disseminated at 20:54e today, the first sentence in the fifth paragraph should have read: "Dias also cautioned that any new entrant looking to unfairly piggyback on technology built by and for Canadians without any firm commitment to jobs will meet even more resistance than Verizon did." Corrected copy follows:

Unifor applauds news of Verizon about-turn, calls for telecommunications industrial strategy

Unifor applauds news of Verizon about-turn, calls for telecommunications industrial strategy

TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2013 /CNW/ - Newly-formed Canadian union Unifor is applauding the sudden about-face by U.S.-based Verizon Telecommunications in deciding not to enter the Canadian wireless market. 

Unifor National President Jerry Dias said that the change of heart by Verizon is likely due to the resistance to the Verizon bid here in Canada by unions, business and privacy advocates.

/R E P E A T -- New union Unifor leads Labour Day parade, President to address crowd at 8 a.m./

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - The newest Canadian union, Unifor will be leading the Toronto Labour Day parade tomorrow morning, kicking off at 9:30 a.m. from Nathan Phillips Square.

Thousands of Unifor members from across the Greater Toronto Area and right across the country will gather at Nathan Phillips Square for speeches as of 8 a.m. where participants will hear from the newly-elected national president.

Tomorrow: New union Unifor leads Labour Day parade, President to address crowd at 8 a.m.

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - The newest Canadian union, Unifor will be leading the Toronto Labour Day parade tomorrow morning, kicking off at 9:30 a.m. from Nathan Phillips Square.

Thousands of Unifor members from across the Greater Toronto Area and right across the country will gather at Nathan Phillips Square for speeches as of 8 a.m. where participants will hear from the newly-elected national president.

Something to celebrate on Labour Day

By Jerry Dias, Unifor National President

TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2013 /CNW/ - Labour Day is a chance to spend time with friends and family one last weekend before summer closes and the rich colours of fall are upon us, to reflect on the good fortune in our lives and the fruits of our labour.

And we have a lot to be grateful for in Canada. We live in a beautiful country, full of good people who believe in caring for one another.

Canada's newest union has elected Jerry Dias as its first national president

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - The Unifor founding convention got underway this morning, as the more than 3,500 delegates, formerly members of the Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, voted to join together to form the country's largest private sector union. They adopted the new Unifor Constitution by a 95.5 percent majority. 

/R E P E A T -- First Unifor President to host press conference - Saturday, 5:30 p.m./

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - The first Unifor National President will be hosting a press conference, following the election of the Unifor officers and the inaugural speech.

The election process will begin on Saturday, August 31 at 2 p.m. The inaugural speech of the first Unifor National President is scheduled for 3:15 p.m.

First Unifor President to host press conference - Saturday, 5:30 p.m.

TORONTO, Aug. 31, 2013 /CNW/ - The first Unifor National President will be hosting a press conference, following the election of the Unifor officers and the inaugural speech.

The election process will begin on Saturday, August 31 at 2 p.m. The inaugural speech of the first Unifor National President is scheduled for 3:15 p.m.