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Canada must hit back hard as Trump escalates economic extortion

… Canada must hit back hard as Trump escalates economic extortion July 11, 2025 Share Main Image Image TORONTO—Unifor … ongoing trade war with the U.S. Trump’s ultimatum, set to take effect August 1, demands Canadian companies relocate … is just the latest in a series of baseless and punitive actions. Trump has already imposed tariffs on Canadian …
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Statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

… Statement on the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women November 22, 2021 Share Main Image Image Unifor’s activism against violence against women and … in positions of power in the union pledge to speak up and take action to prevent gender-based violence . Gender based …
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Unifor Votes cohort trains to launch cross-country member-to-member campaign

… Unifor Votes cohort trains to launch cross-country … issues facing workers in the union.  These organizers will take on the task of knocking on more than 90,000 Unifor … at a time,” continued Unifor National Political Action Representative Erin Harrisson, while walking the …
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Unifor calls for Prime Minister Carney to unite team Canada

… Unifor calls for Prime Minister Carney to unite team Canada … U.S. trade attacks. “Prime Minister Carney, as you take on this role know that Unifor members, indeed all … strong response to Trump’s tariff threats, and progressive actions to protect jobs, industry and public services. The …
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Ontario workers fight back

… Ontario workers fight back November 8, 2018 Share Main Image Image … rights that workers have fought for in Ontario will not be taken away so easily. “We’ve seen this before. Whenever they … day in between, Unifor members plan and execute targeted actions in their workplaces and communities across Ontario. …
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Needs of workers must be top priority in this election says Unifor

… Needs of workers must be top priority in this election says Unifor … calling on all candidates to recognize the need for urgent action in the next federal Parliament on seven priorities … Erin O’Toole is no friend of working people and will to take the country in the wrong direction. The new television …
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Unifor Votes! Election Day is April 28

… Unifor Votes! Election Day is April 28 April 2, 2025 Share Main … economic times we live in, there is no doubt that the stakes couldn’t be higher.  I have heard from so many of you … risks. Please contact Membership Mobilization and Political Action with any questions before making plans to purchase …
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Earth Day 2021

… COVID-19 pandemic continues to create an unfair burden on working people all over the world. As a trade union, we know … workers respond to crisis . The online exchange will take place on Thursday, April 22 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. … today. The panel will seek to envision what labour climate action looks like now and for future generations.   Register …
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Real change requires vigilance from NDP and Canadian voters

… Share Main Image Image The clearest outcome of this historic federal election was an overwhelming call from … Liberals and NDP agree on many of the key components of an action plan, including: A commitment to expanding the … in the world – the NDP and Liberals must work together to take back our country. This election should remind us that …
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Protecting workers dominated B.C. Regional Council

… Protecting workers dominated B.C. Regional Council November 4, 2017 … at B.C. Regional Council. “Our job as a union is to take action, speak out, and take to the streets to make our …
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Prairie Council unites members in fightback against attacks on Canadian sovereignty

… Regional Council opened in Winnipeg with a moving performance by the Aboriginal School of Dance. Council … the union’s efforts in various provincial elections, job actions, lobbying, and campaigning done to benefit members … During her report, Payne outlined everything that is at stake in the union’s fight against corporate greed  and the …
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Canada’s economic resiliency begins with forestry industry

… Canada’s economic resiliency begins with forestry industry March 26, 2025 Share Main Image Image … March 25 to consider the latest developments in the ongoing trade war and the softwood lumber dispute, both of which … their power and fight against this tariff war by taking action in the upcoming federal election. “We need to focus …
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Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Women Achieving Right to Vote

… Canada to grant women the right to vote and be elected. Unifor is marking this anniversary and encouraging continued political action. On January 28, 1916, white, middle and upper class … and Saskatchewan this spring.  Remember - we must never take the right to vote for granted.  Stay connected, …
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4-Week Paid Education Leave

… 4-Week Paid Education Leave Image Leadership Development Opportunity – 4-Week Paid Education Leave The Unifor Education … and weaken our union. This course asks each of us to take on the challenge of working toward real equality, by … in this system of global capitalism. We’ll look at the extraction, production, distribution, consumption and disposal …
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Atlantic Council Wrap up

… Council Wrap up April 15, 2014 Share Main Image Image Unifor’s Regional Councils and the Quebec Council are a … Canada’s demand for national public inquiry and a national action plan to address the issue of missing and murdered … their Municipal Councillors and ask them to support, and take forward for adoption, a municipal motion on Passenger …
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Unifor Policy on Racial Justice

… Unifor Policy on Racial Justice File File … which we work, learn, and organize. The work that our union takes on must be situated within Canada’s historical … simple notions of equality and changing an individual’s actions. Racial justice means acknowledging, identifying and …
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Unifor Canadian Council delegates stand in solidarity of striking workers

… Unifor Canadian Council delegates stand in solidarity of … ‘That’s when I’m going to have a problem…when [the company] takes it back,’” he said. “We’re going to keep fighting and … at least one gender neutral bathroom in schools, as a distraction from the ongoing health care and affordability crisis …
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