TORONTO - Ford win demonstrates need for continued activism to defend public services, workers’ rights and equity in Ontario.
“If Doug Ford thinks that the result of this election is a carte-blanche to wage attacks on workers and unleash cuts to public services from the PC handbook, then he’s about to be very surprised,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Working people in Ontario are strong, organized, and will continue to defend the gains we have made and push to make life better for all working people. Our mobilization starts today.”
HAMILTON - Naureen Rizvi will be available to comment on workers’ position concerning the provincial election race and results on Thursday, June 7.
“Unifor members and workers across the province made the case for a better future for Ontarians in this election, one with universal public services and good jobs for all,” said Naureen Rizvi, Unifor Ontario Regional Director. “The result of this election will shape the future for all people who call Ontario home, and Unifor is ready to continue to push for progress, no matter the outcome.”
More than a dozen miners descended on a local property to lend their skilled labour to a couple who were struggling to finish the roofing on their house this weekend.
“I’m really proud of what Unifor members are doing in Goderich,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Volunteering and giving back to the community is at the heart of what Unifor is.”
OTTAWA—The union representing 12,000 Canadian journalists and media workers has endorsed the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s call for a “bold and judicious” overhaul of federal media regulation.
May 31, 2018 MONCTON – Premier Brian Gallant will deliver a keynote speech at Unifor’s Atlantic Regional Council in Moncton on Friday June 1, 2018. The annual Council with more than 200 delegates from across the region is meeting between May 31–June 2. “We are pleased the Premier will address our local union leaders who come from all corners of Atlantic Canada and work in every sector of the economy,” said Lana Payne, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director. Unifor represents more than 35,000 workers in the region, including 7,200 from New Brunswick.
TORONTO – Unifor applauds the swift imposition of retaliatory measures in response to punishing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.
“Make no mistake — this is a full on trade war. The U.S. has systematically come after Canada’s aerospace, softwood, paper and now steel and aluminum industries,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “Unifor fully supports the action taken by the federal government to fight back on behalf of Canadian workers.”
VANCOUVER—The B.C. Court of Appeal has dismissed two container trucking companies’ challenge to the Container Trucking Act.
“Corporate greed loses again,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Unifor worked closely with both levels of governments to arrive at a fair system that levels the playing field for all trucking companies—but not all companies want to play fair.”
SURREY—Striking Unifor Local 3000 members at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel have voted 92 per cent in favour of a new three-year collective agreement, ending the four-week strike.
“Unifor is a strong union for hotel workers,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “I’m proud of Local 3000 members who fought to get what they’ve earned from this employer.”
OTTAWA – Unifor members from across Canada are on Parliament Hill to lobby MPs for an expansion of public services, including national child care and pharmacare programs, and action on climate change.
The bargaining committee for Unifor is pleased to announce that members have voted to 92 per cent to ratify an agreement with NSHA and IWK to go to mediation and binding arbitration.
“Thanks to the support, solidarity and patience of members we can now see a light at the end of an extremely difficult round of negotiations, made more challenging by numerous pieces of government legislation,” said said Lana Payne, Atlantic Regional Director.
