The Alberta government plans to create loopholes in private pension plan legislation that threatens to reduce incomes for tens of thousands of seniors, says Canada's largest union in the private sector. The changes introduced in Bill 10 came without any notice or consultation.
EDMONTON, May 1, 2014 /CNW/ - The Alberta government plans to create loopholes in private pension plan legislation that threatens to reduce incomes for tens of thousands of seniors, says Canada's largest union in the private sector. The changes introduced in Bill 10 came without any notice or consultation.
VICTORIA, May 1, 2014 /CNW/ - It's like David and Goliath: A small indigenous group and a tiny non-profit squaring off against international energy companies backed by the provincial and federal government.
But Forest Action Network director Zoe Blunt says she likes the odds.
The Victoria-based eco-group has a record of winning against oversized opponents, Blunt says. "We have lawyers and we're ready to fight."
TORONTO, April 30, 2014 /CNW/ - Several representatives of Canada's largest union in the private sector, including National President Jerry Dias, will be at Queen's Park on May 1 to watch the release of the Ontario government's 2014 budget, and will be available for immediate comment.
TORONTO, April 29, 2014 /CNW/ - The announcement by the Ontario government that it will boost the wages of Personal Support Workers in the province is a welcome first step in addressing serious concerns in the homecare industry, says the president of Canada's largest union in the private sector.
MONTRÉAL, April 25, 2014 /CNW/ - Negotiations to renew nineteen collective agreements between Resolute Forest Products and Unifor began on Tuesday April 22, covering close to 2,000 members in Québec and Ontario. The result of these negotiations will serve as the pattern for negotiations involving another 8,000 members in the Eastern Canadian pulp and paper industry.
SYDNEY, NS, April 17, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor Local 4624 workers brought their case before Mayor Cecil Clarke to discuss concerns about the future of their jobs. Stevedores at the Sydney waterfront were told they no longer had jobs after the Sydney Ports Corp. decided to hire non-unionized workers ahead of the upcoming cruise ship season.
TORONTO, April 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Despite a last-minute amendment removing the worst part of the Harper government's anti-labour Bill C-525, the newly passed bill is still a big step backward for labour law in this country. Unifor, Canada's biggest union in the private sector is calling for it to be defeated in the Senate.
This past week, it has been my incredible honour to stand beside workers – members of Unifor, and those working to join – as they stood up for their rights and for a voice in their communities.
Last Thursday, I stood with team members at Toyota in Ontario as we announced an escalation of their effort to join Unifor and become the first assembly plant outside the Detroit Big Three to be unionized in Canada.
Rogers Broadcasting Limited is right now asking the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (our national broadcast regulator) to rewrite the rules governing ethnic television in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta – and not to the benefit of ethnic communities.
PRINCE GEORGE, BC, April 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor and other organizations representing the forestry industry will be hosting a community discussion on the future of Northern British Columbia's forests.
The following column by Toyota team member Ken Cleveland appeared in the Waterloo Region Record on April 4, 2014.
By Ken Cleveland
Much of what attracted me to a job at Toyota 17 years ago — besides good pay, benefits and a pension, of course — was that the company had a reputation for listening to its employees and working with them on issues facing the plant.
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