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TORONTO, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - In celebration of Personal Support Worker Day, today, Unifor salutes the contributions of the thousands of Unifor members employed as Personal Support Workers.  Personal support workers are critical front line care providers in our health care system and the largest group of health care workers in Ontario's long-term care and home care sector. 

TORONTO, May 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Local 1291 have voted in favour of a new collective agreement. The members work for Ariva, a division of Domtar.

The agreement includes annual wage increases, in addition to other gains. It achieves all key elements of Unifor's Eastern Canada Pulp and Paper Pattern.

TORONTO, May 14, 2015 /CNW/ - After months of negotiations, Unifor has served formal strike notice to the First Student school bus company that its drivers serving the Bluewater District School Board and the Bruce Power plant will go on strike next Thursday if no deal is reached before then.

TORONTO, May 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor will meet with its members at Bombardier and company executives to discuss the impact of layoffs announced this morning, and to safeguard the interests of its members.

"Unifor is here for the membership, and we will do all we can for them through this process," said Scott McIlmoyle, President of Unifor Local 112, which represents production workers at Bombardier's Downsview plant.

OTTAWA, May 13, 2015 /CNW/ - Armoured car workers at GardaWorld issued a strike notice on Monday, and will walk off the job on Thursday May 14th at 3:45pm unless the company returns to the bargaining table with an improved offer.     

TORONTO, May 11, 2015 /CNW/ - With more than 29,500 members in the health care sector across Canada, Unifor is proud to support National Nursing Week.

"Our health care system relies on the hard work of nurses, who practice collaboratively as a vital part of a team of dedicated health providers, and it is important that we recognize and honour their work during this week – and all year," said Unifor National President Jerry Dias.

TORONTO, May 9, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor has condemned Bill C-59's blatant attacks on collective bargaining rights of workers in the federal public service.

The Budget Implementation Act, tabled earlier this week, authorizes the Treasury Board to modify collective agreements to remove sick leave and impose a short and long term disability plan outside of collective agreements. The Bill will violate the Public Service Labour Relations Act.

TORONTO, May 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is calling on the federal Cabinet to direct the CRTC to develop a new funding formula for local television programming, including ethnic programming, saying today's job cuts at Rogers show why such action is needed.

VANCOUVER, May 6, 2015 /CNW/ - The Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS) today, the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally today to protest the closure.

EDMONTON, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - The election of an NDP government will bring much-needed change after years of deteriorating public services and a weak economy under Alberta's Conservatives.

VANCOUVER, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - Tomorrow the Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS), the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally to protest the closure.

TORONTO, May 1, 2015 /CNW/ - More than 550 Unifor members in the Dryden-based Domtar Pulp Mill and Woodlands operations have ratified new collective agreements in overwhelmingly positive votes held late last night of 80 and 97 per cent in favour.

EDMONTON, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Negotiations between Unifor and Air Canada have broken down over Air Canada's plan to outsource jobs at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Unifor has taken its protest on the road with a march through the Edmonton International Airport today around 4:30 pm.

EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.

More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.

EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.

More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.

TORONTO, April 24, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor leaders expressed shock and anger at news that Export Development Canada is lending Volkswagen $526 million to support the expansion of its assembly operations in Mexico.

TORONTO, April 23, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario provincial budget tabled today includes important investments that could lead to a brighter future, but also takes risks that might lead to the lights going out.

"Some of the measures in this budget will help secure a stronger future for Ontarians, while others, namely the privatization of Hydro One, are remarkably short-sighted," said Katha Fortier, Unifor Ontario Regional Director.

KINGSTON, ON, April 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias will be delivering the Donald Gow Memorial Lecture at Queen's University, on the challenges of promoting and strengthening workers' rights in the digital economy. The lecture will take place on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Queen's University Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

OTTAWA, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - In a pre-election budget, Prime Minister Harper is attempting to distract Canadians from his failure to create good jobs and economic growth, says Unifor.

"The Harper Conservatives' budget is too little, too late," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. "Canadians won't be fooled by the pre-election goodies offered in today's budget – which will be of little or no help to Canadians struggling to keep up."

EDMONTON, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Parkland Institute will co-host a panel discussion on opportunities for creating more jobs in energy-related industries by promoting more domestic content at all stages of the energy value chain.

OTTAWA, April 21, 2015 /CNW/ - Federal budget day coincides with the closure of a coast guard monitoring station in Ucluelet, the third such base to be closed by the Conservative government in 2015. Coast guard officers say that reducing the number of staff that oversees marine communications and traffic is a threat to the safety of Canadians and wildlife on the coast.

OTTAWA, April 20, 2015 /CNW/ - Coastal communities from Parksville to Placentia are watching tomorrow's federal budget closely for funding to restore the cuts to coast guard services that have closed bases across the country, putting communities at risk.

VANCOUVER, April 20, 2015 /CNW/ - Concerns over job security, restoring pension funding, and greater autonomy in the workplace have pushed couriers at ICS to vote in favour of strike action if a resolution cannot be found.

"We want to get a solution done at the bargaining table," said Unifor Local 114 plant chair Kevin Gibbs. "But ICS has to get serious about a deal."

TORONTO, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress will host a forum Thursday for experts and interested groups to share their perspectives on the Harper government's proposed anti-terror legislation Bill C-51.

TORONTO, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress will host a forum Thursday for experts and interested groups to share their perspectives on the Harper government's proposed anti-terror legislation Bill C-51.

TORONTO, April 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Canadian Labour Congress will host a forum Thursday for experts and interested groups to share their perspectives on the Harper government's proposed anti-terror legislation Bill C-51.

VANCOUVER, April 10, 2015 /CNW/ - The scheduled closure of the Vancouver Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS) threatens the ability to prevent shipping accidents and the capacity to provide a rapid response, says the union representing coast guard communications officers.

TORONTO, April 10, 2015 /CNW/ - A positive jobs report today is camouflaging slow growth and a very sluggish economy, says Unifor President Jerry Dias.

TORONTO, April 8, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor members and allies from across Ontario rallied at the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) to protest proposed outsourcing of services for seniors and passengers requiring wheelchair assistance.

TORONTO, April 7, 2015 /CNW/ - The Greater Toronto Airport Authority's (GTAA) campaign to convert good jobs to low-wage jobs will lead to demonstrations on Wednesday by the union representing customer sales and service agents. The GTAA's demand that service for passengers requiring wheelchair/special assistance be outsourced at Air Canada led to a halt in contract talks between the carrier and Unifor last week.