HALIFAX, Aug. 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Workers at Bell Aliant are concerned at the increasing number of jobs being contracted out to workers in India as Bell Aliant adopts more of Bell Canada's outsourcing practices.
Unifor, the union for journalists in Canada, expresses its deepest condolences and solidarity at the news of two journalists shot and killed on the job this morning in Virginia.
Journalists Alison Parker and Adam Ward were broadcasting live from Bedford County when shots rang out, killing the reporter and her cameraman. Within minutes, their TV station, WDBJ7, issued a brief statement on Twitter, “Law enforcement is on scene at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta. The incident involves a WDBJ7 crew. This is all we know.”
MONTREAL, Aug. 20, 2015 /CNW/ - As part of Unifor's second Canadian Council, the 1,000 delegates from across the country will march through the city, starting at the Palais de Congres on St-Antoine in protest of the federal government's policies and mismanagement of the economy. The group will be departing from the St-Antoine entrance at 12:30 p.m.
MONTREAL, Aug. 20, 2015 /CNW/ - As part of Unifor's second Canadian Council, the 1,000 delegates from across the country will march through the city, starting at the Palais de Congres on St-Antoine in protest of the federal government's policies and mismanagement of the economy. The group will be departing from the St-Antoine entrance at 12:30 p.m.
MONTREAL, Aug. 19, 2015 /CNW/ - Hundreds of Unifor activists from across Canada will gather on August 21-23 to meet as a national council. The meeting will be held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
HALIFAX, Aug. 18, 2015 /CNW/ - After 18 months of tensions and attacks on public sector workers and their unions, the Nova Scotia government today laid down the next step in its curtailment of workers' rights.
PRINCE RUPERT. BC, Aug. 18, 2015 /CNW/ - The Marine Traffic and Communication Services (MTCS) centre in Prince Rupert experienced another outage last night. The affected area included the entire west coast of Vancouver Island—the area once monitored by MTCS base in Ucluelet closed by the Harper Conservatives in April this year.
OTTAWA, Aug. 17, 2015 /CNW/ - Ottawa taxi drivers serving the airport will be staging a slow-moving protest this afternoon as part of their dispute with the airport authority over fees.
"These people work 15-16 hours a day to eke out a living," said Harry Ghadban, a National Representative with Unifor, which represents the drivers.
OTTAWA, Aug. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor Local 1688, representing Ottawa taxi drivers, is offering free rides from the Ottawa Airport today for the elderly and families with children, as a dispute with the airport authority over a jump in dispatch fees continues.
"This is not a dispute between us and the public. This dispute is between us and the airport authority, and the company," said Unifor National Representative Harry Ghadban.
OTTAWA, Aug. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - Taxi drivers serving passengers at the Ottawa Airport have been locked out, despite a commitment by the drivers to continue serving customers during their current dispute with the company.
"We had set up a job action that affected the employer, while continuing to provide a vital service to the public," said Unifor National Representative Harry Ghadban.
TORONTO, Aug. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - While it is a positive step that the Ontario government is moving ahead with pensions for the two-thirds of Ontarians with no workplace pension, it is disappointing that there will be so many exemptions to the new provincial plan, Unifor says.
TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Canadian trade negotiators have no mandate to accept terms in Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations that would damage vital Canadian industries, says Jerry Dias, President of Unifor.
Eleven weeks to go and Stephen Harper’s “no Netflix tax” is an early campaign gimmick.
It is a predictable anti-tax pitch from the PM, but it says a lot about his chaotic public policy in Canada’s multi-billion dollar broadcasting industry. Not even the wealthiest American media company operating in Canada, Netflix still rakes in $400 million a year in Canada, employs no Canadians, and contributes nothing to the Canadian television system or the Canadian economy.
VANCOUVER, Aug. 4, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is asking a provincial judge to direct the Container Trucking Commissioner to enforce the wages owed to container truck drivers as part of the March 2014Joint Action Plan. The Plan was signed by Premier Christy Clark, representatives for federal Minister of Transportation Lisa Raitt, and Jerry Dias from Unifor.
VANCOUVER, Aug. 4, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor will file papers today in provincial court to seek relief against Container Trucking Commissioner Andy Smith for his refusal to enforce the wages owed to container truck drivers as part of the March 2014Joint Action Plan.
VANCOUVER, July 31, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor spokespeople will be available for comment following today's release of recommendations in the Independent Review of the M/V Marathassa Fuel Oil Spill Environmental Response Operation.
TORONTO, July 30, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is reiterating its call on the Conservative government to support the creation of a provincial pension plan.
"Prime Minister Harper's refusal to enter a service agreement to support the implementation of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is undermining the retirement security and democratic will of the people of Ontario," said Ontario Regional Director Katha Fortier.
