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Collective bargaining begins for Northern Ontario hospitals

TORONTO, July 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias will be in Thunder Bay on Monday, July 14, to launch bargaining for a new collective agreement covering 2,500 workers at hospitals across Northern Ontario.

Bombardier talks continue ahead of deadline

TORONTO, July 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor, which represents workers at Bombardier in Thunder Bay building commuter trains and streetcars, will be working through the weekend to reach a deal ahead of a strike deadline Monday afternoon.

"We are prepared to meet around the clock to reach a fair collective agreement," said Dominic Pasqualino, president of Unifor Local 1075.

More Open Than You

Union members control how the money is spent through established and transparent democratic processes: local meetings, councils and conventions...

Unions can regain lost ground

Our research has uncovered a new generation of Canadians willing to sign up to the new union project...

CAW, CEP to merge for super union

“With this new union we are sending out a clear message that labour is ready to do what is necessary to take on governments and employers..."

Big Canadian Unions Vote to Merge

Canadian union officials said the new union will be better equipped to battle the sorts of wage reductions and curbs on union practices seen in the U.S.

WTO finds Green Energy Act contrary to GATT

“This decision aims to destroy the kind of inventive, creative job creation policies that are absolutely necessary to put our economy on the right foot ...”

Phase 3 of Let’s Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians (BNOC 2014-190)

On June 27, Unifor submitted an intervention to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding its review of the conventional television system in Canada (popularly referred to as ‘Let’s Talk TV’). The union offers a series of recommendations it feels will help strengthen the television system now and for the future, with specific emphasis on local programming and Canadian content.

Unifor to keep pushing Ontario government

TORONTO, July 3, 2014 /CNW/ - Today's Speech from the Throne in Ontario makes a lot of promises for change, and Unifor will be watching closely to make sure those changes happen, Unifor National President Jerry Dias says.

Pride in our diversity

Hundreds of Unifor activists, members, leaders, staff, families and supporters came...

McDaniel brought fresh ideas to Fort McMurray by-election

FORT MCMURRAY, AB, June 30, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor congratulates federal NDP candidate Lori McDaniel for her contribution to the Fort McMurray—Athabasca by-election. McDaniel campaigned for reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker program and challenged Stephen Harper's reckless natural resource policies.