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Nominations are now open for the annual Unifor Bud Jimmerfield Award.
This is Unifor’s longest-running award and is one way the union honours Bud’s work and celebrates those who continue his remarkable legacy of improving working conditions through health and safety activism.
What does it take to be recognized?
Award nominees must demonstrate strong leadership, community activism through their proven commitment to health, safety, environmental or workers’ compensation-related issues, with a focus on the prevention of injuries, work-related fatalities and/or occupational diseases. Nominees must be active Unifor members and be nominated by their local union leadership.
Read about the 2024 Bud Jimmerfield Award recipient Robert Girard, previous recipients and their work.
How to nominate a member
If you know a determined health and safety, environment or workers' compensation activist in your local who is making a difference, it’s easy to put their name forward.
- Download the nomination form
- Fill in their name and workplace information
- Explain on the form and, if needed, provide additional documents why this member should be the Unifor Bud Jimmerfield Award recipient for 2025
- Email the completed form no later than Friday, May 2, 2025 to the Unifor Health, Safety, and Environment Department at @email for consideration.
The award recipient will be contacted by the national union and will be recognized on stage at the 2025 Constitutional Convention in Vancouver August 25-29, 2025.
We look forward to honouring Bud’s legacy and celebrating our union’s unending commitment to workplace health and safety.
