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EI Temporary Measures FAQ

Updated January 19, 2022 On August 20, 2020, the federal government announced temporary changes to Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) program and EI-eligible workers filing jobless claims on or after...
National
Jobs and the Economy

‘Big Reset’ Will Corrode Higher Education

By Josh Lepawsky, Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador The ‘Big Reset’, the final report and recommendations submitted by Moya Greene as Chair of the Premier’s...

Policy on gender equality

In the 1960s Unifor women were part of the struggle that brought an end to the employer’s legal right to discriminate based on sex. This battle, waged in Ontario, was one of many that feminists, women...
Human Rights

Policy on Human rights, Workers' rights

Trade unionists believe in human rights and workers’ rights for all, not just for some. We believe that across this wide world each human life is of equal value. We believe that decent jobs, a steady...
Human Rights

Unifor policy on 2SLGBTQIA+ issues

For over 20 years Unifor members and activists have been actively engaged in struggles for social and legal equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, two-spirited and trans people. The movement...
LGBTQ

Unifor Education - Paid Education Leave Courses

CODE Course Name Duration PACIN Accident & Incident Investigation 1 week PARB Arbitration for Leadership 1 week PAWOC1 Aboriginal / Workers of Colour Leadership (AWOC) - Week 1 1 week PAWOC2...

Unifor Education - Area and Online Course Codes

Area School Courses CODE Course Name Duration ABWP1 Bullying in the Workplace: An Occupational H&S Hazard (1 day) 1 day ACB3 Collective Bargaining (3 day) 3 day ACOM1 Compensation, All Jurisdictions...