… Workers who build TTC vehicles in Thunder Bay set to picket … workers and to encourage municipal and provincial governments to urge the employer to reconsider their attack … July 14 . They are striking to protect pensions and retiree benefits as well as good jobs that were created here in …
… Unifor leader challenges OPSEU's Smokey Thomas June 20, 2014 Share TORONTO , June 20, 2014 /CNW/ - Today Jerry Dias, … election Thomas had proposed to the Wynne Liberals that the government sell the LCBO to OPSEU's pension plan and its …
… Ontario votes for good jobs, strong public services and healthy communities June 12, 2014 Share TORONTO , June 12, 2014 /CNW/ - " Ontario voters … that successfully prevented Hudak from forming a majority government. Hudak had tried to make his party more appealing …
… modern passenger rail service in this country. That means more frequent trains to better meet the needs of Canadian … and train frequency. Earlier that year, the federal government announced another round of cuts to Via Rail’s … the case for a modern rail system and outlining the many benefits that would come with building a modern passenger …
… B.C. Regional Council held it’s inaugural meeting May 24, 2014 Share The B.C. Regional Council held it’s inaugural … meeting during February 7-9, 2014 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver. Nearly 200 elected delegates, … and local campaigns. Throughout the weekend, local Unifor activists debated resolutions that will shape the work of …
… Free trade with South Korea a threat March 10, 2014 Share TORONTO , March 10, 2014 … jobs here as a condition of tariff-free access. Ensuring government keeps the necessary powers to intervene directly … years after the U.S. signed a similar deal, none of the benefits and all of the downsides came true," Dias said. …
… Nova Scotia Council of Nursing Unions to File for Conciliation for Acute Care Nurses June 29, 2023 Share … issues, but also begin to provide the competitive wages and benefits Nova Scotia’s nurses deserve. The Council held a … 2020 The Health Authorities Act, passed by the provincial government in 2014, requires all nurses employed at NSH and …
… Unifor denounces EDC loan to Volkswagen April 24, 2015 Share … in Mexico . "It is absolutely incredible that a Canadian government agency is helping to facilitate and accelerate … Canada imported $4.4 billion of auto parts from Mexico in 2014 (and over $6 billion more worth of finished vehicles). …
… Unifor Serves Strike Mandate to Windsor-Essex Catholic District … contract was forced upon the employees under the Ontario government's infamous anti-worker Bill 115; legislation that … restricted the ability to strike and removed access to benefits for upcoming retirees. Despite the court decision, …
… in the Huffington Post June 22, 2016 (and I would argue moral) ambiguity about the place of unions in Canada. Conservative governments who can't rewrite the constitution to take that … Conservative Party were soundly defeated in the election of 2014 after running on a draconian anti-labour platform . …
… Committee have spent the past several weeks preparing for a mediation arbitration hearing set for the last week of … membership. Without those achievements the Employers and Government would not have been motivated to make the recent … to 2014, protection of your current sick leave and retiree benefits, and the option for early pay out of your …
… Alberta government to destabilize retirees’ savings May 1, 2014 Share EDMONTON—The Alberta government plans to create … pension plan legislation that threatens to reduce incomes for tens of thousands of seniors, says Canada's largest union …
… Unions see benefit to open membership July 23, 2014 Share Claire Brownell Postmedia News June 11, 2012 … the unemployed and retired, when they merge. A committee working on the merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and the … and resources, a strong national organization lobbying the government in their interest and, potentially, the chance to …
… Closing GM Oshawa? No way. November 29, 2018 Share Unifor statement on the recent announcement from General Motors … the 2,900 production and salaried workers at GM Oshawa: the benefits spread far and wide. The spin-off effects of the … rights have been suppressed through collusion between government-aligned “unions” that offer sweetheart protection …
… Unifor members brave freezing temperatures to fight pension cuts … across the province to protest cuts to basic retirement benefits in Edmonton today. “The Alberta government must be attempting to cover up their own …
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