… Unifor says close the scab loophole to federal wage subsidy … April 27, 2020 TORONTO —Unifor is calling on the federal government to close a loophole in Bill C-14 that will allow … of a company that saw over $2 billion in profits between 2018 and 2019.” While the CEWS appears to disqualify …
… Unifor members ratify new contract with Canadian Kraft July 27, … “CKP is a great example of how unions, employers, and government can work together to help rural economies … a 10 per cent training premium, improved paramedical benefits, and increased safety equipment allowance. Workers …
… Nova Scotia Health Care Workers to take strike vote March 21, 2018 Share After little … Authority, the IWK Children’s hospital and the Nova Scotia government. After a year of negotiations, the employers have … employers’ continue to propose significant claw backs of benefits for some members. Unifor is especially concerned …
… Nova Scotia Health Care Workers to take strike vote March 21, 2018 Share Main Image … Authority, the IWK Children’s hospital and the Nova Scotia government. After a year of negotiations, the employers have … employers’ continue to propose significant claw backs of benefits for some members. Unifor is especially concerned …
… We should empower workers for a real economic recovery November 5, 2020 Share … B.C. NDP. Horgan’s new position as premier in a majority government means that pro-worker legislation can no longer … unionized jobs — that is, full-time and well-paid, with benefits. There are a number of policy changes that are …
… Strike notice served on Seaway October 28, 2014 Share CORNWALL, ON , Oct. 28, 2014 /CNW/ - Five Unifor locals along … in April that it had received funding from the federal government to automate the locks along the Seaway, … All locks across the Seaway are to be retrofitted by 2018. For a closer look at the hands-free lock system, go …
… BC basic income report calls for sweeping labour law reform January 29, 2021 … by a union go well beyond bargaining leverage for wages and benefits. Being a part of a union means your voice matters … of the power. The same can be said of British Columbia: the government must act now to give workers the tools they need …
… Unionization best answer to school bus driver shortages August 30, 2018 Share August 30, 2018 TORONTO- – … Many drivers remain without a union, however, and wages and benefits are steadily driven down as school bus companies … Director of Organizing. Unifor continues to actively lobby government and school boards, as it has for several years, …
… Air transportation recovery must focus on social sustainability and … includes an industry specific support package that ensures benefits flow to workers by protecting pay and working … maintained. Canadians are going to want to fly again and government must ensure the industry is ready for takeoff as …
… Response to the Report of the Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory December 10, … workers in health care through higher wages, improved benefits and better working conditions. The committee’s … temporary help agencies simply states that the provincial government must be more clear in communicating the fact that …
… 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 …
… 14, 2020 Share Main Image Image By Jerry Dias, Unifor National President as published in The Star on September … the Canadian aluminum industry is somehow subsidized by the government are simply unfounded. In fact, the opposite is … models through these tariffs. The APAA was founded in 2018 Century Aluminum Co. and Magnitude 7 LLC. Century and …
… Trading away the potential for stronger labour rights July 10, 2018 Share Main Image Image With all the talk of demanding (as our government should) labour rights under NAFTA that are …
… risks closure January 18, 2021 Share Main Image Image As originally published by The Toronto Star By Jerry Dias Now … has been known and identified repeatedly at every level of government. Before COVID-19, the transit system in Toronto … in the first place. I can recall the excruciating moment in 2018 when the federal government chose to award a VIA Rail …
… August 6, 2020 Share Main Image Image Jerry Dias, Unifor National President & Renaud Gagné, Unifor Quebec Director … Ambassador Robert Lighthizer , calling on the U.S. federal government to reimpose Section 232 national security tariffs … The answer is deceptively simple: profit. Founded in 2018, the APAA represents two small producers: Century …
… Unifor activist appointed to B.C. Wild Salmon Advisory Council … of public policy issues as well as providing guidance to government. The Council consists of various experts from the … to protect wild salmon and its habitat and to ensure the benefits from fisheries are delivered to fishing …
… District of Kitimat workers ratify new collective agreement February 9, 2018 Share Kitimat—Strong wage gains and benefits enhancements characterize the three-year contract … committee did outstanding work on behalf of municipal government workers in Kitimat,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor …
… Workers will benefit from B.C. labour code improvements October 25, 2018 Share October 25, 2018 VANCOUVER — A report by the provincial government’s Labour Relations Code Review Panel recommends a …
… Ford Government fall economic statements fails to lift workers November 15, 2018 Share TORONTO – The Progressive Conservative’s fall … Conservative Finance Minister Vic Fedeli boasted about his government’s decision to cancel the cap-and-trade program …
… Pallister strips more rights from Manitoba workers March 21, 2018 Share WINNIPEG — Unifor is objecting to the sneak … rights in Manitoba after Brian Pallister’s conservative government buried a proposal in Bill 20 to remove equal …
… Unifor unites in support of Nova Scotia health care workers … Scotia Council of Health Care Unions (Unifor, Nova Scotia Government & General Employees Union, Canadian Union of … negatively impact sick leave as well as health and dental benefits. The Council of Unions remains committed to …
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