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Road transportation is one of Unifor’s largest sectors with over 21,500 members employed as bus drivers, in private trucking, shipping, waste and recycling, logistics as well as taxi drivers and dispatchers and couriers, among others. The largest group there is over 4,000 members who work as drivers and maintenance workers for Vancouver's public transit system. Public transit as a whole is heavily unionized in Canada.

No Place to Sleep, No Place to Rest: Summary Report for a Study of Long-Haul Truck Parking & Rest Areas on Southern Ontario Highways

[From the report:] "This Study of Long-Haul Truck Parking and Rest Areas in Southern Ontario is focused on the following key question: 'What new truck parking [or other solutions, e.g. new information...

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Asleep at the Wheel: A critique of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation Response to SPR's 2018 Highway Truck Parking Study and an Action Plan for Discussion

[From the report:] "This brief five-page report follows up on SPR's 2018 study for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO), regarding Truck Parking and Rest Areas Along Southern Ontario Highways...

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The road is our workplace

The Road is Our Workplace is a campaign for safe parking places for long-haul drivers to check loads and rest.

Fairness for Container Truckers

Help truckers at Port Metro Vancouver get a fair deal during the transition period to newer trucks.

Unifor to participate in B.C. trucking review

July 7, 2021

The B.C. government has announced that Unifor will be part of extensive consultations to implement the new rules announced this spring for Metro Vanco

Unifor Local 103 and Ontario Northland address diversity and human rights issues

June 25, 2021

It’s an education in positive change.

Kingston school bus drivers make gains

April 9, 2021

School bus drivers in Kingston ratify a new collective agreement with wage increases each year and emergency leave days.

Master Collective Agreement Unifor-Loomis 2017–2021

2017–2021 collective agreement between Loomis and Unifor

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School bus drivers see improvements with collective agreement

December 3, 2020

School bus drivers with First Student Cornwall, members of Unifor Local 4266, have ratified a new collective agreement that boosts their pay for chart

World Toilet Day highlights access issues for transportation workers

November 19, 2020

In recognition of World Toilet Day, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) is highlighting the need for safe access to washroom

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