Health Care

Frontline workers reflect on one year in pandemic

March 31, 2021

In an international webinar hosted by the North American Solidarity Project, front-line workers from Canada, the U.S., and Mexico shared experiences.

March 24, 2021

Unifor welcomes new members from across the country as aviation, long-term care and grocery warehouse workers vote to join the union.

March 17, 2021

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of workers in a precedent-setting case about the method employers must use to maintain proxy pay...

February 13, 2021

Unifor members across Alberta took action to stand up to Premier Jason Kenney and his UCP government at ‘Broken Hearts Protests'.

Ontario

Health and Safety

Health Care

December 1, 2020

Two years ago, our family concluded that our grandmother needed care in a long-term care facility, given her deteriorating health. She ended up being placed in a retirement home, where there is less hands-on care available because there were no available long-term care spaces. At the time, the wait list for a long-term care bed in Ontario was around 35,000 and the average wait time was between 5-6 months.