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Building solidarity across borders

November 11, 2018

More than 140 union leaders and activists from several countries gathered for the first ever North American Solidarity Project Conference.

Unifor Submission to the Nova Scotia Expert Advisory Panel on Long-Term Care

Unifor outlines the crisis in long-term care in Nova Scotia and submits recommendations to improve working conditions for its members and the living conditions for residents.

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Pharmacare consultation deadline tomorrow

September 27, 2018

The deadline to provide input on making prescription medications more affordable for all Canadians is approaching as the federal government’s online c

Unifor activists push employers and municipalities to call for universal pharmacare

September 12, 2018

As we ramp up the call for federal, provincial and territorial governments to take immediate action in instituting national pharmacare...

Support for strikers grows as health centre blockaded

August 8, 2018

Unifor will keep up the pressure on the doctors who own the Port Arthur Health Centre in Thunder Bay, where 65 members of Unifor Local 229 have...

Solidarity at Port Arthur Health Centre Picket Line

Wed, Aug 8 2018, 7am 0 seconds

The 65 workers at Port Arthur Health Centre, in Thunder Bay, all women, have been on the picket line for more than 100 days...

Sault Ste. Marie paramedics no longer considering strike

June 6, 2018

Members of Local 1359 in Sault Ste. Marie have made the decision to go to arbitration after a ruling from the Ontario Labour Relations Board...

Nova Scotia health care workers gather for strike vote

April 17, 2018

Unifor is calling for a strong strike vote mandate among health care members in Nova Scotia to send a message to both the employers and the McNeil...

Unifor forms Ontario health care alliance

March 28, 2018

Unifor is uniting with two of Ontario’s largest health care unions, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of the Canadian Union of Public Employees..

Unifor unites in support of Nova Scotia health care workers

March 28, 2018

On March 27 the Nova Scotia Council of Health Care Unions...

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