General Manufacturing

General Manufacturing Sector Profile

Sector Facts and Figures Total GDP Share of Canadian GDP $58.9 billion 2.98% Exports $112.0 billion Imports $197.8 billion Foreign Trade Balance 5-year change -$85.7 billion +22.2% Total Employment...

Unifor Local 591-G Active Exhaust ratify new deal

July 21, 2021

Unifor Local 591-G Active Exhaust workers voted to ratify a three-year collective agreement Wednesday in Scarborough

Unifor Local 195 members at Flex-N-Gate in Windsor ratify new agreement

May 18, 2021

Unifor Local 195 members at Flex-N-Gate in Windsor have ratified a new three-year collective agreement.

Sanofi Pasteur members poised to increase Canada’s vaccine production

May 12, 2021

Unifor members at Sanofi Pasteur are poised to increase Canada’s vaccine production capability following the announcement of a $925-million investment

Unifor partners with Aleafia Health on medical cannabis coverage

February 22, 2021

We are launching a leading-edge partnership to provide union members with access to medical cannabis as part of their workplace benefit and insurance

Ontario government extends Bombardier Labour Action Centre

January 26, 2021

The Labour Action Centre in Thunder Bay received a much-needed extension to its operations.

Independent Parts Supplier members make big gains in Guelph

December 9, 2020

The membership ratified the three-year agreement on Wednesday December 3.

Brutal lockout by Gate Gourmet as employer throws workers into the street

November 18, 2020

Employees of Gate Gourmet were shocked last week when their employer interrupted their lunch break to tell them to take their personal effects and....

Unifor urges Trudeau to escalate tariff response

August 17, 2020

Canada’s aluminum workers welcomed the federal government’s initial response to unfair U.S. tariffs but say more can be done...

Canada must retaliate against the US over aluminum tariffs

August 6, 2020

Jerry Dias, Unifor National President & Renaud Gagné, Unifor Quebec Director

Against any semblance of good judgement, the United States is on the verge of yet another trade war with Canada by slapping a new round of tariffs on Canadian aluminum.

Sadly, this is the culmination of the current US administration’s stubborn refusal to understand just how important Canadian aluminum is to the US and its willingness to sacrifice jobs in both countries on behalf of special interests.

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