More than 45 Unifor Local 1990 members gathered in Calgary on July 6–9 to discuss the upcoming Alberta referendum. Organized by the Membership Mobilization and Political Action Department, the training session reviewed all of the steps in member to member campaigns and aimed to provide members with new skills they would need to grow the Pro-Canada, Pro-Immigrant movement.
The federal government is fast-tracking a review of Canada’s Labour Code. Workers' rights, including the right to strike, must not become casualties of corporate pressure. Watch this update from Unifor National President Lana Payne to learn what's at stake and why Unifor is fighting back.
This week, transport workers and unions around the world are joining the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s Safe Rates Week of Action. Unifor is with them, fully and without reservation.
The connection between driver pay and road safety is documented and measurable. When workers are paid too little for the time they work, they drive longer hours, skip rest, and take risks no worker should ever have to take.
That is not a choice. It is what an industry built on cost-cutting produces.
Honourable Susan Holt Premier of New Brunswick Chancery Place
RE: New Brunswick’s $2.4 Million Non-Repayable Contribution to Agropur in Light of the Planned Closure of the Sussex Plant
Dear Premier Holt,
On behalf of Unifor and the workers at Agropur Dairy Cooperative’s Sussex-area plant whose livelihoods are being threatened, we are asking the Government of New Brunswick to immediately re-evaluate its decision to provide Agropur with $2.4 million in public funding.
Deborah Flint CEO – Greater Toronto Airports Authority Toronto, ON
Dear Ms. Flint
I am writing to raise a matter of growing urgency for workers across Canada’s aviation sector and for the stability of airport operations at Toronto Pearson: the continued practice of contract flipping and the escalating impacts it is having on workforce continuity, safety culture, and the long‑term resilience of airport services.
Unifor National President Lana Payne presented to the Standing Committee on Finance on June 2, as part of the 2026 pre-budget consultation. Payne’s testimony focused on the measures the federal government must take to protect Canadian jobs.
“Canada’s economy and labour market are showing cracks, with private sector industries and workplaces facing mounting pressure. These pressures are converging on Canadian workers from different directions,” said Payne.
On June 22, Unifor begins Detroit Three bargaining in what will be one of the most consequential rounds of auto negotiations our union has faced.
We’re heading into these negotiations at a critical moment for auto workers.
Unifor will begin negotiations with Ford Motor Company, where we believe we can establish the strongest possible pattern agreement for Detroit Three members.
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