Union Solidarity

Unifor says Sunwing Airlines has not done enough to fill open positions by intending to hire permanent pilots who would be covered by the union’s collective agreement, instead opting to use temporary foreign workers. Read our letters to the company and the Canadian government asking them to stop this practice.

The Honourable Omar Alghabra
Minister of Transport

House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0A6

Sent electronically via: @email

Dear Minister Alghabra,

Jennifer Murray, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director

By Angelo DiCaro, Unifor Director of Research

Five years ago, Canada’s free trade pact with Europe came into force. Well, some of it did at least.  

TORONTO- Unifor supports federal government moves to address the affordability crisis but calls for more comprehensive solutions to support Canada’s workers.

Bill 124 squashed the wages and bargaining rights of public sector workers for two years in Ontario.

And now, after two years of prep, Bill 124 hearings began on Monday September 12, 2022. The hearings will run Monday-Friday from September 12-23.

Three women working at the University of Windsor – all Unifor members – will receive back pay in the range of $25,000 to $35,000 each from their employer, after the union filed a complaint with the province’s Pay Equity Review Services.

There is no question that the pandemic has created a new workscape. 

Despite a textbook scenario for workers to demand better from their bosses, wages remain low – relative to rising inflation – benefits are meagre and pension plans elusive. 

Despite ballooning profits and claims of labour shortages, most workers still find themselves on the losing end.