Health and Safety

Unifor Local 3018 members employed at the Gibraltar Mine, located in south-central British Columbia, sustained injuries in an incident involving a bus transporting workers to the site on November 28, 2025. 

Eight Unifor members, and the bus operator, were transported to hospital for treatment. Our thoughts are with our members, their families, and co-workers at this difficult time. 

Unifor will be actively engaged in the investigation into this incident. The union has no additional information to release at this time. 

 

Unifor activists participated in a two-day online webinar titled “Courageous Voices For a Just Transition” to learn more about the state of the climate crisis in Canada and abroad, and share local stories about how union members are taking matters into their own hands. 

The webinar began on October 31 with a welcome from Unifor Health Safety and Environment Director Joanne Hay, followed by remarks from National Secretary-Treasurer Len Poirer.

Friday, October 10 is World Mental Health Day. 

Everyone struggles with mental health or mental illness at some point in their lives, if not daily. 

We know that safe, healthy work environments contribute to mental wellness, yet the commitment to supporting the mental health of workers is too often limited and not prioritized. 

TW Distribution was recently the scene of a moving, but above all inspiring, story that saw two members of Unifor Local 698—David Savard (unit president) and Steve Comptois, along with Mireille Vinet, a non-unionized employee—perform a heroic act that literally saved a life.

Unifor members and staff joined more than 600 participants at 20^th anniversary of the annual Steps for Life walk in Toronto’s Coronation Park on April 27 to mark the National Day of Mourning. The event, organized by Threads of Life, honours workers who have died or been injured on the job and supports their families. 

Nominations are now open for the annual Unifor Bud Jimmerfield Award. 

This is Unifor’s longest-running award and is one way the union honours Bud’s work and celebrates those who continue his remarkable legacy of improving working conditions through health and safety activism.

What does it take to be recognized?