Health and Safety

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?

On November 19 – World Toilet Day – Unifor stands in solidarity with the global movement of ensuring that employers and governments provide everyone with access to safe and inclusive washroom facilities, particularly women and 2SLGBTQI+ members. 

Safe sanitation at work is a fundamental human right. Workers and workplaces are diverse, so every employer must take steps to ensure sanitation facilities are clean, appropriate and safe to meet the individual needs of workers.

Every single worker faces a degree of risk or danger in performing their job. Unifor leadership and staff and guest speakers from a variety of areas of expertise shared experiences in responding to and preventing these risks with nearly 150 Unifor members at the weekend’s Health, Safety and Environment Conference, titled Back to Basics and Beyond.

Unifor Local 302 members at Wellkin Child and Youth Mental Wellness have successfully concluded contract negotiations, resulting in several improvements for members.

OTTAWA – Unifor welcomes the passing of the third reading of the federal pharmacare bill, bringing Canada one step closer to making universal pharmacare a reality.