Bargaining

VIA Rail Bargaining Update #1

Dear Members,

Unifor Council 4000 and Local 100 will open bargaining with VIA Rail in Montreal on January 17, 2022, with bargaining scheduled throughout the week.

TORONTO–Health care workers at eleven long-term care facilities will begin escalating community actions across southwestern Ontario after talks with employers broke off.  &nbsp

After more than a month on the picket line, striking shelter workers bring their struggle to the wider Napanee and Kingston community with a new radio ad.

WILLIAMS LAKE—Wage increases and improvements to benefits are the key components of a new collective agreement ratified this week by members of Unifor Local 3018.

“Unifor members are critical to the success of the Gibraltar Mine and it is important that the collective agreement reflect that,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.

SARNIA—The bargaining committee for more than 70 Unifor members doing the dangerous work of treating toxic waste have reached a tentative collective agreement with the employer at Clean Harbors.

“Unifor Local 914 members went to the picket line to uphold the principles of equity in the workplace,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Solidarity and collective action matter. Thank you to all of the Unifor members that helped pressure the employer to do the right thing.”

VANCOUVER—A container truckers strike will be avoided as Prudential Transportation signed a tentative agreement with Unifor at the deadline today. 

VANCOUVER—One of the two hold-out container trucking companies have signed a tentative agreement with Unifor members, leaving only truckers at

November 22, 2021

SARNIA—The workers responsible for treating toxic waste at Corunna’s Clean Harbors site went on strike starting at 12:01 a.m. today.

“Gender equality and fairness are at the core of this job action,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “The employer can either follow the collective agreement and ensure wages keep up with inflation or it can expect work disruptions.”

Unifor members working at BASF successfully fought back concessions to negotiate a new collective agreement that includes wage increases and fairer discipline policy.

“Congratulations to Local 341-O for persevering during difficult negotiations,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “The bargaining committee got the job done and they should be proud.”

Bargaining Update: Bell Aliant and Bell Clerical Negotiations

The commencement of bargaining for both Bell Aliant and Bell Clerical continues to be delayed.

Failure to Disclose Information

Before entering into fair negotiations, your union needs to receive information about displacement of work from our bargaining units, both on shore and off shore. As everyone is aware, both units have seen a consistent reduction in membership.