VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Prince George on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in New Westminster on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.

Republican politicians and conservative groups wage war against workers choice to join union

TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias is lamenting the news that workers at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee have not been successful in unionizing their workplace.

TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The victory by Wayne Gates to become the new NDP MPP for Niagara Falls was a reflection of his hard work over the years to build a strong community with stable jobs, those who know him best say.

"Wayne is a hard worker. He's always been respected as a community leader," Larry Greenhalgh, secretary-treasurer of Unifor Local 199, said.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in Prince George on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be meeting in New Westminster on Monday as part its preparations for a nationwide campaign to defend the rights of Canadians in the workplace. Media are welcome at the meeting to get a sneak peak at Unifor's Rights at Work campaign and to talk to the union's top leadership and research staff about these issues.

EDMONTON, Feb. 14, 2014 /CNW/ - The injunction awarded Friday against the Alberta government's Bill 46 is a welcomed development in the fight for fair bargaining, according to Unifor. As a result of the injunction, the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) can proceed with a legal challenge to the bill.

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Volume 2, No. 3

Taskforce on armoured car sector needed

OTTAWA, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - Workers in the armoured car sector are on Parliament Hill today to urge the Minister of Public Safety Steven Blaney and Members of Parliament to strike a taskforce on safety in the industry. The lobby takes place on the heels of two robberies of armoured cars in Montreal and Toronto.

Unifor opposes Bill C-525.

Bill C-525 is not about employee democracy as its title suggests. It is about eroding the ability of employees in Canada to contribute to the decisions that affect their lives by choosing to participate in collective bargaining.

The Bill would place unreasonable obstacles in the way of union organizing, making it more difficult for a group of employees in a workplace to make a democratic choice to be represented by a union.

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector is bringing its national campaign to defend the rights of working people to the Nation's Capital this afternoon.

The meeting, just two days after the federal government handed down its 2014 budget, will focus much of its attention on challenges to workers' rights coming from the Harper government.

TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - "As every Canadian knows, budgets are about choices," said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. "Today the federal government made some good choices, but far too many bad ones."

"The best way to address pocketbook issues is through quality employment - and our government has once again missed the opportunity."

TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector is bringing its national campaign to defend the rights of working people to the Nation's Capital this Thursday.

The meeting, just two days after the federal government hands down its 2014 budget, will focus much of its attention on challenges to workers' rights coming from the Harper government.

VICTORIA, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor Western Director Scott Doherty will be available for comment following the delivery of the BC Speech from the Throne.

"British Columbians want good jobs with decent benefits. So far, the premier's jobs plan hasn't delivered on her big promises," said Doherty. "The premier has relied on weaving a fantasy about the benefits of fracking or pipelines that bleed jobs. We want to see a broader vision of job creation grounded in reality."

TORONTO, Feb. 11, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor, Canada's largest union in the private sector, will be responding to the federal budget after it is unveiled at 4 p.m. ET this afternoon.

Unifor National President Jerry Dias will be available for comment.

VANCOUVER, Feb. 8, 2014 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector won a key arbitration award that will see nine retiring workers from Local 298 and Local 1127 receive the compensation they were promised when West Fraser closed its Eurocan pulp mill.

"We were fighting for retirees who were short-changed," said Unifor Western Director Scott Doherty. "This ruling confirms that workers have the right to rescind notice of retirement."

VANCOUVER, Feb. 8, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor Local 448 is celebrating the planned activation of the pulp mill in northern British Columbia town of Chetwynd.

"We're proud to have been a part of the negotiations to get people back to work," said Scott Doherty, Unifor Western Director. "Resource industry jobs are good jobs."

VANCOUVER, Feb. 7, 2014 /CNW/ - The president of Canada's largest union in the private sector today reaffirmed his organization's opposition to the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and other energy projects that don't create Canadian jobs.