Unifor's delegation to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (“COP21”) has arrived in Paris for this historic world gathering. I am in Paris with a group of senior staff and Ken Smith, President of Local 707A, who is arriving today.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 29, 2015 /CNW/ - Container truck drivers at several Metro Vancouver trucking companies have voted to ratify collective agreements with Unifor today after several days of around-the-clock bargaining. Companies with new collective agreements include AG, Aheer, Forward, Prudential, and Sunlover.
TORONTO, Nov. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias and a delegation of other leaders will be travelling to Paris to participate in the global gathering of labour and non-governmental organizations coinciding with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change ("COP21").
VANCOUVER, Nov. 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Owners of several Vancouver container trucking companies are scheduled to meet today to discuss how to keep wages down in the sector, even if it means going to court to challenge the authority of the Trucking Commissioners.
VANCOUVER, Nov. 25, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor members at the trucking company Port Transport have withdrawn their services and begun picketing and others could soon be behind picket lines if employers don't come to the bargaining table.
On December 6, 2015, Unifor recognizes the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. We remember the 14 women who were singled out and murdered on this day in 1989 at the École Polytechnique.
EDMONTON, Nov. 22, 2015 /CNW/ - The Premier's Climate Change Advisory Panel report makes sensible recommendations that, once implemented, will make significant impacts on Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions and provide real solutions for affected industries and communities.
PRINCE RUPERT, BC, Nov. 19, 2015 /CNW/ - If Jim Pattison Group's Canadian Fishing Company (CFC) cannot generate good jobs with a majority control in the salmon fishery, the federal government should revoke the fishing licences, said the union representing cannery workers in Prince Rupert.
The first Transgender Day of Remembrance resulted from the vicious murder of a transgendered person on November 28, 1998. The event led to the launching of "Remembering Our Dead” – a web project combined with a vigil that vividly illustrated the travesties suffered by transgendered people in San Francisco.
The November 20th day of Remembrance has since continued. Each year it reminds us that transgendered people still live in fear of violence, isolation, and discrimination – right across this country and around the world.
Around the world over a billion people are living with disabilities and far too many of them face economic, political and social exclusion. Barriers to participation in political, social, economic and cultural life are both real and attitudinal.
OTTAWA, Nov. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - /CNW/ Unifor has responded positively to Coventry Connections' most recent offer, hoping to make progress towards a resolution of the lockout that started in early August.
"We want nothing more than to reach a deal that is fair for everyone and our members are eager to get back to work. Unfortunately Coventry is spreading misinformation regarding the dispute," said Bob Orr, assistant to the Secretary Treasurer.
OTTAWA, Nov. 13, 2015 /CNW/ - After more than three months locked out by an employer demanding that taxi drivers accept a drastic cut in pay, the drivers and their supporters this morning occupied the offices of Coventry Connections, the company that owns all the cabs in the city.
"We have been forced into this action by a company and an airport authority that have refused to engage in real dialogue on this issue," Unifor National President Jerry Dias said.
OTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - A mass rally will be held Friday morning in support of locked out Ottawa taxi drivers, members of Unifor Local 1688, more than three months after their employer locked them out after they refused to accept a drastic pay cut.
OTTAWA, Nov. 12, 2015 /CNW/ - A mass rally will be held Friday morning in support of locked out Ottawa taxi drivers, members of Unifor Local 1688, more than three months after their employer locked them out after they refused to accept a drastic pay cut.
For Bombardier, federal involvement at this stage would give it the stability it needs to enter the lucrative 100-plus seat commercial jet market, writes the president of Unifor
By: Jerry Dias Published on Sun Nov 08 2015 in the Toronto Star
Truly great things are rarely achieved alone – or easily.
Whether in our private lives or in business, our greatest achievements are made in coordinated effort with others. This is especially true for long-term projects, the ones that take vision and commitment beyond the latest quarterly report.
TORONTO, Nov. 10, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor members of Local 414 have voted to ratify a new collective agreement with No Frills grocery stores. The unit includes 1,265 workers at 19 stores across Ontario.
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