VANCOUVER, May 24, 2016 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Local 114, representing 77 drivers, mechanics, service staff and ticket agents, have ratified a new 4 year collective agreement with Pacific Coach Lines.
The new contract was ratified May 17th with 98 per cent of members voting in favour. The deal improves benefit qualification, full time classification and severance packages for long-serving members.
Unifor salutes the exceptional courage and compassion of all paramedics on occasion of Paramedic Services Week, being recognized from May 22 to May 28, 2016. Paramedics, as emergency medical services (EMS) personnel, bring tremendous courage and dedication, skill, commitment, care and compassion to their jobs as first responders. Paramedics are the highest medical authority on all pre-hospital medical emergencies and are frequently called upon to perform lifesaving skills from the point of patient contact until the transfer of care at a receiving medical facility.
TORONTO, May 19, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor is disappointed with the National Energy Board's (NEB) short-sighted decision to support the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, one that poses risks for the economy, Canadian jobs, and food security.
REGINA, May 19, 2016 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Locals 1-S, 2-S and 3 have voted to support a new three-year collective agreement with SaskTel, as recommended by the union's bargaining committee. The new contract was ratified May 19.
TORONTO, May 19, 2016 /CNW/ - In response to an inflammatory report by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO), Jerry Dias, Unifor National President, has written to Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins calling on the Minister to convene a stakeholder panel.
TORONTO, May 19, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor salutes the many thousands of Unifor members employed as Personal Support Workers (PSWs) as Ontario celebrates the first ever Personal Support Worker Day. PSWs are a vital and substantial portion of Ontario's health care workforce and provide much needed assistance in the activities of daily living for residents and clients in hospitals, in long-term care or home care.
This was published in the Huffington Post on Wednesday May 18, 2016
Much has been written about the immediate negative impact the Trans-Pacific Partnership will have on some of our key economic sectors.
There is no shortage of examples.
Deep and fast cuts to vehicle tariffs and changes to North American content rules would encourage auto companies to move more jobs off-shore to low-wage jurisdictions, costing thousands of jobs.
FORT MCMURRAY, AB, May 18, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor 707-A has announced the Union will appeal the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta's decision to quash a previous Arbitration Panel ruling prohibiting the random drug and alcohol testing of the Union's members at Suncor in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.
On May 19th, 2016 Unifor salutes the many thousands of Unifor members employed as Personal Support Workers (PSWs) on occasion of the Ontario celebrations for Personal Support Worker Day. PSWs are a vital and substantial proportion of Ontario’s health care workforce and provide much needed assistance to resident or clients with their activities of daily living in hospitals, or in the community in long-term care and at home.
TORONTO, May 16, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor commends the Ontario government for the significant contribution the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan will make to the retirement income security of Ontarians. Ontario is introducing the only major social program in Canada in many years.
Published in the Huffington Post Wednesday May 11, 2016
The startling images that have come out of Fort McMurray over the past week have shaken this country to its core.
Flames have engulfed whole neighbourhoods and forced an entire city of 88,000 to flee after a wild fire outside the city suddenly switched direction and grew faster than anyone expected. Dash cam videos of highways lined with fire and embers raining down like snow dominated social media.
VANCOUVER, May 13, 2016 /CNW/ - Unifor and the Public and Private Workers of Canada (PPWC) met this week in Vancouver to prepare for bargaining in 2017. This is the third joint meeting of the two largest unions in Canada's pulp and paper sector.
As the federal hearings into the Trans-Pacific Partnership came through Toronto, stopping at luxury hotel downtown, activists from across Canadian society gathered outside to let the politicians know how the deal would hurt them.
Unifor calls on everyone to join in recognizing May 17th as the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. This annual equity day serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified and queer (LGBTQ) communities and it offers an opportunity to renew and strengthen our commitment to the struggle for justice.
TORONTO, May 11, 2016 /CNW/ - Two rallies to the held Thursday and Friday in Windsor and Toronto will give those who can't get into this week's federal hearings on the Trans-Pacific Partnership a chance to speak out on how the trade deal will affect them.
More than 150 people gathered outside federal government hearings into the Trans-Pacific Partnership in Windsor this morning, urging the new Liberal government not to sign the deal.
TORONTO, May 11, 2016 /CNW/ - Two rallies to the held Thursday and Friday in Windsor and Toronto will give those who can't get into this week's federal hearings on the Trans-Pacific Partnership a chance to speak out on how the trade deal will affect them.
Unifor salutes all nurses during National Nursing Week 2016 — recognized from May 9 to 15 in 2016 across Canada. This is an opportunity to recognize the dedication, compassion and resilience of nurses and their vital professional contribution to excellence in patient care. This is equally an opportunity to increase awareness by dispelling misconceptions about the issues and challenges facing not just nurses, but all health care workers.
TORONTO, May 10, 2016 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector will be participating in two rallies this week outside consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal as the federal government's trade committee visits Windsor and Toronto.
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