The Nova Scotia Health Coalition stands firmly in solidarity with Unifor, CUPE 8920, CUPE Nova Scotia, and NSGEU as they sound the alarm about the growing threats to our public Mental Health and Addictions system. Clinicians across this province provide life-saving care every single day, and their work is essential to the health and well-being of our communities.
Toronto/Montréal – On January 25, 2026, Bell Expertech will cease operations, a development that underscores the ongoing difficulties faced by workers in Canada’s telecommunications sector. December 5 marked the final working day for most affected employees who received severance packages.
Expertech employed 510 technicians and auxiliary workers and 28 clerical employees in Ontario and Quebec. According to the employer, the closure is the result of a decrease in fibre-optic network construction projects.
Unifor’s 2025 Constitutional Convention brought union members together from every region of Canada together to chart the next three years of struggle, solidarity and hope.
Unifor and Public Rail Now commit to advancing public, reliable, and worker-centred rail systems across North America
Unifor’s National Rail Council and Public Rail Now (PRN) are pleased to announce the beginning of a collaborative effort to strengthen and expand public rail systems in Canada and the United States.
Unifor’s National Rail Council is launching a new collaboration with Public Rail Now (PRN), a U.S.-based advocacy group working to advance publicly owned and accountable rail systems.
As a turbulent economic 2025 comes to an end, delegates at Ontario Regional Council (ORC) gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto with a unified message: Canadian workers are not facing this trade war alone. They have Unifor firmly in their corner.
Unifor Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi delivered an unflinching assessment of the challenges workers face as tariffs rise, jobs are lost, and corporate greed intensifies.
“The moment we’re in is not an easy one,” she said.
Ontario doesn’t run without our members. Canada doesn’t run without our members. And if employers or politicians ever forget that, we are here to remind them.”
Wage increases, more sick days, and improved job security are highlights of a new three-year, four-month contract ratified by Unifor members with global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel.
“Unifor is the union for warehouse workers,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “My sincere congratulations to Local 1285 for negotiating a strong agreement in a challenging sector.”
Nearly 70 Unifor members working across the food and retail warehouse sector met for a strategy session November 28–30 in Toronto.
The meeting was called to assemble key local activists to discuss building capacity in the sector with the goal of improving standards for all. Priority issues included wages, benefits, workload, and the growing threat of unchecked automation in the workplace.
Members of Unifor Local 2107 employed by Sodexo at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., voted in favour of a new three-year collective agreement that sees wage increases and improved language.
“Congratulations to the bargaining committee at Local 2107 for securing a good deal for members,” said Atlantic Regional Director Jennifer Murray. “The committee persevered through a very challenging round to make important gains for custodial workers.”
TORONTO—Unifor members at CommerceLink Logistics (formerly Walmart Fleet ULC) in Alberta and British Columbia filed a request with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service yesterday, citing major concerns over work scheduling, a fair and impartial disciplinary process, and protections around work ownership and contracting out.
“Our members are seeking a reasonable work-life balance,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne.
AMHERSTBURG, ON–Unifor Local 200 members at Diageo’s Crown Royal plant in Amherstburg have ratified a closure agreement with the company, with operations set to cease in February 2026.
“We fought hard to keep the jobs here. This is not the outcome we wanted, but in the end, we acted to secure the best possible outcome for our members while they still had the protection of their collective agreement,” said Unifor President Lana Payne.
In a time marked by uncertainty, turbulence and growing feelings of insecurity, Human Rights Day, marked every December 10, serves as a powerful reminder that human rights are not abstract principles—they are our everyday essentials.
They shape our routines, our workplaces, our relationships and the possibilities available to us. They are the quiet protections and freedoms that allow people to live with dignity, safety and hope.
Unifor members, community advocates, and frontline service providers gathered in St. John’s, N.L., on Friday, November 28 for an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Symposium. The symposium was dedicated to combating IPV and advocating for the declaration of IPV as an epidemic by the provincial government.
The event marked the third regional symposium held as part of Unifor’s comprehensive campaign that advocates for governments across the country to take decisive action to end intimate partner violence.
Unifor Atlantic Regional Director Jennifer Murray, Atlantic Area Director Mike MacMullin and Forestry Director Ian Hutchison met with several representatives from the New Brunswick government to discuss supporting good jobs in the province and the need to avoid future layoffs due to escalating energy costs.
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A6
The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A6
Ministers,
We are writing to express our support for the measures announced yesterday by Prime Minister Carney regarding Canada’s critical steel and forestry industries.
In particular, we are grateful that the federal government will be convening a Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force.
Unifor Québec members, supported by a large delegation of Unifor members from Ontario, gathered in Montréal on November 29 as part of a major inter-union rally that brought together more than 50,000 people to denounce the attacks by the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) on union rights and democracy, notably through Bill 3.
Unifor Local 3018 members employed at the Gibraltar Mine, located in south-central British Columbia, sustained injuries in an incident involving a bus transporting workers to the site on November 28, 2025.
Eight Unifor members, and the bus operator, were transported to hospital for treatment. Our thoughts are with our members, their families, and co-workers at this difficult time.
Unifor will be actively engaged in the investigation into this incident. The union has no additional information to release at this time.
To the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy,
My name is Samia Hashi, and I am the Ontario Regional Director of Unifor. I am writing share some concerns regarding Bill 46, Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025, specifically regarding proposed amendments to the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994.
The Honourable Brian Jean Minister of Energy and Minerals, Government of Alberta
Minister,
On behalf of Unifor’s Energy Industry Council, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to meet on November 24 to discuss the priorities of our energy worker members. Unifor Energy Council represents 15,000 members working in oil and gas extraction, natural gas distribution, electric utilities, and petroleum refineries across Canada.
TORONTO– Unifor is encouraged by new federal government support measures for the forestry and steel industries, both of which have been hard-hit by the ongoing U.S. trade war.
December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an important reminder of our collective responsibility to advance accessibility, equity, and meaningful inclusion.
TORONTO – Unifor Local 414 members working in food services at Humber College have voted to ratify a new collective agreement with their employer, Compass Group, averting a strike. The new, three-year agreement delivers significant wage increase, key benefit improvements, and stronger protections for the 260 workers at the North and Lakeshore Campuses.
Unifor is pleased to welcome 90 workers at Bell Media across the country, who work on the CTV National News, CTV News Channel, and CTVnews.ca.
“We are thrilled to welcome these talented journalists and media workers to our union,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne.
“This comes at a time when our country and the world face so much political and economic uncertainty. A more robust media sector is the cornerstone of democracy that we need now more than ever.”
The mood was one of resolve as Skilled Trades delegates from every corner of the country gathered for the Unifor National Skilled Trades Council, held November 20–22 in Toronto. With the U.S.-driven trade war escalating and uncertainty gripping key industries, the Council convened to confront challenges head-on and chart a path forward for Canada’s tradespeople.
