TORONTO, May 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Limousine drivers at Pearson Airport will hold their second rally this week on Friday to highlight the inconvenience to travellers and unfairness to drivers of a GTAA decision to move limos away from the main arrival doors
"This change has made it more difficult for travellers to get a car, and cut deeply into the income of the drivers," said Unifor National Representative Barry Lines.
TORONTO, May 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Limousine drivers at Pearson Airport will hold their second rally this week on Friday to highlight the inconvenience to travellers and unfairness to drivers of a GTAA decision to move limos away from the main arrival doors
"This change has made it more difficult for travellers to get a car, and cut deeply into the income of the drivers," said Unifor National Representative Barry Lines.
VANCOUVER, May 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor has filed evidence with the National Energy Board (NEB) that demonstrates that the project poses serious risks to the economy and food security of British Columbia. The union is especially critical of the threat to the commercial fishery and job losses in the refining industry.
TORONTO, May 27, 2015 /CNW/ - The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has found Presteve Foods Limited discriminated against two women from Mexico working under the Temporary Foreign Worker program. One of the two remaining complainants out of 39 received the highest damages award in the Tribunal's history.
TORONTO, May 25, 2015 /CNW/ - Using footage of the Camaro production line in Oshawa in a Conservative TV ad shows just how out of touch the Harper Government is with the challenges facing this country, the union representing the workers who make the Camaro says.
"Sitting back while good jobs leave the country is not proven leadership," Unifor National President Jerry Dias said after the ad was released on YouTube.
TORONTO, May 25, 2015 /CNW/ - Following months of contract talks complicated by provincial procurement policies, Unifor has served formal strike notice to the First Student school bus company that drivers in Bowmanville will go on strike Thursday at noon if no deal is reached before then.
TORONTO, May 23, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor members have ratified a new contract with First Student school bus company, serving schools in the Owen Sound and Wiarton areas, as well as city bus drivers in Owen Sound, averting a strike due to start Sunday.
"We are to have a deal that addresses the drivers' top concerns," said Unifor Staff Representative Len Poirier.
TORONTO, May 21, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor has ratified a new contract with First Student school bus company, serving the Bluewater District School Board along the Lake Huron shoreline, averting a strike due to start today.
"We are happy to have reached this deal," said Unifor Staff Representative Len Poirier. "We were able to make improvements, despite a bidding process for school bus contracts in this province that makes such negotiations difficult."
OTTAWA, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - GardaWorld has locked out Unifor Local 4266 members in Ottawa, after contract negotiations fell apart. GardaWorld issued its lock-out notice on May 15.
OTTAWA, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - GardaWorld has locked out Unifor Local 4266 members in Ottawa, after contract negotiations fell apart. GardaWorld issued its lock-out notice on May 15.
TORONTO, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Locals 229 and 1359 ratified a collective agreement with the Ontario Hospital Association, with a vote of more than 80% in favour of the agreement.
The agreement includes annual wage increases and benefit enhancements, in addition to other gains for a variety of hospital service, clerical and paramedical workers in northern hospitals.
TORONTO, May 19, 2015 /CNW/ - In celebration of Personal Support Worker Day, today, Unifor salutes the contributions of the thousands of Unifor members employed as Personal Support Workers. Personal support workers are critical front line care providers in our health care system and the largest group of health care workers in Ontario's long-term care and home care sector.
TORONTO, May 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Members of Unifor Local 1291 have voted in favour of a new collective agreement. The members work for Ariva, a division of Domtar.
The agreement includes annual wage increases, in addition to other gains. It achieves all key elements of Unifor's Eastern Canada Pulp and Paper Pattern.
TORONTO, May 14, 2015 /CNW/ - After months of negotiations, Unifor has served formal strike notice to the First Student school bus company that its drivers serving the Bluewater District School Board and the Bruce Power plant will go on strike next Thursday if no deal is reached before then.
TORONTO, May 14, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor will meet with its members at Bombardier and company executives to discuss the impact of layoffs announced this morning, and to safeguard the interests of its members.
"Unifor is here for the membership, and we will do all we can for them through this process," said Scott McIlmoyle, President of Unifor Local 112, which represents production workers at Bombardier's Downsview plant.
OTTAWA, May 13, 2015 /CNW/ - Armoured car workers at GardaWorld issued a strike notice on Monday, and will walk off the job on Thursday May 14th at 3:45pm unless the company returns to the bargaining table with an improved offer.
TORONTO, May 11, 2015 /CNW/ - With more than 29,500 members in the health care sector across Canada, Unifor is proud to support National Nursing Week.
"Our health care system relies on the hard work of nurses, who practice collaboratively as a vital part of a team of dedicated health providers, and it is important that we recognize and honour their work during this week – and all year," said Unifor National President Jerry Dias.
TORONTO, May 9, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor has condemned Bill C-59's blatant attacks on collective bargaining rights of workers in the federal public service.
The Budget Implementation Act, tabled earlier this week, authorizes the Treasury Board to modify collective agreements to remove sick leave and impose a short and long term disability plan outside of collective agreements. The Bill will violate the Public Service Labour Relations Act.
TORONTO, May 7, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is calling on the federal Cabinet to direct the CRTC to develop a new funding formula for local television programming, including ethnic programming, saying today's job cuts at Rogers show why such action is needed.
VANCOUVER, May 6, 2015 /CNW/ - The Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS) today, the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally today to protest the closure.
EDMONTON, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - The election of an NDP government will bring much-needed change after years of deteriorating public services and a weak economy under Alberta's Conservatives.
VANCOUVER, May 5, 2015 /CNW/ - Tomorrow the Harper government will close the Vancouver Marine Communication and Traffic Services Centre (MCTS), the fourth base to be closed by the government in 2015. Coast guard officers and a diverse group of Metro Vancouver organizations will hold a rally to protest the closure.
TORONTO, May 1, 2015 /CNW/ - More than 550 Unifor members in the Dryden-based Domtar Pulp Mill and Woodlands operations have ratified new collective agreements in overwhelmingly positive votes held late last night of 80 and 97 per cent in favour.
EDMONTON, April 27, 2015 /CNW/ - Negotiations between Unifor and Air Canada have broken down over Air Canada's plan to outsource jobs at Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Unifor has taken its protest on the road with a march through the Edmonton International Airport today around 4:30 pm.
EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.
More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.
EDMONTON, April 26, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor is bringing together activists, labour leaders, political strategists and top thinkers for a two and a half day meeting of the union's Prairie Regional Council, starting on Monday April 27, in Edmonton.
More than 200 people are expected to attend the event, leading up to the Alberta election and including a discussion of preparation efforts for the upcoming federal election.
TORONTO, April 24, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor leaders expressed shock and anger at news that Export Development Canada is lending Volkswagen $526 million to support the expansion of its assembly operations in Mexico.
TORONTO, April 23, 2015 /CNW/ - The Ontario provincial budget tabled today includes important investments that could lead to a brighter future, but also takes risks that might lead to the lights going out.
"Some of the measures in this budget will help secure a stronger future for Ontarians, while others, namely the privatization of Hydro One, are remarkably short-sighted," said Katha Fortier, Unifor Ontario Regional Director.
KINGSTON, ON, April 23, 2014 /CNW/ - Unifor National President Jerry Dias will be delivering the Donald Gow Memorial Lecture at Queen's University, on the challenges of promoting and strengthening workers' rights in the digital economy. The lecture will take place on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Queen's University Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.
