Unifor members at the Halifax Shipyard marched from the yard through downtown Halifax to City Hall to raise awareness about the Ships Stay Here campaign earlier this week.
“Unifor will vigorously defend good shipbuilding jobs for the region and Nova Scotians are keenly aware of the impact the shipyard has on the regional economy, which is why we must all work together to ensure steady employment and stability for families,” said Lana Payne, Unifor Atlantic Regional Director.
We come together as unions representing ICTS and contact centre employees around the world to jointly state our commitment to ensure that Teleperformance respects human and labour rights across its global operations.
Teleperformance is the largest contact centre company in the world, operating in 76 countries and employing more than 280,000 workers.
OSHAWA—Pacific Western Transit’s failure to negotiate a fair contract means more than 73 transit workers could be on strike as of October 27 at midnight.
“Our members are proud to serve their communities in Durham,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Fairness for these workers needs to be a higher priority.”
HALIFAX – Hundreds of Unifor members and supporters will depart from the Irving Shipyard and march along Barrington Street to Grand Parade on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. to support the Ships Stay Here campaign.
POWELL RIVER—Unifor members at three B.C. paper mills are welcoming news that a major paper manufacturer has stepped in to purchase the troubled Catalyst Paper.
“A vibrant forestry industry is pivotal to so many B.C. communities,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “B.C.’s pulp and paper industry is both environmentally sustainable and a source of good jobs.”
Unifor-MWF Local 1 members took to the streets today to get the word out about Ships Stay Here. Hundreds of signs were posted at key intersections around Halifax and on private lawns.
The shipbuilders also took time to speak to local media about the campaign and the importance of keeping the work at the Irving Shipyard.
"We've been doing this work since the ships were built in the 90's and we know these ships inside and out," Ryan Lapointe, Chief Shop Steward at Local 1 told CTV News.
TORONTO—Unifor Local 7575 members at the Hyatt Regency hotel have voted to ratify a new collective agreement that includes major economic gains and secures good jobs in the industry.
“Unifor’s new members in the hospitality industry are seeing tangible benefits of joining an activist union,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Unifor has proven that we will fight for sector-leading collective agreements."
On October 4, Unifor asks it members and allies to stand in solidarity with Indigenous families and communities to honour the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls whose lives have been cut short by violence. Countless families and communities have been devastated by this national tragedy.
GANDER - D-J Composites has consented to binding arbitration to resolve a 21-month lockout of Unifor Local 597 members.
“On Monday we asked Premier Dwight Ball to intervene and stand up for 30 workers who have been on a picket line far too long and we are pleased that with his assistance, we are going to binding arbitration,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor’s National President.
Binding arbitration will eventually lead to a collective agreement, which will end the lockout.
CHATHAM, ON - Health care workers and members of Local 2458 invite the community of Chatham and surrounding areas to a rally to protest cuts to front-line care for seniors in long-term care.
What: Rally for care for residents When: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 1:30 pm Where: 91 Tecumseh Road Chatham, Ontario N7M 1B3 Who: Health care workers, Unifor Local 2458 members and members of the public
GANDER - Unifor is outraged, but not surprised, that D-J Composites is refusing to negotiate an end to the 21-month lockout at the Gander aerospace plant.
“The company is not being honest with the people of Newfoundland and Labrador. DJ Composites’ bargaining has been illegal and deceitful and for this company to expect our union and members to be patient at day 648 is frankly ridiculous,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor’s National President.
TORONTO- Unifor calls for the defence of equal pay provisions that protect millions of part-time and temporary workers in Ontario.
“Paying two workers dramatically different wages for performing the same job attacks the very core of fairness,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “The Retail Council of Canada shows a callous disrespect for retail workers by lobbying to re-instate this two-tiered treatment.”
GANDER - Unifor’s National President, Jerry Dias and the President of the N.L. Federation of Labour, Mary Shortall, will join the picket line to stand with 30 Aerospace workers who have been locked out 92 weeks in Gander, N.L. “Thursday marks the 647th day that a U.S. employer has locked out our members in an attempt to break our union. We now have hundreds of members standing outside saying that is not going to happen,” said Dias.
