Alan Borovoy, a determined and generous advocate for civil liberties in Canada, made Canada a more just place. Alan’s death is a great loss to our country.
The establishment of a review of the regulated child care sector in the province by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is an indication of the government’s willingness to improve the system. Unifor supports the Department’s stated goals of the review: to make child care more accessible to families, enhance the quality of child care programs and support the development of the child care workforce.
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.
Nursing Week is celebrated each year throughout Canada and the world during the week of Florence Nightingale's birthday on May 12. The celebrations are a time to recognize the dedication and achievements of nurses that contribute to excellence in health care.
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.
Unifor is Canada’s largest private-sector trade union, but we have members in the provincial and federal public sectors as well, in virtually every industry.
We have 305,000 members in 755 local unions in every province and territory. Each of those local unions will have to comply with the reporting requirements and public disclosure requirements that are in this Bill.
We’re concerned about Bill C-377. It is a blatantly anti-union piece of legislation. It exists for no reason other than to harass and weaken unions across Canada.
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.
This is turning out to be another deadly year for journalists around the world.
Already in 2015, 44 journalists have been murdered or died in crossfire killings, according to the International Federation of Journalists’ chilling Kill List. That’s 44 men and women killed on the job – too often killed just for doing their job.
It is for them that we mark World Press Freedom Day this Sunday, May 3.
The year barely began when Moises Sanchez Cerezo, editor of La Union newspaper in Mexico, was abducted from his home and killed, his body dumped in the countryside.
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.
