… Unifor celebrates Personal Support Worker day May 17, 2019 Share Main Image Image In celebration of Personal … reached a crisis point. Unifor is calling on the Ontario government to address the issues facing PSWs in the province …
… Ford must re-invest $1 billion in health care to fight … Image Image March 24, 2020 TORONTO —Unifor is urging the Government of Ontario to strengthen its COVID-19 strategy, … no income support to workers that do not qualify for EI benefits and are either waiting, or ineligible, for pending …
… Main Image Image August 20, 2019 QUEBEC – Thousands of workers rallied outside Bell Canada headquarters in Quebec City, demanding an end to job erosion. “Bell benefits from the hard work and innovation of Unifor … Unifor Quebec Director. “It is immoral to take millions in government subsidies while outsourcing good, unionized …
… Unifor calls on Premier Horgan for emergency drug coverage for … health, social and economic crisis of our time. Provincial governments, along with the federal government, have indeed … have been laid off with few of them having any health care benefits to carry them through this crisis. British Columbia …
… Unifor Local 103 Ratify New Agreements at Ontario Northland … a large contract to secure long-term jobs. The provincial government has a roll to play in bringing work back to … other improvements include increases to Weekly Indemnity Benefits, Dental Plan, Paramedical Coverage, Vision Plan and …
… Unifor Submission to the 2022 Federal Budget Consultation … a Fair, Inclusive and Resilient Economy Unifor recommends government design budget 2022 to reorient Canada’s economy … claims on the most favourable time period; Enhance EI Benefits, including increasing the income replacement rate …
… Toilet rights are human rights: Unifor supports Transport Workers’ Sanitation Charter November 19, 2019 Share Main Image Image November 19, 2019 TORONTO - On … guidance on what action should be taken by employers and governments to ensure access to toilets for transport …
… Main Image Image While we continue to wait on the federal government’s belated promise to implement a $15 federal … increases based on the rate of inflation as a possible way forward, other metrics, such as using the median hourly wage, … can be highly contentious and divisive. One of the key benefits of the LPC’s use of in-depth research methods and …
… Short and Long Term Considerations for Employment Insurance … every industrial sector. Our union recognizes the work your government has done to support those affected by the crisis. … unemployed (for instance, in the United States, emergency benefits cover workers with UI claims ending as far back as …
… The Honourable Marc Garneau Minister of Transport Transport Canada 330 Sparks Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N5 Email: @email Re: An urgent call forgovernment action Dear Minister Freeland and Minister … an industry-specific corporate support package that ensures benefits flow through to workers and communities, continued …
… Dear Minister Phillips, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your appointment to Minister … and staff. While we appreciate the commitments your government has made towards improvements, for the most part, … who have left the industry to return. Full-time work with benefits as well as reasonable ratios of staff to residents …
… Acute care workers ratify mediation-arbitration agreement May 18, 2018 … negotiations, made more challenging by numerous pieces of government legislation,” said said Lana Payne, Atlantic … term, protects current health, sick leave and retiree benefits for the Health Care, Nursing, Support Services, and …
… Governments must take urgent action to save Bombardier … Share Main Image Image August 27, 2020 THUNDER BAY — Unifor is calling on all levels of government to secure … Bay now.” Recent studies of the Bombardier plant’s economic benefits have shown that each job maintained at the facility …
… Canada’s Airport woes need solutions not finger pointing September 19, … redistribute its workforce to service high demand markets. Governments on the other hand continue to blame COVID and … in service quality, less on-the-job training, fewer benefits for aviation workers and ultimately a degraded …
… Unifor Response to the Consultation on Strengthening Federally … of this consultation. Unifor joins with the current federal Government in a shared commitment to helping working … by the efforts to strengthen the protection of pension benefits in the event of employer and/or pension plan …
… strategy this week when they raised the interest rate for a seventh time this year. He could have chosen to take a … the inflation they are causing but they are reaping obscene benefits. Profits from the oil and gas extraction and … low. What we need in response to this unique moment is governments and policymakers that implement worker-centred …
… For Canada’s autoworkers, CETA has not lived up to its … civil society organizations. Not only does CETA change how governments procure goods and services (it’s the first trade … officials fell into the habit of greatly exaggerating the benefits of CETA, including through unrealistic economic …
… Union win at Mexican auto plant brings new hope for labour rights June 13, 2022 Share Main Image Image This … to bolster Mexico’s own reform efforts, launched in 2019, to promote industrial democracy, and stamp out union … 3.5 per cent first offered by management. Along with other benefits in the agreement, the total increase amounts to …
… Despite heroic sacrifices, Ontario health-care workers face real wage cuts Ford government must reconsider ill-advised wage restraint … (Bill124) was introduced by the Ford government in November 2019. The impacts of wage restraint legislation on a …
… First Black director of Quebec Regional Council elected May 18, 2021 Share … be limited to only fighting the bad boss or pushing the government for legislative changes. It must also include … out to different communities and make them aware of all the benefits that a union like Unifor can offer. “An inclusive …
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