Etiket: Unifor
Nestlé Toronto factory workers begin strike, Unifor announces
(Toronto) Hundreds of Nestlé workers walked off the job in Toronto on Sunday after their union said the company would not move to improve its pension plan. Posted at 8:42…
Layoffs at Bell | Unifor calls out “blackmail” from “screaming companies”
“It’s time we tighten the screws” on the “companies who cry out” that it’s not easy to do business and who are cutting jobs in Canada to transfer them abroad.…
Donations from Unifor, USW, Machinists and PSAC for public sector strikers
After the Steelworkers union, it is the turn of Unifor, the Machinists’ union and the Public Service Alliance of Canada to make a donation to the public sector strikers. Although…
Energy workers | Unifor ratifies agreement
(Calgary) Unifor announces that representatives of its local unions in the energy sector have ratified an agreement in principle which establishes a model of negotiations for more than 7,500 workers.…
Lawrence Seaway | Unifor Members Endorse Agreement-in-Principle
(Montreal) Unifor members working for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (CGVMSL) ratified, Thursday evening, the agreement in principle which was reached in mediation less than a week ago. Posted…
Automotive sector: Unifor strike at Stellantis factories
The Canadian automobile union, Unifor, announced on Sunday evening the strike of its members in all factories operated by the European automobile giant Stellantis. The union represents approximately 8,200 workers…
Negotiations between Unifor and Stellantis | Strike deadline approaches
(Toronto) Unifor enters the final weekend of its negotiations with Stellantis before the strike deadline, as workers from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in the United States also enter…
Strike at the St. Lawrence Seaway: Unifor and the employer in mediation
The large pan-Canadian union Unifor and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation are in mediation starting this Friday. The parties are brought together in the company of the federal mediation…
Strike at the St. Lawrence Seaway | Unifor and the employer in mediation
The large pan-Canadian union Unifor and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation are in mediation starting this Friday. Posted at 6:42 a.m. Lia Levesque The Canadian Press The parties are…
Unifor members who work for GM vote 80% for new agreement
Canada’s largest private sector union announces that General Motors (GM) workers have signed a new three-year collective agreement, with 80.5% ratifying it in a vote held in online and in…
General Motors | Unifor members ratify 80% of new collective agreement
(Toronto) Canada’s largest private sector union says General Motors (GM) workers have signed a new three-year collective agreement, with 80.5% ratifying it at a voting held online and in person.…
4,300 Unifor union members on strike in Ontario General Motors factories
Canadian auto workers from the Unifor union have launched a strike at General Motors (GM). In a message posted on the union’s website, Unifor National President Lana Payne said the…
Negotiations with General Motors | Unifor imposes a deadline
(Toronto) Unifor has set a deadline of October 9, at 11:59 p.m., for its contract negotiations with General Motors. Posted at 7:19 a.m. Negotiations between the union and the U.S.…
Unifor begins labor contract negotiations with General Motors
(Toronto) Negotiations between the Unifor union and the automaker General Motors of Canada on a new collective agreement were to begin Tuesday. Published at 11:25 a.m. The negotiations involve approximately…
After Ford, Unifor turns to GM for next round of negotiations
(Toronto) Canada’s largest private sector union announced Monday that it will turn to General Motors for its next round of negotiations, after its members ratified the agreement reached with Ford…
Unifor extends negotiations with Ford by 24 hours
Unifor is extending negotiations with Ford Motor by 24 hours after receiving what it calls a substantial offer from the company shortly before the midnight Monday deadline. The union says…
Likelihood of strike at Ford increases, says Unifor
The likelihood of a strike at Ford Motor in Canada increases as the expiration of the current contract approaches without a deal being reached, the Unifor union warned Monday. In…
100% strike vote | Unifor launches negotiations with grocers
(Toronto) Grocery workers are more determined than ever to win higher wages and better working conditions, says Unifor, which today launches a two-year period of negotiations for more than a…
Economic runoff still up, says UNIFOR
This text is part of the special Syndicalism booklet For Daniel Cloutier, Quebec director of UNIFOR, it is the workers who pay the high price of inflation, and at all…
Canadian Pacific and Unifor reach tentative agreement
(Calgary) Canadian Pacific Railway and the union Unifor have reached a tentative agreement on a collective agreement for 1,200 car and locomotive maintenance workers. Posted at 4:00 p.m. The company…