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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 6, 2024 6:14 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hundreds of Nestle workers walked off the job in Toronto on Sunday after rejecting a tentative agreement the union reached with the chocolate maker. Unifor issued a statement saying its …
Read More »Stellantis autoworkers vote to ratify new collective agreement, Unifor says
Unifor says Stellantis production workers voted 60 per cent in favour of a new three-year contract with the automaker. The deal covers workers at the company’s Windsor and Brampton, Ont., assembly plants and Etobicoke Casting Plant. Approval for smaller agreements covering Stellantis workers in other units ranged from 85 to …
Read More »Unifor reaches tentative contract agreement with Stellantis, ending brief strike
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 6:14 am Updated October 30, 2023 8:55 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Unifor announced Monday it has reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, ending a brief strike at the automaker. More than 8,200 workers represented …
Read More »St. Lawrence Seaway strike: Ships to start moving after tentative deal reached
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 7:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. says ships are expected to start moving Monday morning after it reached a tentative deal with Unifor to end a strike by workers that brought …
Read More »GM workers hit the picket lines at three facilities in Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor workers have kicked off a strike at General Motors Canada after failing to reach a new contract with the U.S. automaker. Unifor national president Lana Payne said in a statement early Tuesday that GM has refused to meet the pattern agreement …
Read More »Unifor says it’s facing resistance as GM contract deadline nears
TORONTO — Unifor says it is still facing resistance from General Motors as an Oct. 9 deadline approaches for contract negotiations, while signs of dissent also rise within the union itself as bargaining with the three major automakers continues. National president Lana Payne says some progress has been made in …
Read More »Unifor sets Oct. 9 deadline for contract talks with General Motors
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 29, 2023 7:36 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Unifor has set a deadline for its contract talks with General Motors for 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 9. Negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker resumed this week …
Read More »Unifor contract talks with General Motors begin after workers ratify Ford deal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 26, 2023 8:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Contract talks between Unifor and General Motors Canada begin today. The negotiations cover about 4,300 workers at the automaker’s St. Catharines Powertrain Plant, the Oshawa Assembly Complex and the …
Read More »Unifor hopes upcoming talks with GM will ‘follow the pattern’ of Ford deal
Canada’s largest private sector union says it will turn to negotiations with General Motors after members voted to accept its labour agreement with Ford Motor Co. of Canada. Hailing the agreement with Ford as a historic deal that met the union’s priorities “in a big way,” Unifor president Lana Payne said the …
Read More »Ford Motor workers ratify agreement with Unifor, set precedent
The union that represents 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada confirmed Sunday its members had ratified a three-year contract with the automaker, setting the pattern for upcoming talks with General Motors and Stellantis. Unifor and Ford reached a tentative agreement Tuesday after extending a strike deadline by 24 …
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