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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 6:36 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor says employees at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont., will begin voting Tuesday on whether to join the union. Unifor National President Lana Payne says in a …
Read More »General Motors, Unifor begin bargaining for CAMI plant workers in Ontario
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 10, 2024 6:45 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor says bargaining has begun with General Motors for workers at the automaker’s CAMI assembly plant and battery facility in Ingersoll, Ont. The union says the negotiations will …
Read More »Unifor applies to represent workers at Walmart warehouse in Ontario
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 3, 2024 8:59 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor says it has applied to the Ontario Labour Relations Board to represent workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont. The union says after the Labour Board processes the …
Read More »Hundreds strike at Nestle chocolate plant in Toronto, Unifor says – Toronto
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 …
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