Two Quebec furniture manufacturers have closed within 24 hours, putting more than 120 union jobs at risk and prompting Unifor to demand …
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Labour Relations
Grand River Transit workers in Ontario could strike May 1 as contract deadline looms
Unifor Local 4304 has four days to reach a deal with the Region of Waterloo before roughly 850 Grand River Transit workers …
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Agropur Diary Cooperative closure in Sussex, N.B., to affect 50 workers: Unifor
Unifor says about 50 union members will be affected after Agropur Dairy Cooperative announced it will close its facility in Sussex, N.B., …
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Unifor president joins Ottawa’s advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberUnifor National President Lana Payne has been appointed to the new federal Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations, where she says she …
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Contract negotiations between Unifor Local 4276 and the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria have broken off, leaving workers without a new contract …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Unifor violated duty of fair representation over unexplained grievance decision for GM worker
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has found that Unifor Local 199 breached its duty of fair representation by failing to explain to …
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Unifor, Steelworkers call for industrial strategy as U.S. tariffs bite
Canada’s two largest industrial unions are calling on the federal government to develop a national industrial strategy, warning that U.S. tariffs have …
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Unifor raises concerns about Stellantis’ potential plans for Brampton assembly plant
The prospect of U.S. automaker Stellantis using its Brampton, Ont., facility as a bare bones assembly plant for Chinese electric vehicles is …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Unifor demands ‘Sell Here, Build Here’ rules one year into Trump auto tariffs
Unifor is calling on governments and corporations to adopt a “Sell Here, Build Here” policy as Canada marks one year of job …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Alberta worker fired for calling managers Nazis loses DFR complaint against Unifor
The Alberta Labour Relations Board has dismissed a duty of fair representation complaint against Unifor, Local Union No. 288, finding the union …

