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Tentative Agreement Reached

Members,

Your bargaining committee is excited to announce that tentative agreements have been reached on Agreement 1, 2, and 3.

We would like to thank the membership for your continuing show of support. This round of negotiations has faced truly unprecedented challenges, but through our unity and strength, we reached this settlement.

Your bargaining committee unanimously endorses the tentative agreement.

Votes on the collective agreement will be conducted in the coming weeks, information on the voting process will be provided by your Local Union.

BC basic income report calls for sweeping labour law reform

VANCOUVER—Significant Labour Relations Code and Employment Standard changes are needed to reduce income inequality, according to the final report issued by the British Columbia Basic Income Panel.

“If you’re working, forming a union is one of the best anti-poverty strategies there is,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “The protections offered by a union go well beyond bargaining leverage for wages and benefits. Being a part of a union means your voice matters at work.”

Release: Canada’s Air Traffic Controllers warn Transport Committee of safety risks from tower closures and service cuts

The Canadian Air Traffic Control Association (CATCA), the union representing all air traffic controllers in the country, today will raise serious public safety concerns at the House of Commons Transport Committee about anticipated air traffic control tower closures and service reductions as a result of an ongoing NAV Canada review.

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Canada needs its airlines

Canada is a big country. That is why, as a nation we are so heavily reliant on our airline industry with routes reaching every corner of the country. That is why there is so much at stake right now.

Think about it. Families today are spread across vast distances. Atlantic Canadians finding work in the oil patch. Western kids moving east for jobs in Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa. Older Canadians living out their dreams of retirement somewhere quieter.

Black History Month 2021

During Black History Month, we celebrate the many achievements and contributions of Black Canadians who, throughout history, have done so much to make Canada the culturally diverse, compassionate and prosperous nation it is today.

Unifor Response to the Consultation on Strengthening Federally Regulated Pension Plans

Unifor is pleased to offer the following comments to the Department of Finance in response to the consultations on potential solvency funding relief options for 2021 and further measures to strengthen the framework for federally regulated pension plans as set out in the consultation paper, Consultation on Strengthening Federally Regulated Pension Plans.

Why Canada needs a Federal Low-Wage Commission

While we continue to wait on the federal government’s belated promise to implement a $15 federal minimum wage, questions often arise as to how future rate increases should be handled. While the government has identified wage increases based on the rate of inflation as a possible way forward, other metrics, such as using the median hourly wage, proposed in U.S.

Aerospace workers call for industry-wide COVID-19 recovery plan

January 25, 2021

TORONTO—Today, Unifor’s Aerospace Industry Council released a new policy paper urging the federal government to immediately implement a substantial recovery plan for the sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic’s devastating economic effects.