Description: The union representing workers at General Motors’ Oshawa assembly plant on Friday called on Canadians to boycott any of the automaker’s vehicles manufactured in Mexico. Source: CBC.ca Date: Jan 25, 2019 Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-unifor-gm-plant-boycott-mexico-1.4992989 Questions for discussion: Do you think this union strategy will have any positive results or cause GM to respond in some way?… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Unifor
Ford, Unifor reach tentative agreement
Description: Unifor and Ford of Canada have reached a tentative agreement after a tense round of talks. The tentative agreement includes a $700 million investment by the auto maker in its Canadian plants. Source: Canadian Press/National Newswatch Date: 11/01/2016 Link: http://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2016/11/01/negotiations-with-ford-most-challenging-among-the-detroit-three-unifor-2/#.WBhgmi3yuUk Related links: • Globe and Mail story • CTV story • Earlier update •… Read more »
Unifor members ratify GM deal
Description: After gaining a four-year contract with General Motors, Unifor is moving on to talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Source: The Toronto Star Date: 09/26/2016 Link: https://www.thestar.com/business/2016/09/26/auto-talks-shift-focus-to-fiat-chrysler.html Related links: • Windsor Star story • Financial Post story • Unifor • General Motors • Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Questions for discussion: • What are the chief features… Read more »
Sausage Party animators underpaid, Unifor says
Description: Unifor Local 2000 has filed an employment standards complaint involving animators on the R-rated movie Sausage Party. Source: CBC Date: 08/30/2016 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/union-sausage-party-complaint-1.3737394 Related links: • Metro story • Vancouver Sun story • Local 2000 news release • Animators’ complaints (see comments section) • Nitrogen Studios Questions for discussion: • What is the animators’… Read more »
Unifor warms to Trudeau
Description: Canada’s largest private-sector union is giving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the kind of reception labour used to reserve for the New Democratic Party. Source: iPolitics Date: 08/24/2016 Link: https://ipolitics.ca/2016/08/24/standing-ovations-for-trudeau-at-unifor-convention/ Related links: • News 1130 story • Unifor news release • Unifor • The prime minister • Bill C-4 Questions for discussion: • Consult your… Read more »
Autoworkers protest Pacific Rim trade deal
Description: Unifor, whose members include autoworkers, is calling on Conservative candidates in the Oct. 19 election “to tell their constituents where they stand on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the threat it poses to jobs in their ridings.” Source: CBC Date: 09/23/2015 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/unifor-autoworkers-want-tory-candidates-to-state-views-on-trans-pacific-partnership-1.3240789 Related links: Stephen Harper warns auto industry won’t like parts of the TPP… Read more »
Organized labour hopes to affect federal election
Description: Canada’s unions are more politically active than ever before as the country approaches the election on Oct. 19. Source: Canadian Labour Reporter Date: 09/21/2015 Link: http://www.labour-reporter.com/articleview/25430-how-do-unions-affect-elections Related links: Dr. Larry Savage “Stop Hudak” – the Ontario Federation of Labour Unifor Seafarers’ International Union of Canada Story about HarperPAC Questions for discussion: Based on your… Read more »
Air Canada, Unifor talks begin
Description: Unifor is looking to make up for past concessions as collective bargaining begins with Air Canada. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 01/04/2015 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/after-banner-fiscal-results-air-canada-set-to-begin-talks-with-unifor/article22284006/ Related links: Unifor media release Story about Air Canada pensions Air Canada settles with pilots Unifor Local 2002 Air Canada Questions for discussion: What is Unifor looking for in… Read more »
CLC launches Fairness Works campaign
Description: The Canadian labour movement is “rebranding” itself with an ad campaign. Source: Metro Date: 12/30/2014 Link: http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/1249288/a-kinder-softer-canadian-labour-movement/ Related links: The Canadian Labour Congress The Fairness Works campaign The CLC on YouTube The TAXI ad agency Earlier update Questions for discussion: Consult your text: what is the role of the Canadian Labour Congress? Have you… Read more »
Unions and the changing economy
Description: For many Canadians, Labour Day may not have the same significance it once did. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 09/01/2014 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/evolving-work-force-presents-new-challenges-to-unions/article20290383/ Related links: Dr. Nelson Wiseman The Canadian Labour Congress A profile of Hassan Yussuff Unifor The Canadian Freelance Union Questions for discussion: What does the article describe as the aims of… Read more »
