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Latest News Around the Local
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GM Members Productivity & Quality (P&Q) Bonus
Productivity & Quality (P&Q) Bonus As you all know the Union Negotiated a productivity Bonus in the new 2020 GM...
Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020 On Friday November 20th 2020, we solemnly remember those who are transgender or in...
GM SUB EI REPORT – EI APPLICATION (Long Form)
EI Application & Reporting Instruction To Print this report CLICK HERE EI APPLICATION 2020 long app Due to...
Welland Forge Closure Update
Greetings, On Monday Nov. 9, 2020 an IMT representative reached out to my office to arrange an introduction to their...
Remembrance Day 2020 (live stream)
We Shall Not Forget At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, traditionally members of the...
Unifor members at General Motors ratify new collective agreement
November 9, 2020 TORONTO—Unifor members at General Motors in St. Catharines, Oshawa and Woodstock have voted 85 per cent...
VOTE NOW – GM CONTRACT
GENERAL MOTORS CANADA This is the last call to vote on the 2020 GM Unifor Contract. Members who have not...
Bargaining Update #14 – GM St Catharines
GM St Catharines/BARGAINING UPDATE #14 November 5, 2020 Bargaining Update #14 Unifor members, Earlier today, National President Jerry...
Unifor Reaches Tentative Agreement with General Motors
Unifor Reaches Tentative Agreement with General Motors November 5, 2020 TORONTO—Unifor’s Master Bargaining Committee has reached a tentative agreement that...
Bargaining Update #12
Bargaining Update #12 Unifor members, Unifor’s master bargaining committee has decided to continue bargaining with General Motors Canada past the...
Bargaining Continues Unifor Extends Deadline – Media Advisory
Unifor to continue negotiations and extend General Motors strike deadline November 4, 2020 TORONTO—Unifor’s master bargaining committee has decided...
Bargaining Update #11
Bargaining Update #11 Unifor members, As a follow up to the Bargaining Update issued earlier today, progress continues to...
GM Bargaining Continues – GM PICKET DUTY SCHEDULE 2020 (if required)
November 3rd 2020 In Preparation, Picket Duty Assignments (if required) This week our leadership continues bargaining in Toronto with General...
Bargaining Update #9 GM Talks Underway
October 28, 2020 Bargaining Update #9 Unifor members, On October 19, members at Fiat Chrysler concluded their ratification process, voting...
GM Strike Preparation
Important Message for GM Strike Preparation As the deadline approaches with General Motors, your Master and Local Bargaining Committees are...
GM Members Register to Vote & Receive Contract information
As you are aware, our union is negotiating a renewal of the collective agreement with General Motors. To ensure as...
GM Members Register to Vote & Receive Contract information
GM Members, Register to Vote & Receive Information As contract negotiations continue we are asking members who want to vote...
Unifor reaches tentative agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
MEDIA ADVISORY Unifor reaches tentative agreement with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles October 15, 2020 TORONTO—Unifor’s Master Bargaining Committee has reached a...
Bargaining Update #8 – FCA Deadline Wednesday Midnight
October 13, 2020 Bargaining Update #8 Unifor members, Bargaining took place throughout this past Thanksgiving Day weekend. Master and Local...
National Coming Out Day, Sunday October 11th
National Coming Out Day is on Sunday October 11th. It is a imperative time for LGBTQ+ people who remind those...
Bargaining Update #7 – FCA Deadline 5 Days
October 10, 2020 Bargaining Update #7 Unifor members, The Union is now less than 5 days from the bargaining deadline...
“Company Town” Documentary about Oshawa GM, Airs Saturday
“Company Town, an independent documentary about the fight to save the General Motors assembly plant and thousands of jobs, will...
Bargaining Update #6 FCA Talks Begin
October 2, 2020 Bargaining Update #6 Unifor members, This week, our members at Ford Motor Company ratified a new collective...
Unifor National NEWS
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Archived Editions 199 News
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