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Latest News Around the Local
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International Women’s Day
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY MARCH 8th March 8 is International Women’s Day and Unifor is not going to let COVID-19 stop...
Casino Niagara Security – Contract Ratified
Casino Niagara Security CONTRACT RATIFIED Unifor members who work at Casino Niagara ratified an agreement for Security Officers. I would...
FirstOntario, Your Account, Your Way, Everyday
Your account. Your way. Everyday. You have it all with our new accounts. No monthly fees, no minimum balance, unlimited...
E.I. Waiting Period Changes
Waiting Period Changes (Feb 2nd 2021) 1. What is the EI waiting period and why is it being waived?...
ParaMed – Agreement Ratified
ParaMed HOME CARE – RATIFY New AGREEMENT Unifor Local 199 has reached a tentative agreement with ParaMed HOME CARE which...
EI Application, Reporting & Sub Questions
Updated Instructions & Sub Questions (Feb 2021) Following are two printable pdf documents, to help members with their EI...
St Catharines Semiconductor Part Shortage
St. Catharines Semiconductor Part Shortage: Employee Update Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 St. Catharines Team: As GM continues to manage...
Free Online Education
Free Online Courses Looking for something to do this winter? Are you interested in learning about what’s going on in...
Has Your Employment Been Affected by Covid-19?
Has Your Employment Been Affected by Covid-19? I know many of our members have been impacted by the Covid...
Spencer-Butcher New Agreement Ratified
Attention All Spencer-Butcher Members WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR AGREEMENT RATIFIED 93% TODAY January 28, 2021 Thanks to...
GM Pension Report – January 2021
PENSION REPORT, JANUARY 2021 During the 2020 Contract Negotiations with General Motors, the Union secured several $40,000 incentives. Over the...
CRBC for Parents (updated)
Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) ***IMPORTANT NOTICE: The CRCB is run through the CRA. We currently do not have...
Unifor members at CAMI ratify agreement with General Motors
Unifor members at CAMI ratify agreement with General Motors January 18, 2021 INGERSOLL—Members of Unifor Local 88 who work at...
COVID-19 Union Hall Office Closed
Due to the Latest Covid-19 Restrictions our Union Office is Closed. We are still available to help members by phone,...
Health & Safety Report January 2021
Health and Safety Report Jan 2021 The New Metal Removal Fluid Medical Surveillance Program For the past four years, we...
GM Benefits Report
GM Benefit Report November 2020 (Active Members) New Contract Update Please keep this leaflet for your own reference and direct...
Important Retirement Opportunity for GM Members
Important Message for General Motors Members: The Union and the Company are pleased to announce a special one-time hourly production...
Online Courses NEW SCHEDULE POSTED
Looking for something to do this winter? Are you interested in learning about what’s going on in the world around...
GM Pension Report – December 2020 (Pre 1994 Retirees and Surviving Spouses)
$500 Lump Sum Payment to GM (Pre-1994 Retirees & Surviving Spouses) Earlier this year at negotiations with the D3 Unifor...
You Are Not Alone
Brothers, Sisters and Comrades, In a normal year, we know that the holidays are a very hard time for some,...
HOLIDAY HOURS 2020
The union office will be closed on Thursday, December 24th and will re-open on Monday, January 4th, 2021 at 9:00...
Financial Secretary Report – December 2020
Financial Secretary Report – December 2020 This year has been like no other, one I hope to never see...
GM Pension Report – 279 GM Retirees in 2020
Year End Pension Report, 2020 2020 has certainly been an interesting year. Over the course of the year we have...
Unifor National NEWS
The unifor National Union regularly produces news stories about important events and issues that are of interest to our membership, the public, academics, journalists and others. These news stories are posted on the CAW website with the most recent stories at the top. For current news articles and links visit the following link
Many of these stories are also prepared as press releases and sent out over the Canada News Wire. Press releases syndicated through the CNW Group can be found on the Newswire.ca website.
Archived Editions 199 News
Please click on the links below to open the 199 News
- CAW Local 199 News – November / December 2008
- CAW Local 199 News – September – October 08
- CAW Local 199 News – May / June 08
- CAW Local 199 News – January February 2008
- CAW Local 199 News – December 2007