St. Catharines Semiconductor Part Shortage: Employee Update Updated: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 St. Catharines Team: As GM continues to manage...
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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...
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 Negotiations Benefits Updated 2020
GM Benefit Report November 2020 (Active Members) New Contract Update Please keep this leaflet for your own reference and direct...
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 SUB EI REPORT – (Overpayments)
Overpayments & Repayments For various reasons, you may need to make a repayment of a debt owed to the...
Christmas Donations Surpass Last Year, $26,250 for 2020
left to right (Greg Brady, Betty Lou Souter, Gynette Smith & Peter Scott) Helping the Community in Challenging Times There...
QUEST – Christmas Stocking Program
(Photo left to right, UNIFOR Steven McMullen, Lindsay Gillis, QUEST Stephanie Vail & Nancy Garner Executive Director) QUEST Community Health...
Welland Forge Closure
Welland Forge Unit Meeting We held a unit meeting on December 6th 2020 for members who work at the Welland...
December 6th (White Ribbon Day)
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Write Ribbon Day) Did you know that before the...
GM SUB EI REPORT – (REPORTING) Updated
CLICK HERE FOR printable pdf EI Report REPORTING DEC 2020 Early reporting over the holidays (E.I. Report Update) If...
United Way Campaign #UNIGNORABLE
Help make local issues #UNIGNORABLE On November 23rd we kicked off General Motors’ 2020 United Way Campaign which is...
GM Negotiated Benefits Effective Dates
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GM Payroll Deposit Dates – IMPORTANT UPDATE
GM PAYROLL DEPOSIT DATES Here is an update from GM Payroll/IT on the deposit dates for processing a number of...
Need a Little Help this Season?
Need a little help this season? Unifor 199 and United Way Niagara partner to help provide support to many different...
P&Q on Record of Employment
Tim McKinnon just got off the phone with Divisional Labour Relations. They are working on the P&Q bonus so that...
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...
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