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GM Skilled Trades Report

July 2020 – SKILLED TRADES REPORT Where Do We Begin? The exodus of Skilled Trades the Company knew was coming...

GM is Hiring Skilled Trades

GM St Catharines is hiring skilled trades specifically experienced Electricians and Industrial Mechanics. These are union positions represented by Unifor...

Canada Day 2020 & FirstOntario

On behalf of the Executive Board, I would like to wish all our Members a Safe & Happy Canada Day....

Heat Stress Information

To all members, With summer weather officially here, it’s important to consider the impact heat has on workers. Every day,...

Emplyment Insurance – COVID-19

From: Employment and Social Development Canada If you have stopped working because of COVID-19, the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)...

Fix E.I., Before its too late

What do we do when the CERB runs out? The federal government is investigating making changes to our Employment Insurance...

Racial Justice Policy

Dear members, On Friday, June 12, 2020, Unifor’s National Executive Board unanimously endorsed the new Racial Justice Policy. Considering...

RTW Payment

GM Chair Report June 12th 2020 Good News for (Oshawa, St Catharines and Woodstock), the RTW payments for the these...

Education Webinar (Online)

Unifor’s Road Map for a Fair, Inclusiveand Resilient Economic Recovery Due to social distancing the national Union is offering a...

United Way

This year, United Way Niagara was able to exceed their 2019 Campaign Goal of $5,250,000 and was able to invest...

Happy Pride Month 2020

Happy Pride Month 2020 This year’s Pride will look very different than years past and even though we can’t walk...

IMPORTANT UPDATE GM

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As part of the Company’s ongoing efforts to support our team members, we are pleased to announce that...

Ed Gould 1953-2020

Unifor 199 Retiree & Lifelong Activist Today I pass on sad news that Brother Ed Gould has passed...

GM Hiring Electricians

GM St Catharines is hiring Experienced Electricians I received the following information from the company about a job opportunity for electricians...

GM (SUB/CERB) May 13th

UPDATE May 13th 2020 May 13, 2020 Unifor-Detroit 3 Membership Update Printable Copy of SUB Update The Canada Emergency Response...

GM (SUB/CERB) Update

May 8th 2020 We continue discussions with the government to allow SUB payments to (eligible members) who are collecting CERB....

GM (Back to Work) Update

Update, May 7th 2020 Here is a list of the latest information and answers to a number of questions asked. This...

SUB Plan – Petition

UNIFOR – Don’t Deny SUB Plans Campaign. Unifor has launched a NEW On-line petition. In temporarily replacing regular Employment Insurance...

GM (Back to Work)

Update, May 4th 2020 Today, Monday May 4th, there are 18 Knights people working in our facility. There is also...

GM Benefits (Letter From GM)

Letter to Unifor from General Motors May 2, 2020 General Motors sent the following letter to Shane Wark re the...

EI, CERB & SUB Update – Around the Local

Financial Secretary Report April 29th 2020 The Covid-19 epidemic has impacted the majority of the workplaces represented by Unifor Local 199,...

Presidents Report – Around the Local

PODCAST By Greg Brady This month Unifor Local 199 is trying something new, we have set up an account on...

GM CHAIR REPORT (Start Up Date)

GM Start up Date I have been told by the Company that we will not be starting on May 4th....

Retiree Report, April 2020

CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT April, 2020 Well, I am making my report for Month April and the Retirees Centre is shut down due...

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