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Recreation Events

The Recreation Committee has several events planed over the next few months, 2 Unifor Nights with the Falcons, 100...

UAW Strike Strike Continues

The UAW Strike against General Motors has now entered the third week. Although progress has been made it looks like...

Invitation to Attend Niagara Election Organizing Meeting

Member To Member Meeting Unifor local 199 is hosting a Member to Member meeting on Wednesday, October 2 from...

McMaster Labour Studies Graduation

McMaster Unifor Graduation 2019 On Saturday 28th September 2019 McMaster University held it’s 5th Unifor/McMaster graduation. Wayne Lewchuck who played an instrumental...

Upcoming Standing Committee Elections

The election for Unifor Local 199’s Standing Committees has been announced and will be taking place Wednesday, October 16th, 2019....

Standing Committee Elections

STANDING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS Unifor Local 199 has scheduled an election for our Standing Committees. Each Committee has three (3) to...

GM Announcement 19th September

Plant Director, Carolyne Watts announced today, Thursday, September 19, that commencing Monday, September 23, both Gen V and HFV6 will...

GM Chair Report September 18th 2019

GM CHAIR REPORT, September 18th 2019 The strike in the U.S. will start impacting our production in the V8 today...

Labour Day Pictures

Labour Day 2019 – St Catharines The 73rd Merriton Labour Day Parade was held on Monday 2nd September 2019, we...

Bounce Back Ontario

Feeling low? Stressed? Anxious? BounceBack can help! BounceBack: Reclaim your health is a free skill-building program designed to help teens...

Unifor FAQ – COVID 19 Worker Income Protection Benefit

Unifor FAQ – COVID 19 Worker Income Protection Benefit On April 29, 2021, the Government of Ontario passed legislation mandating...

Labour Day 2019

Labour Day 2019 – St Catharines The 73rd Merriton Labour Day Parade will be held on Monday 2rd September 2019. ...

Safety Star Reboot

Safety Star Reboot The Safety Star program is getting a much-needed overhaul, making it more useful, interesting and effective. An...

Pre Retirement Seminar Sept 2019

FirstOntario Community Partner Since 1949

The Credit Union In today’s society of fast and easy access to credit cards, lines of credit and payment plans...

Trying to Make Sense When Suicide Happens

The St. Catharine’s GM family and community was recently affected by the death of a member who died by suicide....

From the Hall, June 2019

From The Hall Brothers and Sisters, it is with pleasure that I write my first report as Vice President of...

Unifor’s position on BBS – Behaviour Based Safety

Health and Safety Report , June 24th 2019 Unifor National Union and Local 199 GM H&S reps are strongly opposed to...

GM Holiday Pay June 27th

ANNUAL VACATION PAY AND VACATION PAY DEFERRAL GUIDANCE The following is intended to clarify the Annual Vacation Pay deposit and...

Pride Events

Support Pride events in your area! 2019 Pride Events Across Canada. Pride Niagara Click on the link below to download...

GM Oshawa First Canvas Sign Up

June 14th 2019 The First Canvas for retirements in Oshawa was completed. A combined total of 1,300 letters were sent...

Children Shouldn’t Work in Fields, but on Dreams!

Yet today, 152 million children are still in child labour. Although child labour occurs in almost every sector, seven out...

World Environment Day 2019 – Tree Planting, Wednesday June 11th.

In 2018, GM St. Catharines celebrated World Environment Day by planting trees with the help of DSBN Academy and GM...

Win Your Purchase

David Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. Win Your Purchase Give-A-Way David Chev. Win Your Purchase Official Rules: The David Chevrolet...

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