GM CHAIR REPORT, January 3rd 2019 Happy New Year I would like to welcome all our members back to the...
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Unifor Family Skate 2018
The Recreation Committee organized a Christmas family skate at the Thorold arena on Friday. After looking at the pictures it...
UNIFOR New Years Skate – Monday , December 31st, 2018
Unifor would like to invite all our members, retirees, their families and friends to a FREE FAMILY SKATE at the GALE CENTRE Main...
Family Skate – Friday, December 28, 2018
Unifor Recreation Committee would like to invite all our members, retirees, their families and friends to a FREE FAMILY SKATE at ...
HOLIDAY HOURS 2018
The office will be closed on Monday, December 24th and will re-open on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 9:00 a.m....
GM Plant Gate Christmas Collection 2018
GM Plant Gate Collection Helps to Raise $17,800 Every Christmas we arrange a plant gate collection at General Motors to collect...
International Migrants Day , Dec 18th
December 18, 2018 On International Migrants Day, Unifor reaffirms its enduring commitment to protect migrants’ human rights to prevent dangerous...
Len Harrison (1934- 2018)
“Nobody said you have to change the world, but as long as you spend your life trying, there is...
Team Bob White Raises Over $50,000 for Alzheimer’s
Walking Together, Makes a Difference Brothers and Sisters I would like to tell you about an idea that started in January...
Shop Committee Report (Local 222) – Stay at Work
Following the recent announcement by General Motors regarding the Oshawa Assembly facility there is obviously a lot of interest in news coming...
Unifor statement on Oshawa GM Plant
Unifor received notification today from General Motors that the company will make a major announcement tomorrow that will impact its...
Education, Video Conference with Jim Stanford
The End of Auto Production in Australia: What Lessons Can We Learn? Don’t miss this opportunity ….. We are very...
Improving & Policing the Employee Safety Concern Process
November 21st, 2018 Continuous improvement is one aspect of the auto industry that can be frustrating for all of us....
A Tragic Day in Montreal
We Remember a Tragic Day Montreal On December 6, 1989 – the last day of classes before midterm exams at Montreal’s...
GM Retirees November 2018
The latest group of retirees from GM attended a retirement presentation today. Our newest retirees received a watch, retiree pin...
100th Anniversary Remembrance Day 2018
Sunday 11thNovember 2018, Greg Brady President of Unifor Local 199 attended the Remembrance Day Service at the Merritton Cenotaph in...
Retirees Social and Crafts
Every Wednesday Morning the Retirees have a Social and Crafts meeting in the retirees lounge. The meeting is from...
Co-Ed Ball Hockey
Ball Hockey Tournament The recreation committee held their second annual Ball Hockey tournament in St Catharines. 40 players signed...
Paint Night II
On Saturday October 27th 2018, the Young Workers and Education Committee organized the second Unifor Paint Night. There were 35...
GM Chair Report Bill 47
GM CHAIR REPORT Message to our Members, The Ford Government has moved a bill that, if passed, will repeal the...
Leadership Summit for Women
WOMEN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT On Saturday 27th October 2018 Brock University is hosting the Niagara Leadership Summit for Women. The event...
Message from the President
IMPORTANT PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA E-1838 I would like to ask all our members to consider signing the following...
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Archived Editions 199 News
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- 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