SAFARI NIAGARA – 2018 Unifor Family Picnic Despite a very wet start to the day and a bleak outlook for...
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Unifor Family Day Wonderland
Unifor Family Day at Canada’s Wonderland Sunday July 8th, 2018. Exclusive Unifor National Hour on select rides! Full day at...
Family Picnic Events & Activities
Unifor Family Picnic This is the last call to purchase tickets for the Unifor Family Picnic. Tickets are available at...
GM Skilled Trades Election
NOTICE OF BI-ELECTION RESULTS GM ALTERNATE SKILLED TRADES COMMITTEE PERSON – BALANCE OF TERM: SPRING 2019 –ZONE # 1-ALL TRADES...
Port Elgin Added Courses to Schedule
Education Schedule The Unifor Education Centre in Port Elgin has added several course to the schedule for the summer. The...
Election Skilled Trades
NOTICE OF BI-ELECTION GM ALTERNATE SKILLED TRADES COMMITTEEPERSON BALANCE OF TERM: SPRING 2019 NOTE: THIS IS A HALL VOTE ONLY!...
Election Welland Forge
NOTICE OF NOMINATION & ELECTION WELLAND FORGE (for upcoming negotiations) BARGAINING COMMITTEEPERSON ONE (1) TO BE ELECTED Nomination box will...
No Fixed Address
GM St. Catharines is hosting the YWCA’s No Fixed Address at McKinnon Park tonight (June 8th -9th) over 100 participants will sleep...
Election Results are in Niagara Elects three NDP candidates
As the final vote counts are being tabulated, Rob Ford and the conservatives have a majority government in Ontario, Andrea...
Unifor 199 Invitational Golf Tournament
On Saturday 2nd June the Recreation committee dusted off the Pudgy Dawson Golf Tournament, now named the Unifor 199 Golf Invitational,...
Properly Managing Change – May 2018
Properly Managing Change – May 2018 During the week of May 14, Management of Change training sessions were presented to...
Education Conference, MAY 2018
Truth;Reconciliation and Education Conference On May11-13 we were invited to attend an education conference which is held once every three...
GM Skilled Trades ELECTION
ZONE # 1- ALL TRADES Alt. Trades Committee person One (1) to be elected. The nomination box will open at the...
Elections Town Hall meeting – May 16th
Make Your Vote Count Town Hall Meeting Niagara Area The Executive Board of Unifor Local 199 would like to...
Unifor National Golf Qualifier June 3rd
GOLDEN HORSESHOE RECREATION COUNCIL QUALIFYING GOLF TOURNAMENT SUNDAY JUNE 3rd, 2018 @ SOUTH BROOK GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB(4349 Highway 56...
GM Unit Chair Report May 10th 2018
GM CHAIR REPORT , May 10th 2018 The GM Unit Chair Report has been handed out in the plant today. ...
Candidates to Debate Healthcare in Four Niagara Ridings
Candidates to Debate Healthcare in Four Niagara Ridings Are you worried about access to health services and hospitals, long term...
Past President Wayne Gates Running for Re election
On Wednesday, April 18th at the membership meeting we had a surprise visit from Unifor member and former president Wayne...
Unifor Picnic 2018 – Safari Niagara June 24th
Unifor Family Picnic Unifor Picnic Tickets are now available for sale at the Union Hall. The picnic is scheduled at...
Unifor Local 199 Invitational Golf – June 2nd
Unifor Local 199 Invitational Golf Tournament Unifor Local 199 recreation committee would like to invite you to enter a team...
Charity Golf Classic Granite Ridge – June 1st
Unifor’s 5th Annual Ontario Region Charity Golf Classic, will be held on Friday, June 1, 2018 at the Granite Ridge...
Government to Review Paid Personal Leave for Autoworkers
Paid Personal Emergency Leave Last month I signed an online petition initiated by Unifor asking the Ontario government to reconsider a...
Ontario Election Town Hall Meeting Niagara May 16th
Good Day Sisters and Brothers, On Wednesday May 16th Unifor National Union Political Action Department is organizing a Town Hall...
2018 Day of Mourning Niagara
Every year on April 28 we pay our respects to, and remember, the workers who have been killed, injured or...
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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