March 21, 2017 For many months Canadians have watched the political climate across the border, seen the polarization of the...
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Unifor Bursaries
Scholarships & Bursaries Applications must be received by April 30th 2017. Unifor offers 28 – $2,000 bursaries each year, applications are...
Family Education Program
Unifor local 199 is inviting our Members to apply for the Family Education Program. This is a unique program where members and their...
Port Elgin Schedule Spring 2017
Port Elgin – One Week Courses The 2017 Spring schedule for the Family Education Centre has been posted, click on...
International Women’s Day 2017
On March 8, Unifor marks International Women’s Day with the theme Persistence with solidarity toward equality. The past year has...
Stand up for Pensions
On October 19, 2016, Bill C-27, An Act to amend the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985, was quietly introduced in...
Orange Crush Zones
Health and Safety Report – Orange Crush Zones March 2017 Orange Crush Zones The first week in January, the GSC business team...
International Women’s Day 2017
International Women’s Day 2017 Campaign Theme: #BeBoldForChange International Women’s Day as a vehicle for change, is it possible?For International Women’s...
International RSI Day
International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day (RSI Day) On February 28, we mark the International Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness...
Pink Shirt Day
Pink Shirt Day began in Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007 when David Shepherd, Travis Price and a group of...
Final Offer – Video
FINAL OFFER 1984 The film Final offer was made in 1984, most autoworkers will remember this turbulent time. New Hires...
Robert White 1935-2017
February 20th 2017, It is with great sadness that we share the news of Brother Bob Whites passing. Bob White was...
7th Annual Women Wellness Event
On Thursday, February 16th 2017 at Club Roma, some members of the Women’s Committee attended the 7th Annual Women and...
GM Retirees 2017
GM Retirees Feb 2017 Today a large group of retirees from GM attended a ceremony in the Retiree Centre, President...
More on Mist Collectors
Health & Safety Report, February 7th 2017 In October we reported the progress we made on the mist collector issue...
GM NEW HIRE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS
NEW HIRE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS There have been a number of concerns raised by members transitioning to new hire status....
$70,000 Raised for Alzheimer’s
$70,000 raised at Walk for Alzheimer’s On Sunday 29th of January 2016, the 13th annual Walk for Memories was...
CAMI Announcement Signals need to re-negotiate NAFTA
TORONTO, January 27 – The announcement to lay off more than 600 workers at the CAMI – GM plant is...
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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