Friday 28th October – Melodie Zarlenga from Local 199’s Young Workers Committee presented a cheque to RAFT for $250 today....
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Hourly New Hire Pension Enrollment
General Motors St Catharines has scheduled enrollmentsessions for the new pension plan. Hourly new hires should plan to attend one...
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Human Rights Day – December 10th
Stand up for someone’s rights today! Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day...
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Education Committee Wants You
Elections Called Did you know that Unifor Local 199 has scheduled an election for the Education Committee, we are currently...
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McMaster Labour Studies
After the US Elections: Which Way Forward for Workers? Nov 14 & 21, 6:30-9:30 pm The US presidential election takes...
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General Membership Meeting
General Membership Meeting Unifor Local 199 has scheduled a General membership Meeting Wednesday 19th of October @ 6 pm. 124...
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Retiree Report – Sept 2016
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT: September 2016 by Barb Abrams. I hope that everyone had a safe summer. We all know that...
Labour Day 2016
Labour Day in St Catharines was a great success, we had an excellent turn out at the parade and festivities...
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Labour Day Parade & Party
LABOUR DAY PARADE, Invitation for Members Family & Friends The Executive Board would like to invite you your family...
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2nd Unifor Convention Delegate Report
The second Unifor Convention was held on August 22 – 26, 2016, at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. Over the...
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Labour Day 2017
The Executive Board of Unifor Local 199 would like to invite all of our members and their families to celebrate...
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Gatesy Golf Tournament
GATESY LABOUR DAY CLASSIC You are invited to participate in the first annual Wayne Gates Labour Day Weekend Golf Classic...
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Contract Talks To Start
TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2016 /CNW/ – Formal contract talks between Unifor and the Detroit Three automakers begin this week, starting with...
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Assemble-Rite Ratifies New Contract
August 4th 2016, Unifor 199 members at Assemble-Rite ratified a new three-year agreement. The new agreement includes wage increase of...
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18th Annual Show & Shine
18th Annual GM Powered Show n’ Shine featuring over 500 GM powered vehicles takes place on Friday, August 5th, 2016...
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Time for Automakers to Invest in Canada
Aug 3, 2016 Published Wednesday August 3, 2016 in the Huffington Post In one week, Unifor will begin its first-ever...
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GM Chair Report August 2016
GM Chair Report August 2016 August 3, 2016 Collective Bargaining 101 For many of our members, especially those just entering...
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A1 STATUS T Shirts
Order your A1 Status Shirts The Young workers committee has designed T shirts for 2016 bargaining, The shirts are black...
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AUTOTALKS16
Invest in Canada Invest in good jobs. Invest in the future. Invest in our communities. Invest in innovation. Invest in...
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Labour Day Parade
Labour Day Parade and Party Mark Monday the 5th of September on your calendar. To celebrate Labour Day Local 199...
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Autotalks – July / August 2016
Just the Facts – Autotalks 2016 Unifor National office is producing a newsletter to update our members about the 2016...
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First Community Partner
The Young Workers Committee are excited to announce we have made our first community partnership with RAFT. In todays society we have...
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Archived Editions 199 News
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- CAW Local 199 News – November / December 2008
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- CAW Local 199 News – May / June 08
- CAW Local 199 News – January February 2008
- CAW Local 199 News – December 2007