The union elected Jerry Dias, a former union leader at de Havilland's facility in Downsview, as its first president on August 31, 2013.[3] He announced his retirement on March 12, 2022, due to health reasons.[4]
On January 16, 2018, the National Executive Board of Unifor decided unanimously to discontinue affiliation with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and become independent. In a notice posted on their website, they stated their reasons for the split were due to CLC and its affiliates lack of action and will in addressing alleged aggressive and undemocratic tactics of US-based unions towards Canadian locals.[5] The CLC accused Unifor of leaving the congress in order to engage in "raiding" (soliciting members of another union) following an announcement that UNITE HERE Local 75 in Toronto would leave UNITE HERE and join Unifor.[6] CAW, one of Unifor's predecessors, had previously been expelled from the CLC in 1998 due to accusations of raiding.
Local 1285edit
Unifor Local 1285
Founded
May 12, 1961
Headquarters
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Location
Ontario, Canada
Members
7,242 (Sept. 2008)
Parent organization
Unifor
Website
uniforlocal1285.ca
Formerly called
Canadian Auto Workers Local 1285
Unifor Local 1285 (previously Canadian Auto Workers Local 1285) is a merged local that represents automotive workers in Brampton, Canada. It is the biggest private sector union local in Brampton.[7]
Unifor appeared on the Canadian broadcast of Super Bowl LIII in February 2019 to air an advertisement opposing General Motors' decision to shut the Oshawa Car Assembly factory. Unifor received a letter from General Motors (GM) Canada two days before the game. The letter told Unifor to stop airing the commercial and to discontinue an online advertisement on boycotting Mexican-manufactured GM vehicles, stating that this was an attempt to tarnish GM's reputation along with their own. Despite these requests, the campaign ran as planned, with Unifor intended to continue airing it at subsequent significant events.[8][9]
Saskatchewan Crown corporationsedit
Most of Saskatchewan's Provincial Crown corporations employ Unifor members.
Local 1-S represents workers at SaskTel, Directwest, and SecurTek and is based in Regina.[10]
Local 2-S represents workers at SaskTel and is based in Saskatoon.[11]
Local 820 represents workers at SaskWater and the Water Security Agency.[13]
On September 30, 2019, approximately 5,000 Unifor members from all of the above locals began a work-to-rule campaign after failing to negotiate new contracts with the provincial government. By October 4, the job action had escalated into a strike, as all of those workers walked off the job and began picketing, with the exception of those workers working essential roles such as 911 operators, power outage dispatchers, and natural gas leak responders.[14][15]
Referencesedit
^"'Unifor' will be name of new super union that combines CAW and CEP". Toronto Star. May 30, 2013. from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
^"Unifor breaks with Canadian Labour Congress". CBC. Canadian Press. January 17, 2018. from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
^He politically supports the liberal party of Canada and is a vocal proponent of Justin Trudeau and a staunch critic of opposition leader Andrew sheer "New super-union Unifor’s first president vows to start pushing back if governments, employers don’t heed." 2017-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, August 31, 2013.
^Unifor. "Unifor National President Jerry Dias retires". www.newswire.ca. from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
^"Notice to Members on Unifor's Disaffiliation from the Canadian Labour Congress". Unifor. 2018-01-17. from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^"CLC accuses Unifor of leaving lobby group to raid another union". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2018-01-19. from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
^"GM trying to 'intimidate' union from airing Super Bowl ad, Unifor says". CBC News. from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
^"Unifor airs Super Bowl ad despite GM's cease and desist letter". CBC News. from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-07.
^"1-S". Unifor National. 2017-11-10. from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^"2-S". Unifor National. 2017-11-10. from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^"649". Unifor National. 2017-11-10. from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^"820". Unifor National. 2017-11-10. from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^Atter, Heidi (October 11, 2019). "Striking Crown workers and their supporters hold rally, march through downtown Regina". CBC News. from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
^"Impasse reached, Unifor set to strike against Saskatchewan Crowns". Global News. from the original on 2019-10-19. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
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Unifor is a Canadian general trade union founded in 2013 as a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers CAW and Communications Energy and Paperworkers unions It consists of 310 000 workers and associate members in industries including manufacturing media aviation forestry and fishing 1 making it the largest private sector union in Canada In January 2018 the union left the Canadian Labour Congress Canada s national trade union centre to become independent 2 UniforFormation2013 2013 Merger ofCanadian Auto WorkersCommunications Energy and Paperworkers Union of CanadaTypeTrade unionHeadquartersToronto Ontario CanadaLocationCanadaMembership310 000Official languagesEnglishFrenchPresidentLana PayneAffiliationsIndustriALL Global UnionInternational Federation of JournalistsInternational Transport Workers FederationWebsiteunifor wbr org The union elected Jerry Dias a former union leader at de Havilland s facility in Downsview as its first president on August 31 2013 3 He announced his retirement on March 12 2022 due to health reasons 4 Contents 1 Split from the Canadian Labour Congress 2 Local 1285 3 Saskatchewan Crown corporations 4 References 5 External linksSplit from the Canadian Labour Congress editOn January 16 2018 the National Executive Board of Unifor decided unanimously to discontinue affiliation with the Canadian Labour Congress CLC and become independent In a notice posted on their website they stated their reasons for the split were due to CLC and its affiliates lack of action and will in addressing alleged aggressive and undemocratic tactics of US based unions towards Canadian locals 5 The CLC accused Unifor of leaving the congress in order to engage in raiding soliciting members of another union following an announcement that UNITE HERE Local 75 in Toronto would leave UNITE HERE and join Unifor 6 CAW one of Unifor s predecessors had previously been expelled from the CLC in 1998 due to accusations of raiding Local 1285 editUnifor Local 1285FoundedMay 12 1961HeadquartersBrampton Ontario CanadaLocationOntario CanadaMembers7 242 Sept 2008 Parent organizationUniforWebsiteuniforlocal1285 wbr caFormerly calledCanadian Auto Workers Local 1285 Unifor Local 1285 previously Canadian Auto Workers Local 1285 is a merged local that represents automotive workers in Brampton Canada It is the biggest private sector union local in Brampton 7 Unifor appeared on the Canadian broadcast of Super Bowl LIII in February 2019 to air an advertisement opposing General Motors decision to shut the Oshawa Car Assembly factory Unifor received a letter from General Motors GM Canada two days before the game The letter told Unifor to stop airing the commercial and to discontinue an online advertisement on boycotting Mexican manufactured GM vehicles stating that this was an attempt to tarnish GM s reputation along with their own Despite these requests the campaign ran as planned with Unifor intended to continue airing it at subsequent significant events 8 9 Saskatchewan Crown corporations editMost of Saskatchewan s Provincial Crown corporations employ Unifor members Local 1 S represents workers at SaskTel Directwest and SecurTek and is based in Regina 10 Local 2 S represents workers at SaskTel and is based in Saskatoon 11 Local 649 represents workers at SaskPower and SaskEnergy 12 Local 820 represents workers at SaskWater and the Water Security Agency 13 On September 30 2019 approximately 5 000 Unifor members from all of the above locals began a work to rule campaign after failing to negotiate new contracts with the provincial government By October 4 the job action had escalated into a strike as all of those workers walked off the job and began picketing with the exception of those workers working essential roles such as 911 operators power outage dispatchers and natural gas leak responders 14 15 References edit Unifor will be name of new super union that combines CAW and CEP Toronto Star May 30 2013 Archived from the original on October 18 2015 Retrieved May 30 2013 Unifor breaks with Canadian Labour Congress CBC Canadian Press January 17 2018 Archived from the original on 23 January 2018 Retrieved 24 January 2018 He politically supports the liberal party of Canada and is a vocal proponent of Justin Trudeau and a staunch critic of opposition leader Andrew sheer New super union Unifor s first president vows to start pushing back if governments employers don t heed Archived 2017 10 15 at the Wayback Machine Toronto Star August 31 2013 Unifor Unifor National President Jerry Dias retires www newswire ca Archived from the original on 2022 03 13 Retrieved 2022 03 13 Notice to Members on Unifor s Disaffiliation from the Canadian Labour Congress Unifor 2018 01 17 Archived from the original on 2019 12 30 Retrieved 2019 10 03 CLC accuses Unifor of leaving lobby group to raid another union Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2018 01 19 Archived from the original on 2020 11 09 Retrieved 2019 10 03 About Unifor 2017 October 13 Unifor National https www unifor org en about unifor GM trying to intimidate union from airing Super Bowl ad Unifor says CBC News Archived from the original on 2019 02 04 Retrieved 2019 02 03 Unifor airs Super Bowl ad despite GM s cease and desist letter CBC News Archived from the original on 2019 02 04 Retrieved 2019 02 07 1 S Unifor National 2017 11 10 Archived from the original on 2019 10 19 Retrieved 2019 10 19 2 S Unifor National 2017 11 10 Archived from the original on 2019 10 19 Retrieved 2019 10 19 649 Unifor National 2017 11 10 Archived from the original on 2019 10 19 Retrieved 2019 10 19 820 Unifor National 2017 11 10 Archived from the original on 2019 10 19 Retrieved 2019 10 19 Atter Heidi October 11 2019 Striking Crown workers and their supporters hold rally march through downtown Regina CBC News Archived from the original on October 19 2019 Retrieved October 18 2019 Impasse reached Unifor set to strike against Saskatchewan Crowns Global News Archived from the original on 2019 10 19 Retrieved 2019 10 19 External links editOfficial website Portals nbsp Canada nbsp Organized labour Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unifor amp oldid 1182535564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
