Asian Heritage Month

Unifor Local 707

Speak. Listen. Learn. During Asian Heritage Month in May, Unifor joins with our members to celebrate accomplishments and honour people’s diverse experiences from all across Asia including north, southeast and west Asia. Unifor wants members to share their stories, hear others’ experiences and take away the lessons learned from each other in the workplace to […]

Employment Insurance (EI) Regular Benefits- for May 9th 2022- Temporary Lay-off

Employment Insurance (EI) Regular Benefits Please follow these basic guidelines to help ensure your EI application goes smoothly.  The Reference code provided will be active May 12, 2022 until June 10, 2022 Here is a checklist to assist you (NOTE: If you have an OPEN claim and you have continued your reports, just continue your […]

President’s Message-Temporary Production Lay-off – Effective Monday May 9th 2022

Brothers and Sisters, This morning the company announced that there will be a Temporary Lay-off at the Oakville Assembly Complex, commencing Monday May 9th 2022. They have indicated they will be informing our members with a robo-call, tonight. For those that have to start a new Employment Insurance claim or need to re-open their existing […]

Day of Mourning

Although we are no longer affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress, the Ontario Federation of Labour and the Oakville and District Labour Council, we as a local union still maintain our strong ties and friendships with those involved in those organizations. The Day of Mourning is a day in which we take time to Mourn […]

Earth Day 2022

 EARTH DAY – FRIDAY APRIL 22, 2022 This initiative was started by our Unifor member Kelli Peters who volunteers with the Men’s Street Ministry to feed homeless people in the Hamilton/Brantford area.  Collection points have been set up around OAC to collect your drink trays. The collected trays will be Re-Used by the MSM to serve […]