Employment Insurance (EI) Regular Benefits-Feb 23, 2021
Brothers and Sisters, Please follow these basic guidelines to help ensure your EI application goes smoothly. The Reference code provided will be active starting Tuesday February 23rd, 2021 through to Friday March 26th, 2021 Here is a checklist to assist you If you have an OPEN claim and you have been reporting, go to Step […]
Women’s Committee Report – Pink Shirt Day
PINK SHIRT DAY Bullying is everywhere, workplaces, schools, homes, internet ect…we wear pink on “pink shirt day” to raise awareness and educate people that this is NOT ok. We are all different, we all have different opinions, perspectives and experiences. BE KIND #lifteachotherup “David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest […]
Vice Chair of Ford Council / Chassis Committeeperson Update-February 22, 2021
Brothers and Sisters, On Friday February 19th your Master Bargaining Committee was notified late in the day that production would be suspended for the week of February 22. This lay-off would be in addition to the already scheduled down week of March 1st. As previously indicated in the Presidents Message, the reason given for the […]
Presidents Message- Unexpected Production Lay-off
Brothers and Sisters, In addition to the one week lay-off that was already announced for the week beginning Monday March 1st 2021, late today the company announced that they would be suspending production effective Monday February 22nd 2021. This is due to unusual and extreme weather conditions in the southern United States that have resulted […]
Environment Committee Report
February 15, 2021 Environment Rep Report Sisters and Brothers, Hope all is well, and you are staying healthy and safe. The members of the Environment Committee along with the Environment Rep & Alt. Rep belong to the Unifor West GTA Regional Environment Council and have continued to actively “meet” in zoom sessions to discuss, share […]
MEMBER ENGAGEMENT SHIRTS and NEW UNION SHOP.
As part of our ongoing aim of making things easier for our members … especially in the middle of a world-wide pandemic, we have set up an online store through our unionized online support team at Union Marketing. 707shop.ca is our new online store. It is not being run at the local union hall but […]
President’s Message-Production Resumes at Oakville Assembly Complex-February 8th 2021
Thursday February 4, 2021 Brothers and Sisters, The company has announced that production at the Oakville Assembly Complex will resume on Monday, February 8th, 2021. They have indicated they will be updating our membership of the return to work and start times with a robo-call, within the next 24 hours. Departmental, shift scheduled start times […]
Presidents Message- Retirement Incentive Deadline February 5th 2021
Brothers and Sisters, This important message is a reminder for all Ford Local 707 members who have been canvased and expressed interest in the $40,000.00 negotiated Retirement Incentive. The deadline for your “Retiree Incentive -Employee-Declaration of Intent” letter to be returned to Labour Relations is NO LATER than Friday February 5th, 2021 by the end […]
Black History Month – FEBRUARY
Every February, people in Canada are invited to participate in Black History Month festivities and events that honour the legacy of Black Canadians and their communities. Black History Month acknowledges the accomplishments and heritage of the Black Community around the world. Our workplace is a very diverse workplace that has members of many different nationalities, […]
Vice Chairperson of Ford Council/ Chassis Committeeperson Report-February 2, 2021
Brothers and Sisters, On Wednesday January 27th your Local in-plant committee was informed that our plant would not be running production the week of February 1st. This temporary lay-off is because of the global shortage of semiconductors. This shortage has affected auto manufacturers worldwide only adding to the challenges felt by our membership. Oakville Assembly […]
AWOC Committee Report
PRESIDENT’S UPDATE Regarding Retirement Incentive Program- Jan 22 2021
For Local 707 Ford Members: SUBJECT: 2021 Retirement Incentive Program- Employee Declaration of Intent JANUARY 22, 2021 Members that previously submitted the “Notice of Interest” form, indicating they are interested in the one-time $40,000 lump sum retirement incentive currently being offered PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING: An envelope containing member/employee specific information is available […]
Leadec Members January Report
Greetings Sisters and Brothers of Unifor Local 707’s Leadec section. The work that has been done on behalf of our members in keeping the plant clean and free of the Covid-19 pandemic for the past 10 months has not gone unnoticed by all members from all 3 of our bargaining units. This week we find […]
Vice President’s Report
Sisters and Brothers, As a local union, we are in no different position than most of society right now. People want answers and the leadership of Unifor Local 707 has been doing our best to keep our members abreast as to the constant changing environment that we are faced with today. There are constant questions […]
President’s Message-Production Shutdown continues at Oakville Assembly Complex- January 14th, 2021
Brothers and Sisters, Today the company has announced that they plan to further postpone production at the Oakville Assembly Complex, until Monday January 25th 2021. They have indicated they will be updating our members with a robo-call, indicating when you are expected to return to work. We will share any further accurate details as they […]