OAC Plant Chairperson Report- May 22, 2020
Brothers and Sisters: On Monday March 23, 2020 our plant shutdown due to Covid – 19 over the course of the shutdown our In-Plant Committee, Health and Safety representative, Plant management and National Union have been working tirelessly around the clock to put safety protocols/processes in place to protect every person who enters our facility. […]
Presidents Message- IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED BY All LOCAL 707 MEMBERS
Brothers and Sisters, We continue to wait for a satisfactory answer from the federal government, that would ensure Supplementary Unemployment Benefits (SUB) will not be considered earnings by those who have applied for Employment Insurance Benefits, but have been transferred to the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)/ EI Emergency Response Benefit. Since we last […]
Committeeperson Report Paint/MPL/BAMR/IQ/Pre-delivery- May 10th, 2020
Brothers and Sisters, I hope that everyone has stayed safe and healthy during the last seven weeks of this pandemic. Most of you have received the robo-call from the Company on Friday with instructions of when to report back to work. There will also be more communication coming forward for the departments of Paint, MPL, […]
Local Master Bargining Committee UPDATE- May 8th 2020
Brothers and Sisters, As Local Leadership we continue to share accurate information as it becomes available. Today the company has announced that they expect to begin a return to production and will be updating our members with Robocalls over the next few days. Production at Oakville Assembly Complex will resume as follows: Skilled Trades Starting […]
Unifor Local 707- Cancellations-April 30th, 2020
Brothers and Sisters, Due to COVID-19 in Ontario , and continued legislation under a province, which reduced the banning of public events to no gatherings in groups of more than five people. Your Local Executive Board has continued to consider and review the risk and the needs of the membership, especially for our Retiree’s. As a […]
Local Master Bargining Committee UPDATE- April 30th 2020-
Brothers and Sisters: We hope that this update finds all our members healthy and well. Keep in mind that any and all information shared with our members in these updates are subject to change due to the ever-evolving nature of recommendations and requirements because of Covid-19. Although the Provincial Government deemed manufacturing an essential business, […]
Vice President’s Report-April 27th 2020- Prescription Limitations due to COVID-19
Sisters and Brothers, Hoping all of our members and our families are staying safe and practicing social distancing guidelines put in place by the Federal, Provincial and Municipal offices at this time. We have been receiving many calls during this difficult time, due to the implications brought on through the Covid-19 pandemic. Employment Insurance (E.I.), […]
Local Master Bargining Committee UPDATE- April 27th- Health & Safety, Return to Work and O.A.C Facebook page
Health and Safety & Return to work Over the last few weeks Ford has been working with Unifor to establish Health & Safety protocols for all its Canadian facilities. In preparation for the eventual restart of production at Oakville Assembly Complex, your Local Union Leadership In-Plant Committee and Safety Representatives have also been in ongoing […]
STEP 1- Employment Insurance Benefits-Application process for those on Lay-off- April 24th 2020-UPDATE
Sisters & Brothers, The following information is for those Ford Unit-Unifor Local 707 Production and Skilled Trade members who are on lay-off the week beginning Sunday March 22 ,2020 or thereafter . Please Note: That the Reference Code that our Local was using has since expired, any member that has not yet applied for Employment Insurance should do so […]
Local Master Bargaining Committee UPDATE-Production/C.E.R.B/Holiday Pay-April 8th 2020
Brothers and Sisters, During this difficult time, we hope that everyone is staying safe and doing their part to help flatten the curve. To this point we are happy to report that we have not been notified of any members of Local 707 or their family being diagnosed with covid-19. It has been reported that […]
Sickness & Accident Insurance-(not related to a COVID-19 diagnosis) Application, Continuation & Return to Work process
S&A Application and Continuation of claims process ( not related to a COVID-19 diagnosis) To keep in compliance with new Social Distancing recommendations and to help stop the spread of this COVID-19 virus. All S&A Applications (for new claims not related to a COVID-19 diagnosis) and Attending Physicians Supplementary Statements forms (for continuing claims not […]
Supplemental Unemployment Benefits (S.U.B)
The following are answers to Frequently asked Questions about our Supplemental Unemployment Benefits. Application Similar to short work benefits, temporary lay-off (S.U.B) benefits are automatic and made payable without application, for active members on Layoff who have no scheduled Vacation. Therefore, members on lay-off are not required to apply with paper applications attached to pay stubs […]
Step 2- Employment Insurance Reporting Guide-April 4, 2020
Brothers and Sisters, There are two steps involved in receiving (Regular) Employment Insurance Benefits, while on lay-off. Step 1– Is to apply for (Regular) Employment Insurance with an online application and use our reference code (found on our website) Step 2- Four or Five days after you have submitted your application, you will receive a […]
Unifor Local 707- Cancellations-March 30th, 2020
Brothers and Sisters, With the numbers of those with COVID-19 in Ontario continuing to increase, under a province declared state of emergency the premier has further reduced the banning of public events from those over 50 people to no gatherings in groups of more than five people. With this in mind, your Local Executive Board […]
Unifor Local 707- Notice of Election Run-off postponed until June 17th, 2020
Brothers & Sisters, After the ballots were counted during our most recent triennial election on March 18th, 2020 , it was revealed in accordance with the Constitution and our Local by-laws that we would be required to conduct a Local 707 run-off election for the following elected positions; (1) Trustee Guide Sergeant of Arms and […]