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Presidents Message- Production at Oakville Assembly Complex resumes

Brothers and Sisters, The company has announced that production at the Oakville Assembly Complex will resume on Monday, March 8th, 2021. Today they made robo-calls, indicating our return to work and start times. Departmental, shift scheduled start times and tentative hours of work for the week beginning Monday March 8th, 2021 are attached below. In […]

Moving? Moved? Update address TODAY

As we are now in to tax season, many of you will be noticing that your T4’s will be arriving via mail similar to paycheques during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have not been receiving your stubs in the mail, you more than likely have not kept the company up to date as to your […]

Welcome to Member Mail and Portal

Sisters and Brothers, We have had quite a few requests over the years for our local union to have “our own union email addresses” and we are happy to announce that they are now available for all active members. Your personal email address has been set up and is ready for you to activate. At […]

COVID-19 Safety Protocol Reminders

Brothers and Sisters, As the second wave of pandemic goes through Ontario, we must continue to be vigilant to prevent and reduce the spread of this virus in our communities and workplace. The best way for us to do this is follow established COVID-19 safety protocols. The Union leadership and Company management ask that you […]

Presidents Message- July 29, 2020

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)/ COVID-19 Paid Downtime Absence payment It was the company’s target to have the wage subsidy payment made in late July. However, due to the complexities of the wage subsidy payment, the company requires further considerations to ensure to their calculations are correctly made, as a result the expected payment date […]

Vice President’s Report

Dave Millar

Friday July 10, 2020 We have some exciting news for all of our members regarding the 707 web page. For the past several months, your leadership have been working on ways to communicate better with our members. Covid-19 has made getting proper information from the leadership out to the membership without physically being able to […]

Unifor Local 707- LEADEC Unit- Employment Insurance (Regular) Benefits

  Sisters and Brothers of our LEADEC unit, First of all, Thank you. You have gone above and beyond to make sure the workplace we all share is clean and safe from any of the issues that hundreds of thousands of people around the world are suffering from due to the outbreak of the Covid-19. […]

Local Master Bargaining Committee Report- March 21, 2020

Brothers & Sisters, As the world continues to be affected by the pandemic of COVID-19, all of us are searching for answers.  Currently, the truth is that there are more questions than answers when it comes to this pandemic. During this unprecedented time in our history your Local Master Bargaining Committee have been working closely […]

President’s Message- March 20th, 2020

Brothers & Sisters, As the pandemic in North America, specifically in Ontario, is rapidly changing, our federal and provincial governments are quickly putting in new measures and policies to protect the public. During these uncertain and unprecedented times, people everywhere are desperate for answers, your Local leadership recognizes that our membership is no different. To […]

President’s Message-Upon return to Canada- Self isolate for 14 days- March 15th 2020

Sisters and Brothers, The Local Union continues to work with the company to ensure proper safety protocols are put in place during this COVID-19 outbreak to protect our membership. This weekend the Government of Canada has indicated that anyone who has traveled in the last 14 days, should self-isolate. This self-isolation for 14 days should […]