2020 Benefit Booklet Update
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Master Bargaining Committee Report- March 24th 2021
Brothers & Sisters, Your Master Bargaining Committee has had regular meetings regarding the vehicles that are being sent off site. Based on our most recent meeting the following will be the plan to process the vehicles both onsite and offsite. Current Offsite Operations Our PTS’s are working on re-flashing units that are offsite with the […]
Employment Equity Representative Report- Diversity and Inclusivity Survey
Greetings Brothers and Sisters, While conversations surrounding diversity and inclusivity (D/I) are not new, these discussions have definitely gained momentum over the past few years. This has involved a growing recognition that D/I are significant and beneficial for both an organization AND its workforce. Education, engagement and advocacy are a few progressive strategies that are […]
Retiree Impact – George Markow
Recording Secretary Report – March 12, 2021 Brothers and Sisters I would like to introduce you to Local 707 Retiree, Brother George Markow! George was born April 14, 1921 in Russia to Finnish parents. He was conscripted into the Soviet military and subsequently caught by the Nazi’s and spent 2.5 years as a prisoner of […]
International Women’s Day March 8
International Women’s Day – Monday March 8, 2021 Happy IWD! Today, Monday March 8, 2021 marks International Women’s Day . A day that is recognized all over the world to celebrated the achievements of women and rally together for gender equality. First celebrated in 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) is an opportunity to celebrate women […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
707 Reporter – Winter Edition
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Bargaining Highlights 2020
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
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. […]