Category: Featured

Unifor Campaign to fix Employment Insurance

Brothers and Sisters, Thanks to the hard work of Unifor members, the federal government has promised changes to Canada’s Employment Insurance (EI) system- but they’re not in place yet!  At the start of COVID, the federal government relaxed EI eligibility to improve access to emergency support for those most in need. Without these supports, it […]

What is COLA?

November 1st 2023 Unifor’s Detroit Three pattern agreement includes a major victory with the reactivation of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). Unifor Director of Research Angelo DiCaro outlines how COLA works and how it translates to member’s paycheques in this new video.

Retiree Honour Roll Dinner/Dance 2023

Congratulations to Brother Harry Aire on being selected as the Honour Roll recipient for 2023. The night was well attended and everybody had a great evening. Reminder to all to keep an eye on the website and in the 707 Reporter to get your tickets for the next dinner/dance taking place on April 27, 2024. […]

Defending our Provincial Public Health Care against the Privatization Agenda

Save Canada’s Public Healthcare On February 7, Prime Minister Trudeau is hosting a meeting with provincial leaders to finalize a deal on health care funding. This meeting comes after months of negotiation, and in many provinces, decades of damage to public care. Throughout the pandemic, hallways were overcrowded with patients, Intensive Care Units were full […]

Local 707 Bargaining Committee update -General Wage Increase, P&Q Bonus

Unifor Local 707

Brothers and Sisters, This communication is to provide information on when our membership will see the recently negotiated general wage increase, backpay for the wage increase and the P&Q bonus.  General Wage Increase and Backpay – currently the company is updating the payroll system to align each classification with the new wage rate.  The new […]

Auto Talks 2023:Contract ratification with Ford

Unifor Auto Members, Today our Ford members voted 54% in favour of the new three-year collective agreement with Ford of Canada. Your bargaining team pushed Ford of Canada on every front to deliver a contract that fundamentally transforms pension plans, provides protections during the EV transition and includes the highest wage increases in the history […]

Comprehensive Summary of Tentative Agreement.

A reminder that you can download a comprehensive summary of the details of the tentative agreement live as of this morning at 6:00 am ET at autotalks.ca/ford. https://autotalks.uniforautohub.ca/ford?fbclid=IwAR0bLSbv2zTzz7HmJD_BSww0hu4Ior3GgEqRXY2vsufatYPMcFsQcpFcBAQ

Unifor reaches tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company

Hello Unifor auto members, Your bargaining committee has successfully reached a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company this evening. Your bargaining committee is proudly and unanimously recommending this tentative agreement with elected representatives from Local 707 in Oakville, Locals 200 and 240 in Windsor, Locals 584 and 1324 in Paris, Casselman and Bramalea, and Local […]

Auto Talks 2023- Charting our own course

Greetings, Tomorrow is an exciting day for Unifor autoworkers. We will open Auto Talks 2023 in Toronto and a historic round of negotiations with the Detroit Three. In a few weeks we will also mark our union’s tenth anniversary. This is an important milestone in the history of Unifor and it’s an important time to […]

Auto Talks 2023: Unifor and UAW Hold Historic Summit

One week in advance of opening contract talks with the Detroit Three, Unifor hosted the United Auto Workers (UAW) at a historic summit in Windsor. For the first time since 1999 with the exception of the 2008-09 financial crisis, Unifor and the UAW are negotiating with the Detroit Three at the same time. The summit […]

CERB Inquiry Letter from SERVICE CANADA – INTEGRITY SERVICES

Brothers and Sisters, Many of our members have recently received an inquiry letter from Service Canada – Integrity Services in regard to CERB payments received in 2020.  It is important to note that the Union had no notification nor communication from the federal government about these letters.  This is the fourth communication that we are […]