Category: President

Presidents Message-Temporary Production Lay-off beginning, Monday January 8th 2024

Brothers and Sisters, The company announced that there will be no production at the Oakville Assembly Complex for a 2-week period commencing Monday, January 8th, 2024. For those that need to start a new EI claim, information about Employment Insurance and current reference code is available using the attached link below, https://uniforlocal707.org/2023/12/17/employment-insurance-regular-benefits-and-reference-code-for-week-commencing-december-17-2023/ In Solidarity, Mark Sciberras President, […]

Presidents Message- Retirement Incentives

Brothers and Sisters Many of our most senior members who are retirement eligible will have received a one-time $50,000.00 lump-sum retirement incentive letter asking if they are interested in this opportunity. The letter simply asks if you are interested in this opportunity and provides you with the option to attend one of our two Retirement […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]

Oakville District Labour Council – 2023 Activists Awards Dinner

Brothers & Sisters, The ODLC 2023 Activist Awards Dinner was held on Thursday June 8, 2023 at Unifor Local 707 Hall. The event honours those who have made outstanding contributions to the community and union(s) by promoting their skills and dedication through walks of life. Local 707 Vice President, Brother Dave Millar was the the […]

President’s Message – Temporary Production Layoff Commencing January 30, 2023

Brothers and Sisters, This company announced that there will be no production at the Oakville Assembly Complex for the week commencing Monday January 30th, 2023. The company have indicated they will be informing our members with a robo-call. Information about Employment Insurance and current reference code is available through the following link: https://uniforlocal707.org/2023/01/06/employment-insurance-ei-regular-benefits-for-january-9th-2023-temporary-lay-off/ In Solidarity, […]

2023-2025 Unifor Local 707 Union Cards

Brothers and Sisters, New union cards have been mailed out and should be delivered to the 707 members (not retired) in the next week or so. You will notice that these new cards have a different feel and appearance. The new Union cards are now on a thicker credit/debit card type material and also have […]