Below is news that relates to our members.
Sisters and Brothers, As a local union, we are in no different position than most of society right now. People want answers and the leadership of Unifor Local 707 has been doing our best to keep our members abreast as to the constant changing environment that we are faced with
Going to try this out and see how it goes. We do have a section on our new site that can let us do polls to get your input on different topics. We will keep the questions pretty generic to start and then down the road through our portal for
Wishing all of our members Retired and Active, a very safe and prosperous 2021. Now that it is 12:00:01, we can say that hindsight is 2020 and we are hoping for a better year for all of our active and retired members and all of their family members. 2020 was
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
Brothers and Sisters, The $40,000.00 lump-sum retirement incentive deadline (for the interest letter) has been extended to January 8, 2021. This has been done to ensure those who meet *Normal or **Regular Early retirement eligibility criteria are able to consider this one-time opportunity. Minimum criteria to qualify for **Regular Early
The 2020 OAC United Way campaign has been completed and I am pleased to announce that under very challenging times OAC displayed their generosity by raising a Grand Total thus far of $359,518.00 A huge Thankyou goes out to the membership of local 707 for recognizing the need in their
CEWS REPAYMENT INFORMATION The CEWS (or wage Subsidy) has been paid out by the Ford Motor Company. This will show up as a separate deposit in your account. You will receive a separate pay stub with a breakdown of your payment and all deductions. The CEWS will be identified on
Starting with this issue of the 707 Reporter, we will be making it available online for members to view. If you choose to be removed from the mailer, that option will be made available also. The format will be in .pdf version and will look like a link where it
Sisters and Brothers, We are pleased to announce that our new website is here! No exciting news to report but we are happy to get this off the ground. Like I reported last week, there will be some glitches and we will be here to help when they come up.
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
This year has been an incredibly tough year for our National Recreation Council. With the restrictions in place due to the ongoing pandemic, many of the activities we would normally organize have been placed on the backburner. To start 2021, we have organized a Unifor NHL Fantasy Hockey Pool that
Brothers & Sisters, I want to wish all members of 707 and their families a Happy New Year. 2020 defiantly had its challenges with covid-19 consuming our daily lives both inside and outside the workplace. As we start 2021 under a provincial lock-down, like everyone I am hopeful that this
Employment Insurance (EI) Regular Benefits December 31,2020 Please follow these basic guidelines to help ensure your EI application goes smoothly. The Reference code provided will be active January 3rd, 2021 and not before. Here is a checklist to assist you Make an ONLINE application for Regular benefits on the Service
