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October 22, 2021 by 1996-O Executive

Leadec workers make solid gains in new contract

October 20, 2021

Unifor members of Local 200 and 707 at Leadec Corp. ratified a new three-year agreement by 80 per cent.

“These negotiations presented a unique set of challenges in an industry that is undergoing fundamental change,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “Nonetheless, the bargaining committee members were determined to make important gains for our members and were successful in doing so.”

Approximately 150 custodial and facilities management workers at Ford auto plants in Oakville and Windsor are covered by the new agreement. The contract provides union members with a $2,000 signing bonus as well as a 2% raise in each year of the agreement, seven cent inflation protection, and an increase in shift premiums. Total improvements in wages amount to more than a nine percent wage increase over the life of the agreement when including weekend and overtime premiums and RRSP contributions.

“We set out to deliver a strong agreement for our members,” said Fuad Hassan, Unifor Local 707 Leadec Chairperson.  “What we delivered was a solid agreement that not only made important economic gains for our members but also made equally important equity improvements as well.”

The agreement will introduce additional equity positions for both a Women’s Advocate and a Racial Justice Advocate to support union members.

The agreement also improves the employee benefits plan by providing medical cannabis coverage of $500 per person per year.

“On behalf of our bargaining committee, I want to thank the membership for the support and solidarity in these negotiations,” said Connor Fleming, Unifor Local 200 Leadec Chairperson. “This agreement would not have been possible without a strong show of support from our members.”

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October 8, 2021 by 1996-O Executive

2022 BTS BARGAINING PROPOSAL form – Deadline November 24 2021


Bargaining Proposal Form

Sisters and Brothers,

Our Craft BTS/Unifor Collective Agreement expires May 2022. Please download and fill out the proposal form and return them no later than November 24 2021 as the local must submit all proposals by December 1 2021. It is important that every member fill out the form.

The PDF form is a fillable form that may be submitted electronically by email or fax.

Please download the BTS Bargaining proposal form and return it to the Local Executive
Email

barg.cba.proposals.2022@gmail.com

Or

Fax to:

416.538.1997

 

Form provided by Unifor National

FILLABLE BTS BARGAINING PROPOSAL SURVEY

 

In Solidarity,

Lee, Sanjay, Brian, Chris

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October 8, 2021 by 1996-O Executive

BCE News and Media

For your official BCE News and Media click the link below

https://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases?page=1&month=&year=&perpage=25

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October 8, 2021 by 1996-O Executive

Unifor mourns the loss of Local 111 member, killed on the job

We wish to extend condolences to the family

 

Unifor member Charanjit Parhar was killed on the job on Sept. 28, 2021 at Coast Mountain Bus Company in downtown Vancouver where he was a transit operator for more than 20 years.

The loss of Parhar was felt intensely by his fellow Unifor members, who knew him as a friendly and humble co-worker who always had a smile on his face.

“Everyone at Local 111 is grieving this terrible loss. Charanjit was loved in the workplace and we extend our most sincere condolences to his family,” said Balbir Mann, Unifor Local 111 president.

Parhar is survived by his wife, three daughters and his grandchildren. His funeral will take place on Thursday, October 7 at the Riverside Funeral home in Delta, B.C.

“The entire Unifor family is grieving and we send our thoughts to brother Parhar’s family, friends and co-workers at this difficult time. No-one should go to work and not come home,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.

The local union is making plans with the employer to recognize Charanjit Parhar with a memorial event.

 

 

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October 8, 2021 by 1996-O Executive

Ontario needs universal child care

Universal, affordable, high quality child care is finally within reach thanks to a new federal plan, but Ontario’s Conservatives are dragging their feet and have not signed onto the federal plan.

Parents need safe, high quality child care that meets their family’s needs. Child care workers need secure, good jobs where they can provide excellent care. And children deserve quality care.

The federal government’s national child care plan, laid out in the 2021 federal budget this past April, pledged roughly $30 billion over five years to help build a Canada-wide system of early learning and child care.

Public investments in child care pay for themselves. Women are the frontlines of the workforce, but especially during COVID-19, we saw them being pushed out and relegated to stay at home because of a lack of child care.

The plan would translate into making child care more affordable, including $10-a-day child care in regulated spaces for children under six years old by 2026, additional spaces in high-quality, not-for-profit centres and fees for regulated spaces cut in half by the end of 2022, while supporting wages and working conditions of child care workers.

But, in order for this plan to work, provinces need to get on board.

Quebec, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Yukon, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador and Manitoba have already adopted it, bringing families in these provinces closer to the promise of learning services and affordable, accessible and quality early child care.

Ontario needs to sign on to the federal government’s child care plan immediately.

Add your voice today and tell your local MPP, Premier Doug Ford and Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce that Ontario needs universal child care

 

Source: Unifor

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