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You can make it count

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Dear Unifor member,

Tomorrow, Premier Wynne will table her last budget before this year’s provincial election on June 7.

Unifor members have been working hard, organizing in your locals and communities to pressure the government to address inequality and improve public services. Every step forward that the Ontario government has been forced to take is because of our drive and ambition to move the needle that much more for working people. Our work is far from over, but the gains that we have made for workers are at risk of being rolled back in an instant if the Conservatives take power.

We can stop them and keep building a better province, but we can only do this if we work together.

Our union is gearing up for the election and we are ready to launch our member-to-member election campaign. It’s called Make it Count. The campaign asks every Unifor member to remember the issues that drive us, and pledge to vote and make this election count for workers.

 

In solidarity,

Naureen Rizvi

Ontario Regional Director

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Unifor 1996-O Scholarships – Submission due May 31 2018

 

The deadline is fast approaching to get your application submitted.

We in Local 1996-O are concerned about the lives of our members’ families and their education.  Due to high tuition fees we recognize that post-secondary education is out of reach for many working-class. To assist, we’ve established 2 scholarships worth $1,000.00 each. One in memory of the late Brother, Milos Petrasinovic and Brother, Alwa Marcelle.

The scholarships are awarded to sons/daughters of Unifor 1996-O members in good standing.  Students must be entering their first year of full-time post-secondary education (university, community college, technological institute, trade school, etc.) in a public Canadian institution. 

These are entrance Scholarships only and are not renewable for students entering subsequent years of study.

Deadline for submitting an application is May 31 2018

The selection of candidates will be chosen no later than June 29, 2018 and will be final.

Click here to download the 2018 application.

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Info Picket Unifor Striking Bus Drivers tomorrow Fri. Mar. 23rd 7:45am Bowmanville

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR UNIFOR STRIKING BUS DRIVERS

AT INFO PICKETS AT BOWMANVILLE SCHOOLS FRIDAY MAR. 23RD 7:45AM

 

Our Unifor Local 4268 school bus drivers on strike are conducting information pickets at two Bowmanville schools on Friday March 23 to provide information and engage directly with parents and students impacted by the work action.

 

More than 120 drivers at First Student, servicing the Durham, Durham Catholic, Kawartha Pine Ridge and the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Boards, began strike action on March 21, 2018 after working without a contract since August 31, 2017. For months Unifor has conducted negotiations with First Student with the aim to eliminate the use of unpaid work hours and to improve wages.

 

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS!

 

WHAT:                 Unifor striking school bus driver information picket

WHO:  Naureen Rizvi, Unifor Ontario Regional Director, Debbie Montgomery, President Unifor Local 4268, School bus driver members

 

WHERE:               Bowmanville HS 49 Liberty St N, Bowmanville, ON

                                St. Joseph’s ES 90 Parkway Crescent, Bowmanville, ON

 

WHEN:                 Friday March 23, 2018 7:45 a.m.