Source: https://www.bce.ca/news-and-media/releases

MONTRÉAL, June 27, 2024 /CNW/ – BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) will hold its second-quarter 2024 results conference call with the financial community on Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 8:00 am eastern.

Participants will include Mirko Bibic, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis.

To participate, please dial toll-free 1-844-933-2401 or 647-724-5455. A replay will be available until midnight on September 1, 2024 by dialing 1-877-454-9859 or 647-483-1416 and entering passcode 4867347#.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on BCE’s website at BCE Q2-2024 conference call (opens in new window) .

June 27, 2024

On Monday, June 24, Unifor National President Lana Payne joined workers, politicians and auto industry representatives for the federal government’s announcement of a 30-day consultation on potential policy response to guard against unfair Chinese electric vehicle imports.

Launching July 2, the consultations will solicit opinions on how best to prevent dumping and other unfair practices by EV manufacturers in China that threaten Canadian auto and auto parts jobs across the country.

“We look forward to participating in the consultation process,” Payne said. “We also look forward to playing our part in continuing to rebuild Canada’s auto manufacturing capacity so that Canadian autoworkers, and Canadians at large, can benefit from a competitive and sustainable sector for generations.”

Canada’s auto industry continues to transition towards electric vehicle manufacturing, a shift that is essential for Canada’s journey to net zero emissions and for sustaining jobs into the future. Canada is in a unique position to leverage its numerous advantages, including vast mineral resources, highly educated workforce, and existing auto and auto parts industrial capacity to become a global leader in building the next generation of electric vehicles.

“There is a lot at stake for Canadian workers in this EV transition. Tackling climate change fairly and justly means creating good, fulfilling and yes, unionized jobs.” added Payne. “There is no importing our way to net zero. The launch of this consultation into unfair Chinese EV imports is welcome and necessary.”

Payne also outlined how previous governments mishandled trade relations, signing detrimental deals that have harmed Canadian workers. Countries like China have received preferential treatment to invest and sell in Canada without reciprocal benefits, under the guise of fairness. The results of this approach has never been equitable and if action is not taken with electric vehicle imports, it would certainly damage Canada’s efforts to rebuild and grow the domestic auto and auto parts industries.

“A surge of low cost EV imports from China will undermine everything being done here right now to rebuild and grow a strong and truly national auto industry, one that competes on the world stage,” Payne said. “Our members, quite frankly, have worked too hard to get this to this point to allow us to go backwards. There is no justification to trade away high paying, high skilled jobs for cheap and high carbon intensive vehicles built under deplorable labour conditions.”

Watch Payne’s full remarks in the video below.

June 25, 2024

During yesterday’s negotiations with Bombardier, the company presented a final offer to the union. The bargaining committees reviewed the proposal, deemed it insufficient and ultimately rejected the final offer.

As a result, the strike at the Bombardier facility will continue.

Both parties remain apart on key union priorities. However, specific details of the negotiations will not be made public to protect the integrity of the bargaining process.

Both the union and the company will remain at the bargaining table and further updates on negotiations will be provided at the appropriate time.

Dear members,

Tickets for Unifor’s membership appreciation day are now available online and can be purchased at www.canadaswonderland/com/uniforday. We have attached a poster you can post and circulate to your members to inform them of the event. This years event is sponsored by Unifor National and Unifor Ontario Regional Council. As indicated on the poster we are encouraging all participants to wear their Unifor colours/swag as we will be handing out prizes throughout the day.

We anticipate this will be a well attended event so please make sure to secure your tickets early. The deadline to purchase tickets is June 30.

Discounted tickets are as follows:

• $46.99 Ages 3 and up. Includes parking, admission, rides, and lunch at the Courtyard Buffet.
• $18.99 for Courtyard Buffet only (park admission required to gain entry).
• Free for kids under age 2.

9:00-10:00 a.m. Special Unifor hour with early access to some rides.

Wear Unifor swag or red for a chance to win prizes.

Purchase tickets now at canadaswonderland.com/uniforday