“WE LISTEN UP” in local 1996-O. Look for important information about how to deal with STRESS and accomplish WORK LIFE BALANCE. Look for an AFTER YOUR SHIFT BBQ coming to your Work Centre soon!
A special thanks to Ryan Beatty and Paul Weeks and all that have volunteered their time.
A few pictures from 416 West locality
In Solidarity,
Lee, Sanjay, Brian, Chris
Unifor is excited to be the title sponsor for the first stop of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) Dream Gap Tour taking place in Toronto at the Westwood arena on September 21 – 22, 2019.
“Unifor’s partnership with PWHPA is about creating equity for Canada’s elite women hockey players so that women and girls across the country can play the game, earn a living wage, and receive the dignity and respect they are owed,” Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
The Toronto stop of the tour titled “Unifor Women’s Hockey Showcase” will be a four-team exhibition tournament over two days and feature professional women’s players, including Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianna Decker, Natalie Spooner, Brianne Jenner, Rebecca Johnston and Kacey Bellamy, among others.
The PWHPA Dream Gap Tour was created to draw attention to the fact that there currently is not a league that consistently showcases the best product of women’s hockey in the world, pays its players a living wage and has the infrastructure to set the game up to succeed.
As the title sponsor for the tournament, Unifor officials will be at the opening ceremony and participating in the official puck drop.
Game 1 • 12:30pm
Team Johnston vs. Team Jenner
Game 2 • 3:30pm
Team Poulin vs. Team Knox
Game 1 • 9:30am
Team Johnston vs. Team Knox
Game 2 • 12:30pm
Team Poulin vs. Team Jenner
All games will be played at:
Westwood Arena • 90 Woodbine Downs Blvd, Toronto, ON
Tickets can be purchased online at pwhpa.com/events/unifor-showcase.
September 12, 2019 – 12:00 AM
WINDSOR—Hundreds of members of the Windsor community and people from across Ontario assembled near the Nemak plant in solidarity with workers protesting the company’s decision to break the collective agreement by announcing their intention to close the plant.
“Canadians are fed up with greedy multinational corporations that don’t honour agreements with workers and move jobs outside of Canada,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “Nemak is playing with fire and has ignited an entire community against them.”
The community rally was held adjacent to the Windsor Nemak plant that builds engine blocks and bedplates for General Motors.
“We are fighting for the rights of all Canadian workers with this community rally in Windsor,” said Naureen Rizvi, Unifor Ontario Regional Director. “Nemak must do the right thing and live up to its end of the agreement. It’s as simple as that.”
Unifor and Nemak renewed a collective agreement in 2016. In the agreement Nemak committed to make the Windsor plant the sole global source for certain engine block products produced for General Motors. Now the company intends to move the production to facilities in Monterrey, Mexico in contravention to the agreement.
On September 10 Justice Terrance Patterson of the Superior Court of Ontario urged all parties to resolve the dispute before the parties have to return to court on Friday September 13.
Unifor continues to engage in dialogue with Nemak corporate representatives urging them to do the right thing and live up to their contractual obligations to the workers and the community.
As the federal election campaign begins Unifor members are knocking on doors to bring information about the issues that matter to Canada’s workers. To make sure the next government reflects our priorities as workers, we need your help! Join the campaign to stand with Canada’s workers.
Watch the video here
| To: | All Full-Time Ontario Central Technicians | |
| C.c.: | All Ontario Central Managers, Field Operations | |
| From: | Mark Olmstead, Director, Field Operations. Ontario Central & Structured Cabling
Patrick Gendron, Director, Workforce Management |
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| Hello everyone, | ||
| Please note that all employees will be scheduled on 8‑hour shifts for the weeks of October 20 and October 27. Technicians with 10‑hour and late shift accommodations will be contacted.
Scheduling the 2 weeks as 8-hour shifts will ensure the ability to schedule 80 hours for the pay period. Halloween night We would also like to remind you that, for safety concerns, all employees must be off the road by 5 pm on Halloween, Thursday, October 31. |
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| Thank you,
Mark & Patrick |
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