This weeks visibility at several 1996-O Localities
Remember to complete the Unifor National Survey which has been extended to closes on Monday November 19, 2018 midnight
This weeks visibility at several 1996-O Localities
Remember to complete the Unifor National Survey which has been extended to closes on Monday November 19, 2018 midnight
More than 140 union leaders and activists from several countries gathered for the first ever North American Solidarity Project Conference at Unifor’s family education centre this weekend.
“If we are going to continue renewal of the labour movement we have to be bold. The rich are getting richer and working people need us to collaborate and fight back,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor’s National President.
The conference came about as a result of an in depth study and solidarity building project that began in 2017 when Unifor signed a Cooperation Agreement with the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union (UE)
“It is great to be in a room with more than a hundred like-minded trade unionists from the U.S., Mexico, Australia, and Canada, who are clear that as workers and as a class, we have more in common with each other than we do with the employer,” said Peter Knowlton, president of UE.
The group leading the project also reached out to other unions including National Nurses United, Lecturer’s Employees Organization, Utility Workers of America, United Voice of Australia and six independent Mexican unions.
Delegates from all over the globe attended workshops to brainstorm on how to fight back as right wing governments continue to attack workers across North America.
The conference ended with a joint statement from all the unions that says: “In the face of right-wing populism, anti immigrant rhetoric, and rising inequality, unions must act to counter balance the forces that attack workers’ rights and undermine equality for all… We believe that it is time for unions to present a bold vision for social change and union renewal that unites the working class.”
Survey closes on Monday November 12,2018
Please fill out the survey today, on a personal phone or computer- not your company computer- and not during work hours.
Members,
Last week, your union reached out and asked you to join a conversation.
This conversation asks a simple question, do performance management programs actually help you perform better at work?
To answer this question, members in the telecommunications sector are participating in a massive membership survey. Have you filled out the survey yet? Click here to get started now.
As the CRTC is looking into the effects of high-pressure sales tactics, your union wants to learn more about the underlying causes of this pressure.How does your company’s performance management system affect you as an employee?
Your story matters. Add your voice to this survey today- and make sure that your experiences are counted.
We won’t share any personal or identifying information with the employer ever. But your union will be able to use your confidential responses to make the case for changing these structures. Through our collective voice, we can make jobs in telco good jobs for current and future Unifor members.
If you already did the survey, then we still need your help! Talk to your coworkers about the survey; tell them why you filled it out, and why they should too.
For more information and materials, visit the campaign cage on the national website.
In solidarity,
Chris MacDonald
Assistant to the National President Assistant to the Quebec Director
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