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International day of Persons with Disabilities

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Unifor Statement on International day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3, 2018

Around the world more than a billion people are living with disabilities and far too many of them face economic, political and social exclusion. Barriers to participation in political, social, economic and cultural life are both real and attitudinal. December 3 marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities where Unifor joins a growing movement that is challenging the prevailing and discriminatory views that disempower the disabled community.

The observance of the Day aims to promote an understanding of disability and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

Unions have a unique leadership role to play in building and promoting employment opportunities for all members of equity-seeking groups because of their unparalleled access to workplaces. Trade unions that embrace principles of social movement unionism understand that such inequity disadvantages all.

Unifor recognizes that the negative social and economic costs that results from labour market exclusion impact individuals with disabilities, families and communities.  Unifor’s creation of equity committees, to address both historical and current exclusion, arose as an expression of the union’s commitment to equality and the goal of building a workers’ organization that better reflected the community.

The Union supports the work of the Workers’ with DisAbilities Committee but the committee is driven by workers who self-identify as members of this equity-seeking group. Together, we can create systemic and lasting change that recognizes the dignity and worth of differently abled persons.

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BTS Clerical Bargaining – Tentative agreement reached.

Sisters and Brothers,

 

Representing the BTS Clerical members, your Local 1996-O Clerical Bargaining Committee, Robin Whaley, Ron Hori, Lee Zommers and National Representative Sam Snyders reached a tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement in the late hours on Tuesday November 27 2018 . The Committee has worked tirelessly and has unanimously recommended this tentative agreement.
Ratification meetings will be held on Monday December 10 2018, The first meeting will occur between 9:30am – 11:00am and the second meeting from 11:30am – 1:30pm at the Argentia office, all members will have the time to attend and review the agreement.

 

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In Solidarity,
Local 1996-O BTS Clerical Bargaining Committee

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Unifor calls on General Motors to allocate product to Oshawa

 

November 26, 2018

OSHAWA – Unifor is calling on General Motors Canada to allocate product to the Oshawa Assembly Plant past its current run date of December 2019.

“Oshawa Assembly is GM’s most decorated plant with a highly skilled, committed workforce,” said Unifor National President Jerry Dias. “Additionally, the USMCA provides the Canadian auto industry with firm footing so walking away after a hundred year history of manufacturing makes no sense.”

General Motors announced restructuring of its North American operations today, reporting that no product is currently allocated to Oshawa Assembly after December 2019.

In February, the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra truck lines successfully launched following a $500 million transformation that made Oshawa the only plant in North America capable of building both cars and trucks.

“Unifor does not accept the closure of the plant as a foregone conclusion,” said Dias. “Oshawa has been in this situation before with no product on the horizon and we were able to successfully make the case for continued operations. We will vigorously fight again to maintain these good-paying auto jobs.”

GM registered $6 billion US in profits in the first three quarters of this year and North America is responsible for 90 per cent of GM’s global profits. For each direct job, it’s estimated that there are 7 spin off jobs that are key to the local economy.

For more information, please contact Unifor Communications Representative Kathleen O’Keefe at kathleen.okeefe@unifor.org  or 416-896-3303 (cell).

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