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Prairie region women rise together in strength and solidarity
October 8, 2025 On October 5 – 7, more than 100 Unifor sisters and siblings gathered in Calgary for the Prairie Region Women’s Conference, uniting under the theme: Rising Together – Voices of Strength and Solidarity. The conference began with a conversation about the struggles and power of women with Janis Irwin, MLA for Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood. […]
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Steelworkers Humanity Fund update – September 2025
October 8, 2025 Awareness around the importance of reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples has grown in Canada over the past years, as well as in many countries across the Americas impacted by a shared history of colonization. The 4th National Gathering of Indigenous Steelworkers (NGIS), held last summer in Winnipeg, was part […]
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CPAA Urges Government to Include Frontline Postal Workers in Remote, Rural, and Northern Delivery Consultations
OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 7, 2025 – The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) is calling on the federal government to include frontline postal workers in consultations before any changes are made to mail service in remote, rural, and Northern communities. The organization is urging transparent processes and concrete protections to ensure Canadians continue to receive […]
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Canada Post presents new offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Offers maintain key items for employees while including proposals to align the company with the modern needs of Canadians and the country OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 3, 2025 – Canada Post today presented new global offers to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). The offers enable the company’s modernization while balancing its financial realities with […]
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Resolving to work on reconciliation – Directors’ statement for September 30
It has already been 10 years since the 94 Calls to Action from the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) were released in 2015. “The TRC’s mandate was to inform all Canadians about what happened in residential schools. The TRC documented the truth of Survivors, their families, communities and anyone personally affected by the residential […]
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Union calls for joint effort to address crisis in coastal forestry sector – Times Colonist
Workers are being hit hard with layoffs, most of which are either due to market conditions or lack of available logs, union leader says. The union representing thousands of forest-industry workers on the coast is calling for a united effort to address a growing crisis in the sector. Brian Butler, president of United Steelworkers Local […]
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Against carceral unionism: OPSEU must divest from the correctional bargaining unit – Spring Mag
September 22, 2025 Prisons are anti-labour and anti-Indigenous institutions that exist to warehouse the surplus populations left behind by the production of capital. Its populations consist of primarily poor, working class people who come from displaced communities shaped by organized abandonment from the state. Correctional officers serve the interests of the state and act as […]
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Fall application projects for Local Union Equity Fund wanted
September 9, 2025 Fall into opportunity — apply to the Local Union Equity Fund (LUEF) before the approaching deadline of Oct. 20. The fund was created to encourage and support local unions who wish to step up their work on equity issues. It aims to support and broaden the work of equity-deserving groups within the […]
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Canada’s Building Trades Unions Release Landmark Mental Health Report, Highlighting Union Support, and Announcing National Committee to Support Members
September 1, 2025 Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) today released a comprehensive report detailing the mental health and substance use challenges faced by its 600,000 members across 60 skilled trades. The report, prepared by the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation, sheds light on the unique stressors impacting tradespeople and emphasizes the inherent supportive role of unions in fostering member well-being, […]
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‘WE HAVE JOBS TO PROTECT’: Unifor National President Lana Payne rises up for a second term
August 28, 2025 Lana Payne vowed to continue fighting for workers everywhere in Canada after she won the election for the National President seat by a landslide today at Unifor’s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver. “I’ve said already that it’s been an honour and a great privilege to be your national president. My honour today has […]
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