by Pat Bulmer | Dec 24, 2021 | News, Other News
Christopher Nardi, Dec 21, 2021, National Post A Quebec labour judge has ruled that an Air Canada call centre employee who hurt herself going down a staircase while working from home suffered a workplace injury and merited worker’s compensation. The ruling, handed...
by Pat Bulmer | Dec 14, 2021 | News, Other News
DECEMBER 14, 2021 OTTAWA – Unifor is kicking off a weeklong federal lobby to communicate urgent repairs needed to fix Canada’s broken Employment Insurance (EI) system. “There is no time to waste when it comes to fixing EI. Workers across the country are running out of...
by Pat Bulmer | Dec 9, 2021 | News, Other News
From Unifor: Thirty-two years ago, they were training to be chemical and mechanical engineers and nurses. One was a budget clerk at École Polytechnique’s finance department. During Unifor’s online vigil, held December 6, 2021 – the National Day of Remembrance...
by Pat Bulmer | Dec 9, 2021 | News, Other News
BY JORDAN FAIRBAIRN, CIARA BOYD, MYRNA DAWSON AND YASMIN JIWANI J-Source, Dec. 6 On Dec. 6, 1989, an act of violent misogyny killed 14 young women at École Polytechnique at Université of Montréal. This mass femicide, though carried out by a lone male, grew out of a...
by Pat Bulmer | Nov 27, 2021 | News, Other News
NOVEMBER 26, 2021 OTTAWA – Unifor applauds the introduction of legislation to provide 10 paid sick days for all federal private sector workers. “Today is a day of leadership, and shows what can be done when you are aggressive and progressive… It’s about the millions...
by Pat Bulmer | Nov 25, 2021 | News, Other News
NOVEMBER 24, 2021 VANCOUVER—The provincial government has failed the B.C. workers by succumbing to pressure from employers to minimize paid sick days, says Unifor. “It is a failure in leadership,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “According to the Horgan...
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