UNIFOR
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CAW founder and labour icon Bob White has died
Bob White was elected the CAW’s founding president in 1985, and again in 1988 and 1991, and later served as national president of the Canadian Labour Congress
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CN, Unifor reach labour deal to avert lockout of 4,800 workers
Agreement was reached less than an hour after deadline to lock out mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers at CN
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GM Canada boss, Unifor volley over future of Oshawa, Ont., plant
Unifor calling for decision about future of facility before two sides negotiate new collective deal in 2016
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Cost of retooling Chrysler’s Windsor, Ont., plant $2.1B: union
Unifor, citing comments made by FCA chief executive Sergio Marchionne, said investment will reach $2 billion
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Unifor expresses disappointment in GM’s US$3.6B Mexico investment
Union concerned with “avalanche of new investment announcements received by Mexico in last year”
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Ontario, Ottawa shy away from offering public money to Ford
Neither level of government provided money to Ford to bring production of new engine to Windsor, Ont., plant
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Union claims Ford chose Mexico over Canada for new engine work
Unifor said it is “disappointed,” claims automaker chose to build new engine at Mexico plant instead of Windsor, Ont.
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Resolute Forest reaches contract deals with 1,500 U.S. workers
In Canada, the company is being targeted by the giant labour union Unifor in pattern bargaining with forestry companies in Eastern Canada
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More changes to foreign worker program coming
The next round of changes appear to be aimed at addressing complaints about the procedural red tape and lengthy delays that quickly resulted from the earlier rule changes
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Mexico may be NAFTA’s biggest winner
On the 20th anniversary, economic numbers indicate strongly that Mexico has gotten the most benefit from the trade deal
