Dear members,

On Friday, September 30, Unifor members across Canada will be commemorating the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Orange Shirt Day) to honour the experiences of former students and survivors of the residential school system and to promote awareness about the residential school system and the harm it had and continues to have on Indigenous communities.

We encourage you to wear orange and join events in your community!

Unifor commissioned Haisla artist Nathan Wilson to create a design for our t-shirt and event materials. Learn more about the artist and the design.

You can also download this poster to print and share around the workplace.

No matter where you are, you can show your solidarity and be an advocate for reconciliation. Wear orange, take a photo, and share online using the hashtags #unifor and #everychildmatters. Send your photos to communications@unifor.org and we’ll add them to the national album.

In solidarity,

Lana Payne
National President

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Destinataires: Toutes les sections locales, tous les membres du personnel, ainsi que toutes les dirigeantes et tous les dirigeants

Chères membres,
Chers membres,

Le vendredi 30 septembre, les membres d’Unifor de toutes les régions du Canada souligneront la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation (Journée du chandail orange) pour commémorer ce qu’ont vécu les anciens élèves et les survivants du système de pensionnats autochtones et sensibiliser la population au sujet de ce système de pensionnats et des effets néfastes qu’il a eus et qu’il continue d’avoir sur les communautés autochtones.

Nous vous encourageons à porter un vêtement orange et à participer aux événements organisés dans votre région.

Unifor a demandé à l’artiste haisla Nathan Wilson de créer un dessin pour notre t-shirt et le matériel de l’événement. Cliquez sur ce lien pour en apprendre davantage à propos de l’artiste et du dessin créé pour Unifor.

Vous pouvez aussi télécharger cette affiche  pour l’imprimer et l’installer sur votre lieu de travail.

Où que vous soyez, vous pouvez manifester votre solidarité et militer en faveur de la réconciliation. Portez un vêtement orange, prenez une photo et partagez-la en ligne à l’aide des mots-clics #unifor et #chaqueenfantcompte. Envoyez vos photos à l’adresse communications@unifor.org et nous les ajouterons à l’album national.

En toute solidarité,

Lana Payne
Présidente nationale

We’re one month away from United Way Winnipeg’s annual campaign kick-off event—and we want you to Walk This Way with us!

Register today for Walk This Way 2022 and show our city how we all play an active role in improving the lives of everyone in our community.

From September 11 to 16, walk, run, cycle, or roll—by yourself or with colleagues, friends, or family. Log your daily distance in our app to contribute to our collective tally, and when we reach 100,000 kilometres, our amazing sponsors will contribute $100,000!

Register Now!

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Walk This Way is a powerful way to set in motion another year of moving forward, united. And this year, with six days to achieve our new goal—every move you make really counts!

What: WALK THIS WAY 2022
When: Sunday, September 11 to Friday, September 16
How: Walk, Run, Cycle, or Roll
Where: Anywhere
Why: Because We Are All Winnipeg!

Please join us in True North Square on Friday, September 16, to celebrate our accomplishments and cross the finish line together!

REGISTER for Walk This Way 2022 here!

Please visit the Walk This Way 2022 web page for Frequently Asked Questions and other details.

We’re all in this together, Winnipeg—let’s go the distance for our city!

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Curt Hetzel has won the position by acclamation for the 3 year term.

To: Unifor Telecommunications Locals

Greetings,

We’ve all noticed when calling our provider for Internet or telephone service support: for many years now, almost all support calls for Canada’s big telecom companies are transferred overseas. And to make matters worse, technical and network management jobs are also being shipped abroad at an alarming rate. Should it be normal for companies that receive hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies on the one hand, use the other to replace thousands of good, union jobs here in Canada with low-wage and precarious labour across the globe?

As we head into the next and hopefully final phase of this pandemic, the next federal government has the responsibility to build back our economy by investing in local businesses and jobs, while using every opportunity to develop expertise and capacity here in Canada.

So should we accept that Canadian companies that generate record profits while benefiting from regulatory advantages exclusive to Canada be allowed to offshore good Canadian jobs?

For us, Canada’s two largest unions, the answer is a resounding no. And we’re not alone.

A survey carried out by CROP for CUPE in Quebec just before the pandemic showed that 86 % of respondents agreed that companies that generate profits and receive subsidies should be barred from displacing jobs outside of our borders. The federal government has the power to make this change.

Record profits here to create wealth abroad

Just last year, the large telecom corporations generated more than 60 billion dollars in revenue, including nearly 7 billion dollars in profits. If the tens of thousands of jobs created overseas were brought back to Canada, you can just imagine how much workers’ salaries and income taxes would help spur local economies and businesses across the country. Allowing the big telecoms to carry on with this business model has a real cost for everyone.

An imbalance at the bargaining table

Large telecoms know they have an unfair advantage when workers negotiate with them to try to maintain jobs here in Canada: there is no federal anti-scab law. And because they have the possibility to use personnel offshore at any moment, they will always have the upper hand at the bargaining table, and it’s the Canadian economy that pays the price.

Protecting our data

There are also legitimate concerns around data privacy and protection. Big telecoms send the personal and financial data for millions of their clients overseas, to jurisdictions that do not have the necessarily have the same data and privacy protections as Canada. We are playing with fire and the next federal government must put a stop to this practice.

When it comes to telecoms in this election, we have one very clear demand: it is time to ban the offshoring of good, union jobs and personal data.

You can act now.

In solidarity,

Jerry Dias, Unifor National President

Mark Hancock, National President, Canadian Union of Public Employees