A Message from Shinade Allder
Hello,
My name is Shinade Allder and I’m excited to share that I’m running for the federal NDP nomination
in London West! This is a pivotal moment for our community, and together, we have the power to
make meaningful change.
As President of Unifor Local 6005 and the first woman and person of colour elected as Unifor
Ontario Regional Council Chair, I have been fighting for workers’ rights and advocating for equitable
opportunities for all. My work as Co-Founder of the Black Education Fund and volunteering in the
Leamington area to support migrant workers, reflects my deep commitment to uplifting
marginalized voices and creating real, lasting impact.
My deep roots in our community have been recognized with awards that I am honoured to have
received including the Platinum Jubilee Award, Leading Women Leading Girls Award, and
International Woman Achievers Award.
This campaign is centered around our community, our shared values, and our vision for a brighter
future. We are facing significant challenges, including the healthcare crisis, rising living costs, and
climate change, among others. The time for change is now. I am committed to bringing my passion,
dedication, and energy to the House of Commons to ensure that the voices of London West are
heard.
I would be incredibly honoured to receive your support and your vote!
To be eligible to vote for me, you must be an NDP member for at least 45 days prior to the
nomination meeting. You can join here: Become a member | Ontario NDP
The in-person nomination meeting will take place on Saturday, January 11th, 2025. To be eligible to
vote, you must be registered by 11:59PM EST Tuesday, November 26th 2024.
Every vote counts, and your voice matters. Please feel free to share this message with family,
friends, and neighbours in London West.
Let’s work together to build the change we want to see.
If you have any questions or would like to support my nomination race, please email me at: ShinadeAllder.NDP@gmail.com.
For more information, visit my website: shinadeallder.my.canva.site
Shinade Allder
NDP Federal Nomination Contestant
London West
What we do together can make a difference!
Unifor members,
We’re excited to invite you and your loved ones to a special holiday experience at Canada’s Wonderland: Winterfest! This is our way of saying thanks for everything you do to build our union and give us all a time to come together for a festive day filled with joy, solidarity, and holiday spirit.
Event Details
Experience the Magic of Winterfest:
Step into Canada’s Wonderland transformed into a holiday paradise! Winterfest offers holiday entertainment for all ages, including:
✨ Ice-skating on Snow Flake Lake
🎄 More than a dozen live shows
🎡 Exciting rides and attractions
🌟 Millions of lights and hundreds of Christmas trees!
📅 Date:
Saturday, December 21
OR
Sunday, December 22
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT
📍 Location:
Canada’s Wonderland
1 Canada’s Wonderland Drive
Vaughan, ON L6A 1S6
Tickets
Tickets for our exclusive Canada’s Wonderland Winterfest appreciation days are now available for purchase online at www.canadaswonderland.com/unifor. Order early—tickets are limited!
Tickets are valid for one-day entry on either Saturday, December 21 or Sunday, December 22.
Members can purchase up to 6 subsidized tickets at the following rates:
- $23.89 (tax included) per person (Ages 3+): Includes parking, admission, and rides.
- $37.46 (tax included) per person (Ages 3+): Includes parking, admission, rides, and Single Meal Deal.
- Free for children under age 2.
Event proudly sponsored by Unifor National, Ontario Regional Council, and the Unifor Recreation Department, offering members special reduced pricing.
Special Activities
Wear your Unifor colours with pride! Prizes will be awarded to members in Unifor toques and gear throughout the event.
We look forward to celebrating the season with you and your loved ones. Don’t miss out on this unique holiday experience to come together and appreciate our year of remarkable union building.
Help us spread the word
Please print and share the attached posted with your members.
In solidarity,
Samia Hashi
26-Nov
London (City Hall) (9:00-11:00am)
Everyone is welcome to watch the Trojan Horse press conference. If you can, please come out and support our opposition to privatization..
To protest the Ford government’s privatization of our public hospital services, the CUPE Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and Ontario Health Coalition kicked off a Trojan Horse tour on October 4 in Toronto and is touring the province until the end of November. The Ford government is privatizing surgeries by taking public funding and staff away from public hospitals to for-profit clinics which only makes wait times worse. Not only do these clinics cost more, but they illegally and unlawfully charge patients thousands of dollars for medically necessary care.
The Trojan Horse is a metaphor for a trick or strategy that is meant to have people let their defenses down and then get overrun by the enemy, in this case, health care privatization. The Trojan Horse represents the false claim that privatizing surgeries will reduce wait times in public hospitals.
If you can, please come out in support. We hope to see you there!
UNIFOR EV AUTO SECTOR UPSKILLING/TRAINING PROJECT – BATTERY MANUFACTURING CERTIFICATE GRANT OPPORTUNITY
The EV transition continues to affect many Unifor workers within the sector, either through plant closures or mass layoffs. However, with this transition comes the opportunity for the EV sector to grow and many meaningful job opportunities will be created as a result. With these important transitions comes the need for workers to upskill and retrain to qualify.
Unifor, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has developed a project for Unifor Automotive IPS workers who have been affected by the EV transition, to acquire upskilling/training through a grant application process.
St. Clair College has a Battery Manufacturing Certificate course available that was developed in partnership with Nexstar and Stellantis. This is the second course offered at their Windsor Campus.
Unifor’s EV Auto Sector Upskilling/Training Project is currently taking applications from qualified individuals who want to take and are committed to the completion of the course.
Attached is more information about this project, details about the Battery Manufacturing Certificate course, and how to apply to be considered for the Grant.
The class size is limited.
For any questions, please contact Linda Poho at 519-253-1107 ext. 7 or Linda.Poho@unifor.org.
In Solidarity,
Paul Shiels Emile Nabbout
Director – IPS Sector President – IPS Council
Greetings,
The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) works to improve our provincial public health care system and is committed to saving local health care services, stopping cuts and privatization and keeping our community hospitals vibrant.
Every year, up until the pandemic, they have done an Ontario-grown garlic fundraiser.
Please consider sharing this fundraising initiative. By supporting, you are also supporting OHC’s vital work.
The order form is attached. You can also find more information on their website.
In solidarity,
Samia Hashi
Ontario Regional Director
labour appreciation awards May 2024
Imagine BUild - "Thank you unifor" video
Doug Tarry Homes Limited is committed to building a home for Knowledge Sharer Ray John Jr and we are inviting you and your staff to get involved.
In Doug’s own words “My goal is to show respectful support for the greater Oneida Nation of the Thames community, while at the same time bringing the best of the best together to create something really magical.”
We knew that if we imagined a way forward together, we would find our way to build affordable accessible homes with Oneida leadership. We are inviting UNIFOR Locals to get involved with this specific build dubbed the Blitz Build.
Imagine Build’s Progress
- Initial goal was to raise enough funds to build one home.
- Since January, 2021, we have raised over $800,000 and have 2 homes currently being built (photo below of home #1), Ray John Jr’s home is home # 3 and the homeowners of home # 4 a family of 5- mom and 4 children under the age of 16.
- 2 of the families will move out of rental units and 2 more families will move in.
- By the end of the year, 6 families will be homed.
How Does the Imagine Build work?
All funds raised go directly to building the homes.
- Once a family has been identified through an application process led by Oneida Nation of the Thames Housing department and representation from the Imagine Build team, they are responsible for the infrastructure costs which includes: the driveway, septic tank and utilities hook-ups.
- Oneida Nation of the Thames will provide a loan to the family to pay for the infrastructure costs at a rate of $400/month.
- This monthly payment goes back into the funds to pay for the next home’s infrastructure costs.
- We imagined a way forward to create a circular economy and we got there.
If you like what you are reading and want to get involved, let us know.
There is lots of work to be done and there are lots of ways to support.
Yaw^ko/Thank you for walking this far with us.
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Unifor Local 27 Partners with oneida Nation of the thames for imagine build
On October 22, 2021 Unifor Local 27’s Brian Chapman and Jim Wilkes joined Chief Adrian Chrisjohn at a press conference to announce the Imagine Build. Local 27 is working in collaboration with Oneida Nation of the Thames on an affordable and accessible housing project.
The Imagine Build is everything reconciliation is meant to represent. An acknowledgement of the past with a solid solution to make life better for the Indigenous Communities
Working together with Chief Adrian Chrisjohn, the Band Council and a number of committed community activist’s we are building bridges between our communities working together to build four accessible homes by this summer.
At the news conference, President of Unifor Local 27 Brian Chapman pledged $10,000.00 to the Imagine Build and also pledged that we would help anyway we could, whether through help finding additional funding or by supplying volunteers who can help with the build.
Donations www.imaginebuild.ca
To view pictures from the press conference, follow the link https://review.bellmedia.ca/view/1245543190
Confirmed partnerships and funding so far:
- Elected Chief, Adrian Chrisjohn and Band Council working side by side with the Imagine Build Committee.
- Pillar Non-Profit- will provide administrative support to assist with issuing tax receipts.
- Bell Media- promotional and editorial support of the Imagine Build.
- $100,000 confirmed from a private donor.
- Imagine Art Auction- a fundraiser planned featuring Indigenous and Non-Indigenous artists.
- Justin Bardawill, building contractor
- Unifor Local 27 $10,000.00 donation
- We invite any organization or individual that would like to be a part of the Imagine Build to contact us at Local 27
CTV:
https://london.ctvnews.ca/partnership-to-build-accessible-homes-on-oneida-nation-1.5676632
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ontario regional council & unifor Locals support imagine build
In a moving cheque presentation, Ontario Regional Council donated $150,000 towards The Imagine Build, an initiative – partnering with the Oneida Nation of the Thames Band Council – to build four accessible and affordable houses for families along the eastern shore of the Thames River south of London, Ont.
Mandi Fields of the Imagine Build said she became friends with an Indigenous man named Ray John Jr., who faced leg amputation surgery and during his recovery, she learned he was living with his wife and two sons in a 500-square-foot home, heated by a stove. They had been on an Oneida housing wait list for 20 years with 47 other families.
“This is the day I saw everything and now, I can no longer unsee,” she told the council.
Unifor locals then contributed more donations during ORC, with the amount totalling more than $200,000. The union’s skilled trades offered support for the building projects.
“Our members understand that reconciliation has to be more than just putting on an orange shirt,” said Unifor Local 27 Secretary-Treasurer Jim Wilkes. “We have to do more and sometimes, we have to donate our time and money to really make the change to establish relationships, build bridges and change lives.”
Fields, choked up after hearing about the donations tally and said, “We all know what having a home means I’ve never experienced something good like this for so long. This is not about throwing up houses and walking away – this is about reconciliation.”
Lana Payne said Unifor National will also contribute $50,000 towards the Imagine Build initiative, which ORC and other Unifor locals raised over $200,000 at a cheque presentation on March 9, 2022.
Notice for all Unifor Local 27 RPNs
Greetings,
It’s my pleasure to let you know that the Executive Board of Local 27 has approved a plan to reimburse Local 27 RPNs 10% off their membership into WeRPN (formerly RPNAO, Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario). This new initiative will begin with the new membership year for WeRPN that starts in July 2020.
We think this is an important initiative and encourage all RPNs to visit the WeRPN website at www.werpn.com to look at what the membership has to offer nurses. This protection is available if you are involved with disputes or claims with CNO and require advise and representation which your employer or union may not be able to provide directly. One of the most important components of the Membership includes the professional liability protection insurance, with a $1,000,000 limit for each loss per nurse and $3,000,000 limit for all losses per year per nurse. It provides protection against malpractice claims arising from real or alleged errors or omissions, including negligence. As a member you are covered for the following: subpoenaed to appear before a legally constituted tribunal in Ontario; subpoenaed to appear as a witness in matters arising out of the Regulated Health Professional Act (1991) and any amending or superseding legislation; subpoenaed to appear as a witness in an incident relating to his/her profession of nursing; received a letter of complaint from the College of Nurses of Ontario as a result of a complaint, laid under Regulated Health Professions Act (1991) and any amending or superseding Legislation.
Please email Jerry Skinner (email address below) to apply for your WeRPN 10% before tax rebate. Be sure to include your name, mailing address , employer , local Union # ,CNO# and a copy of your membership receipt / transaction details. Your rebate will be sent to you by mail, so please allow some time for processing – Your patience is much appreciated. Please note, this offer is only available to Unifor Local 27 RPNs.
In Solidarity,
Brian Chapman
President Local 27
please send all required info & file to the following email address – jerry.skinner@local27.ca
Mental Health Resources: We’re in this together
If you require assistance please contact us by phone or email as listed below.
Brian Chapman, President:
Phone: 519-455-3430 Ext 222
Cell: 519-319-3657
Jerry Skinner, Financial Secretary:
Phone: 519-455-3430 Ext 223
Cell: 519-521-9286
Jim Kennedy, 1st Vice President:
Phone: 519-455-3430 Ext 229
Cell: 519-697-0360
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada
Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Unifor Local 27
606 First Street, London, Ontario, Canada