Name: Unifor Local 27 General Membership Meeting
Start: 2024-10-17
End: 2024-10-17
Location: Unifor Local 27

The Ontario Regional Council Women’s and EFAP Standing Committees have united to provide a powerful national event.

Join us for an inspiring webinar as we shed light on Women’s mental health and addictions. With two courageous speakers sharing their experiences, this webinar aims to not only break down stigmas surrounding mental illness and addiction but also foster hope and understanding for those who may be struggling. Through their authentic stories, our speakers will educate, inspire and empower us to envision a world where seeking help is met with support and compassion.

What:	Women’s Mental Health and Addiction: Beyond the Stigma
When:	Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. EST
Where:	Webinar – Register via this link

Please feel free to share the attached graphic within your local.

Event content warning: Please note that this event may include conversations and materials surrounding difficult and potentially distressing topics. If you require support at any time, your union has any number of resources available to you. We will have trained ombudspeople at the event to support those attending, if needed.

In solidarity,

Samia Hashi
Ontario Regional Director

Support for CUPE LOCAL 2361

URGENT REQUEST: The stakes are high for working people in London and District – your support makes a difference
Urgent call for support
CUPE 2361 represents 330 caretakers, trades, arena workers, and landscape technicians. We have a lot in common with you. We work hard to support our families and are struggling to survive as living costs skyrocket. Hard working union members like us help keep our province moving every single day enabling our local economies and supporting people and services. Yet our lives are getting harder while those at the top, such as Western University administrators who make nearly $500,000 dollars a year, are not held accountable for keeping wages low and cutting services. We are fighting back because we all deserve better.
You can make a difference right now with less than two minutes of your time.
Please sign our community petition today and please send it to anyone you know who has a connection to Western University and ask them to sign it as well.

https://cupe.ca/clean-safe-accessible-campus-students-and-staff

Imagine Build Road Hockey Tournament

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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

Greetings,

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming 2024 National BIWOC Conference!

This year’s theme is “United for Healing, Peace & Solidarity”.

In our diverse society, understanding and supporting cross-cultural dynamics is essential. This conference will allow delegates to gain valuable perspectives on anti-racism, politics, mental health, and cross-cultural support. Participants will hear and connect with activists and advocates who share a commitment to these important causes to gain strategies and resources to implement in their communities.

The BIWOC Conference will be held at the Unifor Family Education Center, in Port Elgin, Ontario starting Friday October 25, 2024, at 7:00p.m. and ending Sunday October 27, 2024 at noon.

The registration desk will be open on Friday from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., and room check-in begins at 3:00p.m.

We anticipate that the conference will fill up quickly, so please register and submit your reservation forms early to avoid disappointment.

To download the full version of the Call Letter, click here [unifor.org]. For updated information and copies of all the required forms visit the BIWOC Conference Events Page [unifor.org].

Please contact the Human Rights Department at humanrights@unifor.org if you require additional information.

We are looking forward to a fantastic conference!

In solidarity,

Tricia Brown
National Representative Human Rights Department

Unifor signifies Emancipation Day with new poster and fan

August 1 is Emancipation Day.

On this day in 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 took effect, which laid a pathway to freeing enslaved people in British colonies across the globe and here in Canada.

Today, many Black, Indigenous, and workers of colour are still being denied full and safe participation in many institutions and organizations. Unions must be a part of removing any obstacles still in the way of Black, Indigenous and workers of colour and their many other intersections in workplaces, unions, and society.

Emancipation Day is currently only recognized in Ontario, but to make this day a truly meaningful commemoration, the entire country needs to join in. This day also affirms our union’s collective demand for racial justice and, to paraphrase American political activist Angela Davis, enables us to no longer accept the things we cannot change, but change the things we cannot accept.

To mark this year’s Emancipation Day on Aug. 1, Unifor has created a new poster and fan available to order now.

The first 100 fans each local wishes to order are free. Please contact the workroom at nationalpurchasing@unifor.org for the cost of additional fans. Posters are free.

Both can be ordered here https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/unifor-signifies-emancipation-day-new-poster-and-fan [unifor.org]. The deadline for ordering is July 12, 2024.

You can also download the poster [unifor.org] and shareable [unifor.org]. We invite Unifor members to pledge their commitments to racial justice by sharing your photos and thoughts on social media with the hashtag #Unifor4RacialJustice.

labour appreciation awards May 2024

This has been an important week in our campaign for anti-scab legislation.

On Thursday, I appeared before a House of Commons standing committee to tell MPs that they need to urgently pass Bill C-58.

I did this on behalf of thousands of working people – including Unifor members – who have spent countless hours on picket lines over many decades, fighting for their right to collectively bargain.

You can read my testimony here or watch the video here.

This federal anti-scab legislation will help protect the right to fair collective bargaining and to strike, when necessary: a right that workers have fought for and won repeatedly.

Bill C-58 passed second reading in the House of Commons with all-party support on Feb. 27, 2024 –the same day the CN Autoport strike began with scabs already doing the work of our members.

As the strike against CN Autoport entered its fourth week, and Unifor and the company entered into conciliation, our union walked away from the table on Tuesday after the company repeatedly tabled worse offers than the last agreement, which our 239 members at Local 100 soundly rejected.

Last week, a CN train was safely stopped during a solidarity action by Unifor members in Winnipeg as part of an escalation caused by the company’s use of scab labour in Halifax.

Our union is advocating for anti-scab legislation in every jurisdiction across Canada with the goal that every worker’s constitutional right to free and fair collective bargaining will be upheld.

Local 100 members from CN Autoport joined Unifor representatives and other unions at the Nova Scotia Legislature on Tuesday to support the introduction of legislation to amend the Trade Union Act to protect workers on strike from their employer using replacement workers.

I know the Manitoba government will very soon follow suit.

Our campaign is in full swing, and momentum is growing.

I invite you to be part of the fight, support our Anti-Scab campaign and help spread the word with this graphic on your social media networks.

Let’s go!

In solidarity,

Lana Payne
National President

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

LFP

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/group-rallies-to-build-affordable-accessible-homes-one-house-at-a-time

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