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  • Unifor Local 1285 ratifies new agreement with Kuehne + Nagel December 4, 2025
    Unifor Local 1285 ratifies new agreement with Kuehne + Nagel December 4, 2025 Share Main Image Image Wage increases, more sick days, and improved job security are highlights of a new three-year, four-month contract ratified by Unifor members with global logistics company Kuehne + Nagel. “Unifor is the union for warehouse workers,” said Unifor National President […]
  • Warehouse workers strategize about building power December 4, 2025
    Warehouse workers strategize about building power December 4, 2025 Share Main Image Image Nearly 70 Unifor members working across the food and retail warehouse sector met for a strategy session November 28–30 in Toronto.The meeting was called to assemble key local activists to discuss building capacity in the sector with the goal of improving standards […]
  • Sodexo custodial members of Local 2107 at Acadia University ratify new agreement December 3, 2025
    Sodexo custodial members of Local 2107 at Acadia University ratify new agreement December 3, 2025 Share Main Image Image Members of Unifor Local 2107 employed by Sodexo at Acadia University in Wolfville, N.S., voted in favour of a new three-year collective agreement that sees wage increases and improved language.“Congratulations to the bargaining committee at Local […]
  • Unifor members at CommerceLink file for mediation and conciliation December 2, 2025
    Unifor members at CommerceLink file for mediation and conciliation December 2, 2025 Share Main Image Image TORONTO—Unifor members at CommerceLink Logistics (formerly Walmart Fleet ULC) in Alberta and British Columbia filed a request with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service yesterday, citing major concerns over work scheduling, a fair and impartial disciplinary process, and protections […]
  • Crown Royal workers ratify agreement with Diageo December 2, 2025
    Crown Royal workers ratify agreement with Diageo December 2, 2025 Share Main Image Image AMHERSTBURG, ON–Unifor Local 200 members at Diageo’s Crown Royal plant in Amherstburg have ratified a closure agreement with the company, with operations set to cease in February 2026.“We fought hard to keep the jobs here. This is not the outcome we […]
  • Positive, essential, attainable: The theme of Human Rights Day 2025 December 2, 2025
    Positive, essential, attainable: The theme of Human Rights Day 2025 December 2, 2025 Share Main Image Image In a time marked by uncertainty, turbulence and growing feelings of insecurity, Human Rights Day, marked every December 10, serves as a powerful reminder that human rights are not abstract principles—they are our everyday essentials. They shape our routines, […]
  • Unifor activists unite with frontline voices at Intimate Partner Violence Symposium in St. John’s December 2, 2025
    Unifor activists unite with frontline voices at Intimate Partner Violence Symposium in St. John’s December 2, 2025 Share Main Image Image Unifor members, community advocates, and frontline service providers gathered in St. John’s, N.L., on Friday, November 28 for an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Symposium. The symposium was dedicated to combating IPV and advocating for […]
  • Unifor meets with N.B. Deputy Premier and ministers to discuss jobs, energy December 2, 2025
    Unifor meets with N.B. Deputy Premier and ministers to discuss jobs, energy December 2, 2025 Share Main Image Image Unifor Atlantic Regional Director Jennifer Murray, Atlantic Area Director Mike MacMullin and Forestry Director Ian Hutchison met with several representatives from the New Brunswick government to discuss supporting good jobs in the province and the need […]
  • Letter to Ministers Joly and Hodgson on the Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force December 1, 2025
    Letter to Ministers Joly and Hodgson on the Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force December 1, 2025 Share Main Image Image The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of IndustryHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A6The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural ResourcesHouse of CommonsOttawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0A6Ministers,We are writing to express our support […]
  • Unifor members united in Montréal to defend union democracy November 29, 2025
    Unifor members united in Montréal to defend union democracy November 29, 2025 Share Main Image Image Unifor Québec members, supported by a large delegation of Unifor members from Ontario, gathered in Montréal on November 29 as part of a major inter-union rally that brought together more than 50,000 people to denounce the attacks by the […]