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Canada’s unions are standing with workers and their families during this unprecedented pandemic.

UAW PRESIDENT RORY GAMBLE LETTER TO MEMBERSHIP ON CORONAVIRUS

Brothers and Sisters:

As the United States is faced with the concern of the new Coronavirus known as COVID-19, I feel it is important to speak to this topic with all our UAW membership.

2020 UAW Region 1 Director's Scholarship

UAW Region 1 is pleased to announce that scholarships are available to those students who are children or grandchildren of UAW Region 1 local union members and are graduating from high school this

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

Workers won significant changes to the Labour Relations Act and the Employment Standards Act.We must now make sure workers know their rights under the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act.

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THIS MONTH IN LABOUR HISTORY

1-03-1903 More than 2,000 longshoremen went on strike for 5 weeks when the Port of Montreal opened to shipping. They are demanding recognition of their union, improved working conditions and increased wages. [more]

THIS MONTH IN LABOUR HISTORY

This month in labour history

3-02-2005 Ontario's Liberal Minister of Education Gerard Kennedy describes 'strike' as 'a bit of a five-letter word' in the education sector. [more]

THIS MONTH IN LABOUR HISTORY

1-01-1952 Old Age Security, the country's first universal pension plan, comes into effect for Canadians at 70 years of age. The Canada Pension Plan, based on employment contributions, follows in 1966. [more]

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There’s a direct relationship between the ballot box and the bread box, and what the union fights for and wins at the bargaining table can be taken away in the legislative halls.

–Walter Reuther, UAW Constitutional Convention 1970