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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.

I want to be very clear that we do not take this matter lightly. In detailing some important actions that our UAW is taking relative to the virus; I want to assure our brothers and sisters that we continue discussions daily to ensure the necessary steps are being taken to maintain a state of preparedness.

Government inaction on auto industry

July 22, 2019

The government is failing Ontario’s auto industry by once again sitting on its hands after the Ford Motor Company announcement of a series of layoffs, says the Ontario Federation of Labour.

The layoffs will start with 185 jobs lost in September, with the possibility of more job losses in January 2020.

Here is a list of the Ford government health care cuts to date:

April 22, 2019

Here is a list of the Ford government health care cuts to date:

● Cut OHIP+ so families with sick children will have to seek private coverage first and pay deductibles and co-payments. (June 2018)

● Cut planned mental health funding by more than $330 million. (July 2018)

● Canceled all new planned overdose prevention sites. (autumn 2018)

● Cut funding to the College of Midwives of Ontario. (December 2018)

● Cut funding for the dementia strategy.

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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