Unifor President Jerry Dias

• Closing N.S. pulp mill would cost 2,700 jobs, decimate forestry industry: union

  The mill's parent company, Paper Excellence, is facing a January 2020 deadline under provincial legislation to shut down a treatment facility that sends effluent into the Boat Harbour lagoon near a Mi'kmaq community.

  Economy

  Aug 7, 2019
  
• ‘That will make us totally uncompetitive’: Unifor president on how auto tariffs would affect Canadian industry

  The president of Unifor said the tariffs would have a huge and negative impact on Canadian and American auto sectors.

  Economy

  Jun 11, 2018
  
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• Strike averted as Fiat-Chrysler, Unifor reach tentative agreement

  A last-minute tentative agreement has averted a threatened strike by 9,750 workers at Fiat-Chrysler's operations in Ontario.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2016
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• Canadian workers at Detroit’s ‘Big Three’ automakers authorize union strike mandate

  The union representing workers at the Canadian operations of the major American automakers has received a strike mandate from its members as it prepares to negotiate contracts.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2016