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Canada’s largest union in the private sector. Follow National President @lanapayne.bsky.social
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Unifor Local 2002 Atlantic Chair Morgan Palmer and Local 506’s Women’s Advocate Erin Howell Sharpe presented a $4,000 cheque to the North End Food Bank in Saint John, N.B., as part of the union’s Social Justice Fund.
Learn more: northendfoodbanksj.com | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Mental health matters. Workplace stress affects all of us, and supporting mental health is a union issue. Unifor provides tools, advocacy, and resources for members.

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Mental Health Matters
A Resource Book for Union Representatives and Local Unions.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Unifor Local 40 donated $2,500 from Unifor's Social Justice Fund to Fort York Food Bank in Toronto, one of the city’s busiest food banks, serving an average of 40,000 a month, with an increasingly youth population.
Learn more: fyfb.com | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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On Christmas Day, we stand in solidarity with Unifor members at Titan Tool and Die who continue to hold the line in their fight for fairness and respect.

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Titan Tool & Die members upping Christmas cheer despite being locked out for over 120 days
The 27 locked-out members of Titan Tool & Die won’t let grinches, the owners of the company who have abandoned their workers, intending to move production south to Michigan, U.S., dampen their…
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December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-NS report on child care warns that the system is at a crossroads.
Learn about how insufficient funding, uneven access, workforce challenges, and weak accountability are impacting the child care system:

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December 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Unifor National Representative Luis Domingues presented a $4,000 cheque to the St. Thomas Elgin Food Bank, from the Unifor Social Justice Fund, to support their important community programs.
Learn more: stthomaselginfoodbank.org | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
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December 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Erin Howell-Sharpe (Local 506) and Morgan Palmer (Local 2002) were proud to present a Unifor Social Justice Fund donation cheque to Hestia House in Saint John, NB.

Learn about Hestia House here: hestiahouse.ca
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Unifor’s Social Justice Fund donated $4,000 to the Brantford Food Bank. Local 504’s Ken Wight and Cindy Hasler, with Unifor Gaming Director Dave Reston, presented the cheque.
Learn more: crs-help.ca/foodbank | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
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December 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Intimate partner violence is a crisis that demands urgent action. Unifor is calling on all governments to declare IPV an epidemic and strengthen supports for survivors.

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Declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is an epidemic. Tell your provincial representative to immediately declare Intimate Partner Violence an Epidemic.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Activists from Local 111 presented a cheque for $4,000 to the Surrey Food bank as part of the year-end donations from Unifor's Social Justice Fund. surreyfoodbank.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Local news in B.C. got a boost this month as the @freshetnews.bsky.social Co-operative launched a printed edition. Read more:
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Two people smiling and holding a stack of newspapers. A man wearing a toque and gloves shows a news paper to a passerby. A volunteer holding a small stack of newspapers passes one to a passerby. A woman smiles as she shows a passerby a copy of a newspaper while another volunteer watches on.
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Local 324 representatives were proud to present this year’s Social Justice Fund donation to Hoshizaki House as part of the Fund’s year-end donations to women’s shelters and food banks.

Learn about Hoshizaki House here: www.hoshizakihouse.ca
December 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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As the year comes to a close, we thank Unifor members for your strength, solidarity, and commitment to one another. We enter 2026 ready to defend workers, our rights and our jobs. Read the year end message from Unifor leadership. www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
Year-end message to Unifor members
As we close out 2025, we reflect on a year defined by extraordinary challenges, but also incredible resolve and solidarity from Unifor members across the country. Our union confronted an unrelenting t...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Unifor Local 144 donated $5,000 to Winnipeg Harvest through our Social Justice Fund. With CBC Radio’s Make the Season Kind match, that $5,000 becomes $10K! Happy holidays!
Learn more: harvestmanitoba.ca | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Terrilynn Faulkner, FEC Human Rights Committee, & Ashley Petrie, FEC Women’s Advocate and ORC Women’s Committee member proudly presented a donation cheque to the Women's Centre Grey & Bruce on behalf of Unifor’s Social Justice Fund.

Learn about the Women’s Centre Grey Bruce here: buff.ly/3zazAsL
December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Unifor Local 40-B President Doug Gray and Chief Shop Steward Eddy Bowden presented Parker Street Food & Furniture Bank in Halifax a $4,000 Social Justice Fund donation to help during the holidays.
Learn more: parkerstreet.org | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
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December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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As a tough year wraps, Unifor's @lanapayne.bsky.social prepares for more challenges ahead.
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As a tough year wraps, Unifor’s Lana Payne prepares for more challenges ahead
TORONTO - The head of Canada's largest private-sector union says she's glad to be putting this year behind her, but next year will present a whole new set of daunting
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December 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Local 6006 Women’s Committee was proud to present this year’s donation cheque to their local women’s shelter on behalf of the Unifor Social Justice Fund.

Learn more about the Social Justice Fund here: www.unifor.org/resources/so...
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Unifor Local 539 President Tony Wells, along with Chief Shop Steward Lonnie McKinley and National Representative Joanne Goulet, presented a $5,000 Social Justice Fund donation cheque to the Calgary Food Bank to fight hunger.
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The Calgary Food Bank
Together, we fight hunger and its root causes because no one should go hungry.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Cindy Hasler & Ken Wight from Unifor Local 504 and Dave Reston, Unifor Gaming Director present a donation from the Unifor social Justice Fund to Heather Vanner, Executive Director of the Brantford Food Bank, to help feed families this holiday season.
December 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Unifor members came together at ORC to raise $150,000 in support of the Homes for Heroes Foundation.

Homes for Heroes provides housing, wrap around services, and community to help Veterans rebuild their lives with dignity.

Learn more or donate: homesforheroesfoundation.ca
Homes For Heroes Foundation - Ending Veteran Homelessness
Our mission is to integrate all our homeless military Veterans into the community through the provision of housing and support services across Canada.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Unifor is proud to support Women’s House serving Bruce & Grey with a Social Justice Fund donation presented by Terrilynn Faulkner, FEC Human Rights Committee, & Ashley Petrie, FEC Women’s Advocate and ORC Women’s Committee member.

Learn about Women’s House serving Bruce & Grey here: www.whsbg.on.ca
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Watch a video overview of the 2025 Unifor B.C. Regional Council:
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2025 B.C. Regional Council Review
Watch as Unifor activists from across British Columbia gathered this fall to share bargaining challenges and victories and plan for the fight ahead to protect Canadian jobs.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Unifor’s Social Justice Fund joined forces with CN Rail to deliver a joint $200,000 grant to the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s Girls’ Fund, a national initiatives dedicated to uplifting and empowering the next generation of leaders dedicated to gender justice and equity.

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Unifor proud to deliver grant supporting Canadian Women’s Foundation Girls’ Fund
Unifor’s Social Justice Fund and CN Rail joined forces to deliver a joint $200,000 grant to the Canadian Women’s Foundation, Canada’s public foundation for gender justice. The Foundation focuses on…
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December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Unifor Local 40 members Ronald Rojas and Marianella Quintana presented The Stop Community Food Centre with a $4,000 Social Justice Fund donation. Thanks to ED Shae London & volunteers for vital work supporting food security in T.O.
Learn more: thestop.org | unifor.org/resources/social-justice-fund
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM