More Suncor
workers
join Unifor
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. —
Workers at the Suncor East Tank
Farm voted overwhelmingly to
join Unifor.
The workers will join 4,000
members as part of local 707A at
the company's extraction facili-
ties in Northern Alberta.
"We look forward to getting to
work at the bargaining table," said
Joie Warnock, Unifor's western
director.
"Many workers in the oil and
gas sector are still without the
protections and safety of a col-
lective agreement," said Jerry
Dias, Unifor president.
Nordia
employees
join USW
LINDSAY, Ont. — Employees
of the Nordia call centre in Lind-
say, Ont., voted to join the Unit-
ed Steelworkers (USW) union.
A majority of employees — 71
per cent — voted in favour of
joining the USW, rejecting an
anti-union campaign waged by
the company over several weeks,
according to the union. More
than 100 employees work at the
call centre for the Quebec-based
company.
The Lindsay employees are
the fourth group of Nordia work-
ers who have agreed to become
a part of USW, joining workers
in Kitchener, Quebec City and
Sherbrooke, Que.
A wholly-owned subsidiary
of Bell Canada, Nordia operates
call centres that provide services
to Bell customers.
UAW will
support Unifor
in talks with
GM: president
DETROIT (Reuters) — United
Auto Workers (UAW) president
Dennis Williams said the U.S.
union will support Unifor dur-
ing contract talks with General
Motors.
Williams said he believes GM
and Jerry Dias, president of Uni-
for, will "come to a conclusion
that's best for all parties."
Dias and Unifor have threat-
ened the strike of about 4,000
workers at GM plants in Ontario
unless a new four-year contract
is reached by Sept. 19.
"The UAW is going to support
the auto workers," said Williams .
A strike would have ripple ef-
fects at U.S. plants, particularly
if Unifor workers walk off their
jobs at a plant in St. Catharines,
Ont.
Williams would not comment
on whether the UAW would re-
fuse extra work to make up for
lost output if Unifor's GM work-
ers strike at two Ontario plants.
"I don't want to comment on
that because I don't know what
it will bring us, but we'll do what-
ever we can to help (Unifor) in
any way we can," Williams said.
If GM asks for extra work at
the UAW's plants, "we'll have
discussions with General Mo-
tors and tell them how dissatis-
fied we are."
Dias recently said he expected
the UAW "would respect any
action" Unifor takes and not re-
place production from GM's St
Catharines factory.
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