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Dominion workers on strike. Image: Contributed photo
Unifor's Jerry Dias warns Loblaw of a coming national campaign as Newfoundland workers head into fourth week of strike
Chelsea Nash | Widespread public support for grocery workers is making this strike much different from previous ones, say the workers.
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Unifor president arrested while protecting pensions
Marc Belanger, Derek Blackadder, C. Marie Ainsborough | RadioLabour's Canada Report: Unifor president Jerry Dias was arrested while picketing for the 800 workers locked out at Regina's Co-op refinery. And more.
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Unifor President Jerry Dias (Photo: Unifor Local 591-G)
Canadian labour movement abuzz in wake of Unifor decision to quit Canadian Labour Congress
David J. Climenhaga | In the background of Unifor's decision to pull out of the CLC is a long and bitter dispute about the practice of "raiding," and of the role of U.S.-based international unions.
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Brother Dias, Sister Notley: There will be no jobs on a dead planet
Gary Engler | As a retired Unifor member and someone who first worked on an Alberta NDP election campaign in 1971, I am embarrassed by what Dias and Notley are quoted as saying.
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One year in: Jerry Dias on Unifor's first year and its future
H.G. Watson | A year after Unifor's founding convention, Unifor President Jerry Dias reflects on the year, what Unifor can achieve for the workers it represents and the rest of Canada.
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Finding solutions to chronic underemployment at #PSF2014
Jerry Dias | This fall the Good Jobs Summit is an expression of Unifor extending its efforts beyond our membership to improve the lives of all working people across the country.
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CETA will make Canadians 'hewers of wood'
Jerry Dias | We know so little about Harper's secret CETA deal and already there's cause for concern. Will CETA really help Canadians or will it send manufacturing jobs even further abroad?
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'Young people have been completely betrayed by Canada:' A conversation with Unifor President Jerry Dias
H.G. Watson | Unifor President Jerry Dias discusses the role unions will play in shaping young Canadians' futures, integrating environmental sustainability and moving forward as a part of the community.
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Unifor President Jerry Dias on giving thanks for what is possible
Jerry Dias | Unifor President Jerry Dias gives thanks for union roots and hopes to give thanks next year for building more secure, unionized jobs in Canada.
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Everyone will benefit if we give minimum-wage workers a fighting chance
Jerry Dias | The most recent Statistics Canada job market figures say 70 per cent of Ontario's 44,000 new jobs created in August are part-time and mostly filled by older workers.