The GuardianWindsor - EssexAUGUST 2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

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By CHRIS TAYLOR,

President,Unifor Local 200

$36 BILLION – GONE

II hope you are enjoying your summerwith family and friends and takingadvantage of the nice weather!The summer months also mean that

we are closing in on the upcoming Fed-eral Election and the rhetoric is certainlyramping up with the Harper Conserva-tives throwing everything at Canadiansto hold onto power!

In 2011, Harper used the recent re-cession to his advantage and every com-mercial was doused with the messagethat Harper and the Conservatives werethe only party able to manage and main-tain the economy and that Canada wasthe best performing country of the G7.Well, what a difference 4 years makes,not to mention what a difference theprice of oil makes! Our economy is stilldepressed, there are no good jobs to behad, unemployment is still at unaccept-able levels, especially in Windsor wherewe have the highest unemployment ratein the country and we are worse off todaythan we were 4 years ago!

The recent budget is proof of theHarper Conservatives’ insatiable thirst toattempt to hang onto power with themthrowing money at Canadians in the

form of the child tax credit, which is nota bad thing for those families that needit, but why the hell do the wealthiestCanadians need that money when wehave people living in poverty, seniorsthat have to use food banks to survive,our youth with the highest unemploy-ment rates in history and the very realthreat of Harper removing 36 billion dol-lars in transfer payments to the provincesto maintain or Canadian Health Care sys-tem!

There are many out there that willsay, I want and deserve that Child TaxCredit regardless of how much money Imake, but think of this, will that moneycover the cost of Cancer treatments for aloved one if our Health Care system isforced into an American style pay as youuse system. Will you be able to afford thecost of a broken leg or arm. It is esti-

mated that if we had to pay out of pocket,an average hospital stay would cost$1,000.00 per day! If Harper or any otherpolitical party is allowed to reduce theHealth Care transfers by 36 Billion Dol-lars, no amount of Child Tax Credit, in-come splitting, or any other scheme willhelp any of us offset the out of pocketcost of our Health Care.

We have witnessed the attacks onHealth Care with everything from userfees to private clinics to the threat of tak-ing away our Thoracic Surgery availabil-ity in Windsor. Imagine Ontario havingto deal with a loss of approximately 18Billion Dollars (our share) of transferpayments and then imagine what thatmeans to our level of service and theavailability of affordable Health Care inOntario.

Area Unifor Retirees Council members along with Unifor officers from dif-ferent locals are seen preparing for the free public Seniors Health CareRally which will take place at the Ciociaro Club on Wednesday August 26,2015 between 10 a.m. to noon with a BBQ and refreshments to follow.

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This Government has been on a con-tinual drive to download costs and re-duce service and if we as Canadians givethem the opportunity, they will most cer-tainly destroy one of our most cherishedCanadian social programs and HealthCare as we know it, will be gone!

Sisters and Brothers, this is our time,our era and our fight and we need tocome together like never before to takeHarper on! We can't look at our seniorsand our youth at the end of the cam-paigning and say "We hope we did ourjob". We need to ensure that the mostsignificant election of our lifetime willbe one that we win for the better good ofall Canadians!

There will be a mass Health CareRally held on August 26th at the Cio-ciaro Club starting at 10:00 am. We willhear from experts on what the impact ofthe loss of transfer payments will be andwith the full support of all of us we willsend a message out from Windsor to therest of the country that we are preparedto fight to maintain our affordable, acces-sible and publicly funded health care sys-tem. Harper and any other politician thatschemes to reduce our Health Care sys-tem to an American style system will geta clear message that if they try it, theywill be removed from office!LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARDBY BEING THERE TO SUPPORTOUR HEALTH CARE!Auto Manufacturing

Our community and many othersacross the province have been trying toconvince both levels of government onthe need for a comprehensive, concreteAuto/ Manufacturing policy that willallow us to compete for investments inNorth America. Last year Ford an-nounced that a small engine programwas going to be awarded to Mexico in-stead of right here in Windsor because ofthe lack of support for Ford's needs byour provincial and federal governments.

Nobody likes to ask for hand-outs butthat is what it takes in our global realityand Mexico understands this along withthe United States and most other globalauto jurisdictions that know that it takesreal policy with an understanding of theglobal nature of investments to be ableto attract these types of major invest-ments and job creators.

Unifor has come up with a realistic,progressive and thoughtful documentlaying out our vision of what must bepart of any comprehensive Auto/Manu-facturing Policy. We have taken inputfrom many of the stakeholders and useddata to back up our arguments.

With every major manufacturing job

creating another 8 spin-off jobs, it is nowonder that these investment opportuni-ties are highly attractive and our govern-ment understands this but won't put theirmoney where their mouth is! The Na-tional web site will soon have the directlink to our discussion paper and our pol-icy.

Please take the opportunity to down-load the document and read through it.Our community and many others cannotafford to sit back and hope that ourelected officials will do something tostem the flow of investment to Mexico,it is up to all of us to make sure they hearus and act on what is needed before ittruly is too late!

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• The Bay• Sears• Freeds of Windsor• Windsor Star• CAA (Canadian Automobile

Association• Hiram Walker (Spirits)• Diageo (Seagram’s Crown

Royal)• Motor City Chrysler (Only fully

unionized dealership in Windsor)

• Radisson• Provincial Chrysler (Service)• Caesars Windsor• Chrysler Canada• Ford• General Motors• Motor City Credit Union• Performance Ford Service• Travelodge Hotel• Veteran Cab• Jamieson Laboratories

(Vitamins in stores)• Tilbury Cement• Windsor Salt• Beach Grove Golf and

Country Club• Comfort Suites• Green Shield Canada

Shop Wisely – ShopUnion – Shop Unifor

We would like to take this op-portunity to thank the member-ship and their families forpatronizing the facilities weserve and buying the productswe build. Buying Unifor union-ized products re-inforces ourcommitment to our commu-nity. Thank you!

Raising the CommunityStandard of Living

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LOCAL 200

WW hen I was a young ladback in grade school inthe late 60s and early 70s,

I can clearly remember my schoolmates arguing about many, manythings. Sometimes the argumentswould end up turning into a schoolyard fight (clearly those days weredifferent times). I always remem-ber the last words you would hearfrom one of the combatants beforethe swinging started. “Oh ya, whatare you going to do about it?”

My childhood is long gone nowbut there are still many “fights” toget involved in. It is just done in adifferent, non-physical way now,and it is certainly about different is-sues!

This fall we have what is prob-ably one of the most importantFederal Elections in the history ofour country taking place. In myopinion, there are many major is-sues that are important to all of us(as working people) that our cur-rent Federal Government is not

properly addressing. That needs tochange.

Our healthcare system is beingdecimated by all the budget cuts tothe provinces from the Feds. Ourcountry lacks an affordable na-tional childcare plan. We bleedgood manufacturing jobs every daybecause we lack a competitiveauto/manufacturing strategy. Wedesperately need a policy thatkeeps us on the same playing fieldas our competitors vying for workin other countries. We need to havea stronger CPP system in place tohelp Canadians when they reach re-tirement age. The list of things thatneed to change is endless… Thecurrent chef has fooled us with dif-ferent recipes for far too long nowand never been able to get it right.Time for a new chef!

I hear many people com-plain and state their opinions onwhat is going on in our country.My question is this, and it takes meback to my grade school days…

”What are you going to do aboutit?”

The pages in this magazine arefilled with facts and figures show-ing that the current government’spolicies are not doing what theyneed to d o . I am n o t g o i n gt o g o over/through them again inthis article, the facts speak loudlyfor themselves. They (the currentfederal government) are certainlynot doing what I believe they needto do to fix the problems, but arewe going to do what we need todo? What are you going to doabout it?

Please, please take some timeto get involved. Get educated, readup on the issues and make an in-formed choice. Volunteer some ofyour time for the candidate of yourchoice.

If we are not part of the solu-tion then we are the cause of theproblem, and we will have to livewith what we have created.

Enough said. . . .

Elections andAccountability

ByDAN CASSADY

SecretaryTreasurer

Unifor Local 200

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Canada’s Auto Policy Mexico’s Auto PolicyVERSUS

AA s you know by now, the HarperConservatives have droppedthe ‘writ’ triggering the cam-

paign period for the upcoming October19th election; thus making it thelongest in 90 years, eleven weeks in-stead of the traditional five weeks.

Elections Canada estimates that atraditional 37-day campaign, the min-imum required by law, would costroughly $375 million to the federalgovernment in administration fees.Now that the writ has been dropped,the official election campaigning com-mences and the political parties willapply pressure to Canadians to supporttheir initiatives. Fair Elections Act

Last year, the Conservative Gov-ernment introduced their poorly namedbill, “The Fair Elections Act”. Thispiece of legislation had a number ofitems buried deep within it. Whilemost attention focused on the fact thatit made it harder, if not impossible, formillions of Canadians to be able tovote. It did this by nullifying the his-torically used system of vouching forindividuals that do not have a perma-nent address as one example. It alsointroduced the fixed election date ofOctober 19th and held some interest-ing ‘election time’ proposals that mostpeople paid no attention to.By The Numbers

A campaign that runs for 37 dayswill see spending limits of $28 milliondollars per federal party campaign.With the extension of the campaign toa total of 78 days, you would think theparties have to stretch their dollars fur-ther over this extended period of time.However this is not the case. In fact,the Fair Elections Act says that forevery day over the 37-day traditional

campaign period, a party will be ableto spend approximately $685,000 perday more. When we do the math thatmeans a new spending limit of $53million dollars based on the 78 daysthis election covers.Why does it matter?

You may be asking why this mat-ters to you? After all, political partiesare responsible for their own financingduring an election right? The answeris ‘kind of’. They are definitely re-sponsible for their own fundraising, towhich the Conservatives are betterthan anyone else. In fact they are thebest by far and raise tens of millions ofdollars more than the other partiesprior to an election. Did you know thatas a taxpayer, you and I pay 50% backto all the parties once the election cam-paign starts?

That is correct, once the PrimeMinister ‘dropped the writ’, the elec-tion campaign had begun and everysingle dollar spent by the parties be-come reimbursable by 50%. So, if theConservatives spend the limit of $53million dollars, the taxpayers are onthe hook for $26.5 million as a reim-

bursement to the party. This does noteven take into account what the otherparties will get back as reimburse-ments.

So, to recap this, the Conservativeshave the most in fundraising. Theywill outspend the other two partiescombined in this election based ontheir large corporate donors. The tax-payer will pay 50% of their entire bill,so essentially, every attack ad you seeon television until October 19th, you,the taxpayer, paid half the cost.

Setting things upfor the Future

Many people believe that PrimeMinister Harper is setting the Conser-vatives up to be even more dangerousin the future by having the ability toget so much back from the taxpayer.Think about this.

Let us assume the next election infour years will be a traditional 37-daycampaign. That will mean the Conser-vatives will have a spending limit of$28 million dollars. After the 2015

I WILL VOTELOCAL 444

ByDINO CHIODO

UniforLocal 444 Presidentdchiodo@uni444.ca

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Unifor Local 444 officers and members from the Human Rights & AffirmativeAction Committee are seen presenting funds to Ken Lori, Director of the MeetingHouse which is an outreach group who operates thrift stores for food banks orsocial services to help those on need.

election, the Conservatives will get arebate cheque of $26.5 million dollarsmeaning that we the taxpayer, have al-most singlehandedly paid for that fu-ture election and they do not have toworry about fundraising.

With the wealthiest of individualsand corporations backing them, it isnot hard to see that the Conservativeswish to begin a campaign early to de-plete the resources of the other politi-cal parties. My hope is that Canadiansrecognize the attacks on their rightsand freedoms by the Conservativesover the past decade. Their record in-cludes demonstrating their hiddenagenda to pick winners or losers bysigning many free trade agreements,selling our jobs, all the while disman-tling and disintegrating our basic val-ues surrounding public health care,moving towards a privatization model,destroying environmental controls ,diminishing workers rights and re-ducing the standard of living for allworking class people.

Workers’ PrioritiesIt is important to remember what

our priorities, as workers are when wego to the ballot box. Many membershave a difficult time relating politics tothe work of the union but it is inter-laced at many levels. Take for in-stance, the economy. When theeconomy was in bad shape during therecess ion of 2008/09 andChrysler approached the Governmentfor loans (loans that were all paid backahead of schedule unlike bank bailoutsthat were never repaid), they, the Con-servatives, made a big show of ‘play-ing tough’ with labour unions anddemanding further concessions of theworkers before they would lend themoney.

Manufacturing in this country is animmensely important industry that hasbeen a lifeblood to hundreds of thou-

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sands of working Canadians fordecades, yet the Conservative Govern-ment, led by Stephen Harper and lo-cally, Jeff Watson were willing to letthe industry die. If not die, they weredefinitely willing and anxious to takethings away from workers to makethem feel agitated and insecure at atime that true leadership would havebeen to instil hope and confidence.

We would ask you to consider afew things. What would $15 a daychild care mean to working families inthis country? Is it important for goodjobs to be here for our children? Dowe want to ensure we have security inretirement not just for ourselves butalso for our friends, family and othersin the community? When you get tothe answers to these questions and ifthat answer is yes, then the Conserva-tives are not the party for our future inCanada. Have a look below to seesome of the things that happened underthe Stephen Harper regime.

What has the HarperGovernment brought usin a decade?

• Senate Scandal• Elimination of Door-to-DoorPostal Service

• Moving towards US-style (privatefor-pay) heath care

• Privacy and basic civil rightsabuse with Bill C-51

• No Comprehensive Auto or Manu-facturing Policies

• Anti-Union Bill-377 • On the verge of a second recession• So called ‘Fair Elections Act’ thatpotentially prohibits millions ofCanadians from voting

• Contempt for Canada and ourdemocracy

• Cheated in the 2006 Election -Voter Robo-Calls

• Turned Canada's Surplus into Debt• $36 Billion in Health Care cuts• Veterans affairs office closuresand cutbacks

• Working towards deregulating our

banking industry (US Style)• Underfunding transfer payments tothe Provinces to undermine the en-tire Health Care system

• Shut down Parliament when con-venient for them... Twice

• Actively working to replace thestable CPP with the untested PRPP

• Income splitting that benefits therich and leaves out low incomeearners

• Wasteful G20 spending• Not a single new child care spaceafter promising 125,000

• Cancelled the Kelowna accord• $29 billion on 65 stealth fighterjets

• Eliminated the long form census(which gave critical data to metrichow Canada was doing economi-cally and socially on a globalscale)

• Billions in subsidies given to oilcompanies and banks

• Gone is our international reputa-tion as Peacekeepers

• Produced a 200 page "Manual ofDirty Tricks"

• Muzzling of the media by ‘freez-ing’ out all but a few handpickedjournalists

• Muzzling of Canadian Scientists• Has done nothing about climatechange or the environment (otherthan move us backwards)

• Raising of the personal income taxrate for the lowest bracket

• Giving Big Corporations Taxbreaks

• Huge cuts to fishery and habitatprotection 2.5 million lakes andrivers to 159 lakes

Fiat ChryslerAutomobiles (FCA)WindsorAssembly Plant

Windsor Assembly is a successstory in a manufacturing industry thathas been decimated by cuts and clo-sures. With the announcement of the

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$2.2 billion investment to facilitate thelaunch of the next generation minivan,we as a membership need to reflectand appreciate the fact that we gavethis company the tools it needed forsuccess.

When we came out of the 2009bankruptcy there was a tremendousamount of uncertainty about the plantand our future. With the entire auto in-dustry in jeopardy we were mandatedby the Government to take cuts to ourcollective agreement. As well, wewere forced to embrace changes to ourtraditional work culture, which werecontroversial to say the least.

Now it is our opportunity to holdthe company accountable to providethe resources needed to implement theprocess they have dictated to us.

We as a membership were held ac-countable to embrace the WCM prin-ciples, which in turn helped us EARNinvestment. It is now our turn to holdthe Company accountable to the pillarsof WCM as dictated to us by them.

Our collective futures at FCA willbe determined, in the long run, by in-vestment and this $2 billion is a greatstart and should allow us some sense

utensils if you don’t purchaseanything,

• The EDR being closed from 4 a.m.to 7 a.m. Sunday through Thursdayleaving nothing available betweenthose hours. The workplace committee is in on-

going talks with management in re-gards to these issues and will keep themembers informed of progress.

The Guest Services department hascreated a new computer program totrack the rotation of the GSR and thecommittee feels this should fix theconcerns that have been raised over thelack of fair rotation. The committeewill continue to monitor the rotation tomake sure everything continues to runsmoothly.

The workplace committee is con-tinuously trying to address the con-cerns with management regardingstaffing levels. They are having anumber of concerns from differentclassifications where workers not get-ting (or taking) their breaks. The col-lective agreement clearly states thatmembers are entitled to breaks; whenit is time for your break, please notifyyour supervisor so that you can takeyour much deserved break period. Ifyou are having issues with manage-ment not providing you with yourbreak, please call your representative.Point Edward Casino

Your Bargaining Committee hasdone a tremendous job of capturing allof your issues, writing the proposedlanguage and presenting the non-mon-etary issues to the OLG. Vice Presi-dent Doug Boughner, your BargainingCommittee along with myself, havejust recently wrapped a week longround of bargaining in Brantford On-tario with all the Unifor representedOLG facilities. All of these sites votedand unanimously agreed upon themost important core issues and mainpriorities for all of our Unifor repre-sented OLG workers. With the govern-ments “Modernization Plan” fastapproaching, we all recognize thatPensions, Benefits, Scope of Work,

of security. However, we cannot getcomplacent and must recognize that ifGovernments don’t enact Trade Legis-lation that helps Canadian manufactur-ers, we will surely be on the losing endof investment decisions in the future.This is just one more reason we needto ensure our vote counts in the up-coming October 19th election.Caesars Windsor

Recently, Chairperson Dana Dun-phy and the workplace committee metwith Caesars on the idea of offeringearly retirement packages to our eligi-ble members.

They will be having a follow upmeeting later in August to see if pack-ages can be implemented and managedwith in depth conversation on this pro-posal. This would be a great benefitand opportunity to the entire member-ship and would allow those who wantto retire the ability to do so. At thesame time any retirements that comefrom this proposal will preserve juniorjobs and add a sense of security tothose members.

The new employee dining room(EDR) has reopened with a number ofconcerns being raised by the member-ship and the committee. Just a few ofthe issues are:• Items are overpriced,• The menu does not change, • The cost (and mere charging) of

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Local 444 officers Mike D’Agnolo, Doug Boughner, Casino ChairpersonDana Dunphy, Dino Chiodo and Dave Cassidy join in the LGBTQ communityflag-raising ceremony for the 2015 Pride Fest.

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and Full Time to Part Time Ratios arethe most important common issuesfacing our members today. The Point Edward bargaining com-

mittee will be back at the bargainingtable to deal with all of the local issuesSept 8th - 11th. We have high expec-tations to close out these issues duringthat time. On September 17th and18th, the main table group will be backat the bargaining table to deal with thecore issues raised above. Finally, ourgoal will be to conclude on September22nd and 23rd. All of this bargainingis extremely difficult as the OLG isdoing their best to make all contractsseem as inexpensive as possible undertheir “Modernization Plan” forprospective buyers. It has been a longroad but we sincerely ask for your sup-port and solidarity over the next fewmonths, as it is imperative to show theOLG that our members are united anddeserve a fair and respectable collec-tive agreement.

Health Care RallyWith the recent decision of the

Harper Government to cut $36 billionin Health Care transfer payments to theProvinces, Canadians should be verynervous as to the future state of theprogram. This is a program that hasbeen cherished by millions of peoplefor over 53 years and is now in jeop-ardy of becoming a U.S. style, pay-as-you-go system. Let me be clear, thecontinued privatization of our healthcare system in Canada will impactevery single person in this countrynegatively. With soaring costs in theUnited States, health care bankruptciesare commonplace. That is not the vi-sion for Canada that Tommy Douglashad when he pioneered a system thatcountries around the globe have enviedfor years.

The Provinces are unanimous intheir calls to the Federal Governmentto not cut the funding as this justdownloads more cost to the individualprovinces. The $36 billion the Conser-vatives just took from Health Care willnow go to reduce their deficit but hasto be made up somehow. This moneywill inevitably come from you and I as

the taxpayers. This is not a Govern-ment that reduced taxes, it is one thathas hidden them in different places thatmost people do not recognize.

As Health Care is one of the largestissues facing us as a generation we areinviting you to a Health Care Rally atthe Ciociaro Club, located at 3745North Talbot Road in Oldcastle onWednesday August 26. The event willbegin at 10 a.m. and end by Noon, itwill be followed with a BBQ. Guestspeakers will include Jerry Dias, UniforNational President, Dr. Ryan Meili,Canadian Doctors of Medicare, NatalieMehra, Ontario Health Coalition andAdam Vasey from Pathway To Poten-tial. Labour Day 2015

Come join us for a day of fun andsolidarity recognizing Labour Day onMonday, September 7th. Marshallingwill begin at 9:00 am at the Union Hallon Turner Road with the parade begin-ning at 10:00 am. The UnemployedHelp Centre will be collecting freshfoods and canned goods along the pa-rade route.

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In our six short years participating in the International DragonBoat Competition, the Local 444 Dragon Boat team “LoCAL444 THe CURe” has raised over $100,000 in support of ourmembers and the community as a whole. Money raised staysin the Windsor/ essex County area and has directly fundedequipment used in early detection and treatment of breastcancer. These funds and the equipment together have saved

countless lives and will continue to have a positive impacton people who unfortunately have to battle this disease.A huge debt of gratitude goes to Local 444, for fully support-ing this event. This disease primarily attacks the women inour lives, but with amazing people raising money, Local 444and a Dragon on our side, we’re slowly winning the battle!

Education! Education! EducationLOCAL 444

By DAVE CASSIDYUnifor Local 444 Secretary Treasurer,

President of Windsor-essex Skilled Tradesdcassidy@uni444.ca

ApprenticeshipsALL PARTIES involved could

not be more pleased with how wellthe Apprenticeship program isgoing. There will be no more addedthis year but we are working hard toexpedite second and third year intoearly 2016. I check in with our ap-prentices from time to time and theyseemed thrilled with no regrets sofar. I truly hope I can get this pro-gram going once again. Not toomany days go by that people don'task for a chance to re-write, or justrun another whole program. I'mlooking at numbers, trying to makea business case for another model.Will see what contract brings.Buy what yourneighbour builds

I was a little dismayed walkingthrough the parking lot during OURunion picnic and seeing all the for-eign built vehicles in the lot. MaybeI am a little old school in my think-ing - but folks if everyone bought aforeign built vehicle we would beout of a job.

We are all aware that in today’sglobal economy some parts on do-mestic cars are from overseas, andeven some models are assembledelsewhere. But the fact remains thata nation that abandons its core man-ufacturing base is committing itselfto economic dependence on overseascorporations and countries.

It is the union (in this case automanufacturing) in North America'sBig Three that believes in a higherWORTH of its workers, (reflected insalary, benefits, etc.). This is whywe support Big Three auto. For wesupport higher worth for Workers. Itmust have been the week I was

having, but shortly after the picnic Isaw a local elected official driving aNissan Van. A direct competitor toour minivan? Are you kidding me?What message are you sending toyour neighbours and to your com-munity?

I decided to send him a message,on behalf of all the working brothersand sisters who work hard in connec-tion to our van! Many of us are de-pendent on that van and when I sawthat elected official in that van Icould not help but consider it a totalslap to our membership, our familiesand our communities’ faces. Shameon him and I assure you my note tohim reflected exactly what I thoughtof his ignorance to our membership!By the way he is part of our mem-bership and is employed at our plantand he made sure he reminded methat it was nobody's business how hespent his money.

We need the Country, let aloneEssex County, to believe in the pre-sent and future of our Canadian man-ufacturing!

UAW contract talks-Payment is due

Contract talks could not come ata better time. The Big Three’s bot-tom line is healthy and billions arebeing made. Like us, those workersbegan making sacrifices seven yearsago to help these corporations getout of the trouble they got them-selves into. Like us they will belooking to be fairly compensated forthose sacrifices. Payment is due. Imust admit every time the UAW ne-gotiates I have hope, but they alwaysseem to let me down.

We will be watching our UAWFCA brothers and sisters closely.FCA has lower labour costs, at 47 anhour while GM is at 55 and Ford at57. The union members narrowlyapproved the last contract, with thelowest rate vote ever at just 55 per-

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Unifor Local 444 Secretary Treasurer Dave Cassidy is seen addressing theArea Retirees Chapter on the concerns of cutting $36 billion towards healthcare to all the provinces from the Federal government and what the impactit will have on each and every Canadian.

cent in favour when they weren’t "al-lowed" to strike (part of the bail-outdeal).

CEO Sergio has said that he’dlike to see the industry vanquish thetwo-tier pay system. We all knowwith Chrysler (U.S.) having thehighest percentage of lower-tieredworkers, Sergio is benefiting signif-icantly more than the other two com-panies with this system. The gap issure to go, but go in the wrong direc-tion! He wants to make everyonejump through hoops to try andEARN profit sharing instead of justgiving anyone a raise. I again canonly hope that the UAW does notbuy his snake oil. Almost half themembership did not buy it last time,let's hope the leadership and mem-bership are on the same page thistime. With Michigan and Indianabeing so called "right to work"states, a no vote may not be the onlything UAW has to worry about in re-gards to their membership. I learnedlong ago it's always best to be aunion of the people FOR the people! Federal Election- WillJack's words ringtrue?

The campaigns have begun andby all accounts so far this electionwill be a nail biter! All three majorparties have a real chance at formingthe next government. The latest pollhas the man who said, "I will neverwaver from rock solid commitmentto work with automakers, to workwith the province to attract invest-ment in auto assembly in this greatcity, because I believe the best daysare ahead for auto in this country."Mulcair and the NDP are leading thepolls! He said these words at a rally

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in Windsor before leaving in a . . .wait for it . . . CHRYSLER MINI-VAN!!! He gets it!

What is alarming to most Cana-dians is the Conservatives’ plan tocut 36 billion dollars from healthcare. The Conservative governmentlet the Health Accord expire last yearafter having only modest success inreducing surgical wait times and cre-ating better electronic health records.Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mul-cair has pledged that if his partyforms government, he will renew theHealth Accord and return the $36billion in funding to the provinces.

For me it's an easy choice. I deal

day in and day out fighting for work-ers, not corporations. It's who I amand I do believe with a labour-friendly party who gets the impor-tance of manufacturing, gaming,healthcare, etc., etc., that our fightwould be less uphill. I will leave youwith a quote that seems to ring moretrue these days than ever before.

"There is going to be realchange that comes from thePEOPLE of this country whoare tired of being played!” JackLayton (1950- 2011)

I am tired of being played, areyou?

Your Future . . .October 19th

LOCAL 195ByGERRYFARNHAMPresident,Unifor Local 195

Greetings, Brothers and Sisters,We have the opportunity this fall

to elect a government that will be forthe working class people, however itwill only happen if YOU VOTE!

Stephen Harper's re-election strat-egy depends on a lot of you not vot-ing. And if you mess with his plan byshowing up at the polling station onElection Day, he's prepared for that,too: he's made it a lot harder for youto vote.

The prime minister has made itso much harder that "many tens ofthousands" of Canadians may be de-nied their constitutional right to casta ballot in the upcoming federal elec-tion, according to Harry Neufeld, for-mer chief electoral officer for BritishColumbia.

Harper has mostly managed toavoid being accused of Republican-style voter suppression, and the law-suits, among other tactics, employedto challenge voting lists stateside. Butrecent changes to Canada's electionlaws under the so-called Fair Elec-tions Act will make it considerablymore difficult for many low-incomeand marginalized Canadians to exer-cise their constitutional right. Thatcould help Harper get re-elected inwhat is shaping up to be an extremelyclose election in October and why itis vital for our members and theirfamilies, friends, neighbours to getout and vote.

According to the groups, a mere6,201 votes across 14 ridings handedthe Conservative party a majority in2011. Even though he's had the sup-port of less than 40 per cent of Cana-dians, Harper has held power foralmost a decade by focusing on get-ting out the vote among his loyal

base, who tend to be older and moreaffluent.

The Conservatives put the newelection laws in place ostensibly inresponse to the national outcry overthe robocall scandal, in which partyoperatives were accused of using au-tomated phone calls to direct non-Conservative voters to the wrongpolling stations on election day. Themisleading calls were reported in rid-ings across the country and appearedto be targeted based on informationfrom closely guarded Conservativeparty data.

Stephen Harper's re-election strat-egy depends on a lot of you not vot-ing. And if you mess with his plan byshowing up at the polling station onElection Day, he's prepared for that,too: he's made it a lot harder for youto vote.

It appears he will come up withor attempt to win in any manner pos-sible! Let’s show him that nothingwill work this time and let’s defeatthe Conservatives once and for all!

Facilities that we have ratifiedwith new agreements for:PROVINCIAL CHRYSLER ratifieda new 3-year agreement on Wednes-day, April 8th by a 68% margin.Highlights of this agreement are asfollows: Numerous language im-provements, increases in each year oftheir pension, increase in the preptime for negotiations to be paid. Newmonthly bonus structure plan, onenew sick day in each year. Wageguarantee is now back to 40 hours aweek. Wage increases .25 cents ineach year of this agreement and a$500.00 signing bonus to all employ-ees. As well, there is a letter of intent

to bring in the Alfa Romeo business.This should create more clientele.Congratulations to the bargainingcommittee which consisted of MarkRuston, Chairperson; David Fletcher,Vice Chairperson; Ken Dellow, Sec-retary; John Toth, 1st Vice president;Unifor Local 195, Gerry Farnham,President Unifor Local 195, andMike Lovric, Unifor Staff Rep.

MOTORCITY CHRYSLER - Oneand two units reached a tentativeagreement on Thursday, April 23,2015. Bargaining went right to thewire, as we were deadlined for Sun-day, April 26, 2015, at 12:01 a.m.Therefore the Technicians toolswould have had to be removed on theFriday, April 24, 2015.

We had done a marathon of bar-gaining throughout that week, whichincluded until midnight WednesdayApril 22, 2015. On a couple of occa-sions the employer would walk awayand we were prepared to strike thisfacility if necessary. We had alreadyscheduled an information/ratificationmeeting for 5:00 p.m. for Unit 1 and8:00 p.m. for Unit 2, as it appeared anagreement was not going to be had.However, at 4:45 p.m. the Companyfinally came to the plate to get us towhere the bargaining committees feltthey needed to be in order to achievea tentative agreement that wouldpass. We brought both tentativeagreements reached and the follow-ing highlights.

MOTORCITY CHRYSLERUNIT 1 – ratified a new 3-year agree-

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ment. The Highlights are: NewWomen’s Advocate, numerous lan-guage improvements for both unitsand the following for Unit 1: In-creases to their Apprenticeship pro-gram, bereavement allowance, floaterholidays increased by one more inyear 2 and 3, as well as their birthday.Paid vacations - an additional oneweek of vacation paid for employeeswith 15 plus years of seniority at 8%.Wage guarantee will now be at 36hours per week with a new bonusstructure and a .20 cent an hour in-crease each year to all hourly em-p l o y e e s w i t h e x c e p t i o n t ocounter-person.

Also, a letter of Commitment tohave the appropriate training by qual-ified individuals to assist those em-ployees who have been unable toobtain the bonus structure. Thisagreement ratified at 68%. Congrat-ulations to the bargaining committeewhich consisted of Charles Dezeure,Chairperson; Remi Renaud, Commit-tee; Donald Drake, Committee; JohnToth, 1st Vice President, Unifor Local195; Gerry Farnham, President, Uni-for Local 195 and Mike Lovric, Uni-for Staff Representative.

MOTORCITY CHRYSLERUNIT 2 (Office & Sales) – ratified anew 3-year agreement. Highlightsare: Women’s Advocate, new classi-fication Internet Sales Specialists.New discount program for employeepurchases, new training school al-lowances, bereavement leave, newcommission and bonus structure. Anadditional paid floater holiday in eachyear, one week of vacation at 8% forthose employees with 15 years of ser-vice and over and .20 cent wage in-creases in each year to all hourlyemployees excluding sales persons,business managers and part-time em-ployees. This agreement ratified by

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Independent Parts Supplieron May 29th, Unifor President Gerry Farnham, Local 195 and Inde-pendent Parts Supplier (IPS) Council President greets Representa-tives from essex and Kent County at a very important IPS meeting.

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a 70% margin. Congratulations is inorder to the bargaining committeeconsisting of Bill Echlin, Chairper-son; Wayne Rogers, Committee;Robert Stewart, Committee; JohnToth, 1st Vice President, Unifor Local195; Gerry Farnham, President, Uni-for Local 195 and Mike Lovric, Uni-for Staff Representative.VELTRI HOWARD - ratified a new3-year agreement on Sunday May 2,2015 by an 85% margin. After someintense bargaining by this Commit-tee, we were able to defend our posi-tion of NO Concessions and bring tothe membership the following high-lights: numerous language improve-ments, increases to life insurance, anadditional week of paid vacation forour members with 15 years of serviceor more. The rescinding of the com-panies proposal on the percentagewith respect to hours of work, theCompany has committed to go tostraight 8 hour shifts within onemonth, 3% annually each year of thisagreement on their RRSP. Two PPH’sin each year, one year dropped off tothe progression rate on new hires,was 7 now will be 6 years, as well, anadditional $1.00 increase to $21.00.Lump sum payments totaling$1750.00 = $750.00 year 1, $500.00year 2 and $500.00 year 3.

Also is a commitment letter thatis committing to two new high techpresses that will create approximately12-18 new jobs. Congratulations tothe bargaining committee which con-sisted of Greg Meloche, Chairperson;Rick Walach, Vice Chairperson; KenBerthiaume, Committee; FrankPineda, Committee; Frank Stimac,Weld Tech Committee; Rob Mom-ney, Skilled Trade Committee; JohnToth, 1st Vice President, Unifor Local195; Gerry Farnham, President, Uni-for Local 195 and Mike Lovric, Uni-for Staff Representative.

DETROIT WINDSOR TUNNEL -ratified a new 3-year agreement.Highlights in this new agreement areas follows: Numerous language im-provements, for the part-time workersthey were able to bargain after 4 yearsof seniority, their vacation pay wouldgo from the standard 4% to 6%, twoextra holidays in each year of thisagreement and a .45 cent increaseyear one, two and three. The full-timemembers will receive vacation in-creases which changed the progres-sion from 4 years to 10 years = 3weeks, 10 years to 20 years = 4weeks entitlement, 20 plus years = 5weeks entitlement. Increases in theirvision and eye exams. Clothing al-lowance increases, increases in shiftpremium and a new midnight shiftrate on the premium. Wage increasesto all skilled trades of .50 cents, .50cents, .50 cents with an additional .25cent increase to the electrician classi-fication.

All non-skilled full-time classifi-cations currently making $25.65 plusCOLA will receive the followinglump sums in lieu of wages of$1000.00 in year 1, $750.00 year 2and $750.00 year 3. COLA will con-tinue to run and grow accordingly.Congratulations to the bargainingcommittee which consisted of Lyn-wood Brush, Chairperson; John Van-

Ham, Recording Secretary; Tony Di-Giovanni, Committeeperson; JohnToth, Vice President, Unifor 195;Gerry Farnham, President, Unifor195 and Mike Renaud, Unifor StaffRepresentative.COLONIAL TOOL - ratified a new 3year agreement by a 89% margin onJuly 30-15. Highlights of this agree-ment are: Numerous language im-provements, service allowanceincrease of $1.25 and will be rolledinto the base rate, vision improve-ment, safety boots increased, an in-crease to their defined contributionplan to those workers who came overfrom Advance, C.O.L.A. will con-tinue to run with a 24 cent float, 64cents of the C.O.L.A. was rolled in tothe wages as well as a 25 cent in-crease in each year of this agreementbringing the wages to $31.18 plusC.O.L.A. for a machinist “B” and to$31.85 plus C.O.L.A. for machinist“A” as well all employees will re-ceive a $250.00 bonus in each year ofthis agreement.

Congratulations is in order to thebargaining committee which con-sisted of: Kurt Girard, Chair; WadeBoose, Committee; Denis Gauvreau,Committee; Tony Ciampa, SecretaryTreasurer, Unifor 195; Gerry Farn-ham, President Unifor 195 and MinaSarajcic, Unifor Staff Representative.

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Unifor Local 195 Members from Detroit / Windsor Tunnel bargaining unitare seen reviewing the details of the new 3-year collective agreement whichwas ratified by 68%.

LOCAL 195

True Meaning of LabourDay & Federal Election

ByTONY

CIAMPASecretary Treasurer

Unifor Local 195

LL abour Day is more than a dayoff. It is a time to celebratethe key role that workers play

in building our economy. It is also atime to come together as a labourcommunity and reflect on what isneeded to enhance the well-being ofall workers and their families. Thefailing economy and the govern-ment’s austerity programs have ledto layoffs, contracting out, and theprivatization of public services.Families are struggling to make endsmeet while the rich are getting richer.

The government has underminedthe work of the labour movement,they have interfered with collectivebargaining and attacked unions. ThisLabour Day, let’s make a commit-ment to fight for change, let’s ensurethat all workers have the right to fairwages, that older workers can retirewith dignity and that seniors andfamilies have access to the healthcare they deserve.

Let’s make a commitment to be-come involved in the upcoming Fed-eral election.

Canada’s Federal 42nd generalelection is scheduled to occur Octo-ber 19, 2015. Harper’s majority gov-ernment has failed Canada in anumber of areas. As JohnCartwright, the president of theToronto and York Region LabourCouncil stated in an article to theStar.com. “This government hasoverseen the largest privatization ofmunicipal services in Canada’s his-tory through requirements that allmajor infrastructure projects be car-ried out as “public-private partner-ships.”

They have refused to renew theCanada Health Accord and are cut-ting $36 billion from health care

funding across Canada. Although theConservatives have been retreatingon some aspects of the TemporaryForeign Worker Program, they ush-ered in a massive expansion of theprogram that both exploit migrantworkers and undermine local wagestandards.” Let me expand on anumber of these issues:HEALTH: On March 32, 2014 theCanada Health Accord expired andthe Harper government failed torenew the agreement. The accord isan agreement between the Federalgovernment and the provinces andterritories which provides stablefunding and sets national standardsfor health care. It also sets goals forwait times, home care, prescriptiondrugs and primary care. Without anagreement the provinces and territo-ries could lose over 36 billion infunding. This will impact the avail-ability of programs, services andsupports available in our community.JOBS: Most of the jobs that havebeen created under this government

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are part-time and precarious. In a re-cent report prepared by the UniforResearch Department economistsJim Stanford and Jordan Brennan,which compared the performance ofthe economy under current and pastprime ministers, revealed that sincethe Harper government was electedthe total employment has only in-creased at an annual average of only1.0% per year. The unemploymentrate has averaged 7.1 % under thisgovernment which is the 6th worstamong Post-War Prime Ministers. Interms of youth, in 2014 there wereless youth working than in 2006.This is impacting the ability of fam-ilies to meet their basic needs.ECONOMIC RECORD: In2006 when Harper was elected, theunemployment rate was 6.6 %, cur-rently it is 6.8% and increasing. Wehave lost over 400,000 manufacturingjobs. This has impacted the availabilityof good jobs as well as people’s spend-ing power which in turn impacts oureconomy. We need a government that is

Local 195 Bargaining Committee from Colonial Tool ratified their collectiveagreement by 88%. From left to right: Dennis Gauvreau, Kurk Girard andWade Booze. Standing are Gerry Farnham and Tony Ciampa.

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TONY CIAMPA. . . cont’d

committed to building an economythat sustains jobs with decent wagesfor the next generation.RETIREMENT SECURITY:

A large portion of Canadiansdon’t have access to a pension planwhile those who have pension planshave been negatively impacted bythe recession. In 2013, the govern-ment voted against an NDP motionto expand the pension plan and hasstated that any mandatory expansionof the pension plan would kill jobs,hurt the economy and burden fami-lies with extra costs. This past May,the government “flip-flopped” on theissue and announced that they arelooking into an expansion. But thisrecent announcement was short ofspecifics, it simply stated that overthe summer the government wouldbe consulting experts on "options"for allowing voluntary contributionsto the CPP. Their position is thatCanadians should take it upon them-selves to save their own money forretirement. This stand is not takinginto consideration all those Canadi-ans who work in part-time and inprecarious jobs. Without adequateretirement income, we will see an in-crease in reduced living standardsfor seniors as well as an increase inseniors’ poverty.

Is this an acceptable track recordof a government that says that theycare about Canada and Canadians?Over the next few months, becomefamiliar with the platforms of the po-litical parties and their position onthese critical issues. Before castingyour vote this fall, reflect on these is-sues and make your vote count. Let’sstand together to enhance the well-being of workers and their families.

Happy Labour Day! Hope to seeyou at the Labour Day Parade.

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Health Care . . .Our Biggest Priority

ByTULLIODIPONTI

Secretary TreasurerUnifor Local 2458

LOCAL 2458

TT he Harper Conservatives havecontinually stated that HealthCare is a priority for them

however their actions prove to thecontrary. From the constant down-loading of services and the elimina-tion of over $36 billion dollars intransfer payments to the Provinces,we should be able to see exactlywhat their priorities are and it is cer-tainly not to public Health Care.

The so-called Mega Hospitalbeing located on County Road 42 issupposed to help us in this regionwith our wait times, more beds andsupposedly, increased services.However, how can we even considerthis based on today’s needs when itis going to take upwards of ten yearsbefore it is even in place? By thetime the new Hospital is created, wecould very well, have a whole newset of issues and problems related toHealth Care in the region.

If we compound our wait timeissues at area hospitals that will takea decade to fix and add the long-termbed shortage; we are certainly ap-proaching, if not already in a crisis.Currently over 800 people in theWindsor/Essex region are awaitinglong-term care beds, a staggeringnumber in a time when we shouldhave the best, most well fundedHealth Care system in the world.

Government leadership isneeded on this issue, Health Care isa priority to every single Canadianand if we do not stand up and speakto the importance of keeping it Uni-versal we will be in for a terrible pri-vatized system that will resemblethat of the United States. In 2007Harvard University did a study thatconcluded that 60% of all personalbankruptcies in the United States

were due to Health Care bills. Ac-cording to the American Journal ofMedicine, in 2007 (the latest dataavailable), there were over 118,000bankruptcies in the U.S. during the3-month period of January to April,of which 60% or over 70,000 weredue to Health Care bills. Is this thevision for Canada that we want?The Harper Government took our

money from the Health Care system($36 billion dollars) to pay downtheir inflated deficit going into anelection period so that they wouldlook like they were good ‘stewardsof the economy’. Now those healthcare costs transfer to the Provincesthat will need to be made up by ei-ther raising taxes or eliminating ser-v i c e s . I n t h i s p r o c e s s , t h eConservatives have found a way tomake it look like the problems are at

the Provincial level when it liessquarely with them.

The lesson here? Get out andvote and let’s hold our elected repre-sentatives to account for their deci-sions, especially when it comes toour most precious of values, ourpublicly funded, universal healthcare system.

Health Care RallyPlease join us on August 26th at

the Health Care rally at the CiociaroClub of Windsor located at 3745 NTalbot Rd. in Oldcastle. It will beginat 10 a.m. and last until noon andwill be followed by a BBQ. Manyguest speakers will be in attendanceso we can get together and changethings for the better of this region.

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Unifor Local 2458 Pres. Bruce Dickie, Sec.-Treas. Tullio Diponti and GregJackson, Chair of the Wounded Warriors Board of Directors are seen at the9th Annual Wounded Warriors Golf Tournament in which approximately$25,000.00. In the past this event has helped raised funds to donate a FordFlex and a Chrysler Mini Van.

ByMIKe LoVRIC

National Rep.2345 Central Ave.

Windsor, oN N8W 4J1

• UNIFOR NATIONAL 4-PERSONSCRAMBLE GOLF TOURNAMENTSunday, September 12th 2015Deadline: August 31st, 2015Midland, ON

• UNIFOR REGIONAL TEXASHOLD’EM TOURNAMENTSunday, October 4th, 2015Deadline: September 25th, 2015Local 200/444 Hall

• UNIFOR RETIREES “SWEETPEPPER” TOURNAMENTWednesday, OctoberApps will be available in Sept.

Check our Website atwww.uniforsworc.ca

or join our group “UNIFoR SWoRC” on facebook for

applications, future tournamentsand results

SWORC

The members of SouthWestern Ontario Recreation Council are from var-ious Windsor & Essex-Kent County Locals representing their respective mem-bers. They volunteer and work within this council to ensure Unifor sponsoredtournaments run effectively so that our members can benefit from them. AllSWORC members volunteer their own time to attend monthly meetings andevents.

Our website www.uniforsworc.ca is a useful tool to download tourna-ment applications and to check the results of past tournaments. You may alsocontact your recreation chairperson and/or the tournament director throughour website. Therefore, if you don’t see any postings of tournaments in yourworkplace, you will see it on our website. Join our group on Facebook at“UNIFOR SWORC” for more information.

We encourage all Unifor members to participate and join in ourfriendly competitions.

Women’s FliteGross 1. Heather Brunelle Loc. 200

2. Therese Miller, Loc. 1973Net 1. K. Brennenstuhl. Loc.1498

2. Sonya Natyshak, Loc. 200Men’s A FliteGross 1. Bill Wallace, Loc. 584

2. Gerry Bump, Loc. 1959Net 1. Mike Lovric, Loc. 444

2. Mike Purdie, Loc.200Men’s B FliteGross 1. Rick Cojocari, Loc. 444

2. John Maurina, Loc. 1973Net 1. Mike Brown, Loc. 200

2. Pete Gelinas, Loc. 444Men’s C FliteGross 1. Curtis Campbell, Loc. 584

2. Tom Latouf, Loc. 200Net 1. Nick Pleli, Loc. 200

2. Jim Cousineau, Loc. 1959Men’s D FliteGross 1. Rob Brush, Loc. 1959

2. Pat Beadow, Loc. 1959Net 1. Glen Fox, Loc.200

2. Tony Conte, Loc. 1959

FISHING TOURNAMENTAnother successful fishing tour-

nament organized by Mal McIntoshand his volunteers. The weather wasabsolutely beautiful for the AnnualBud Jimmerfield Memorial FishingDerby held on May 17. A total of115 entries were received and ap-proximately 40 fish were measured.All those attending enjoyed greatfood, refreshments and swappingfish stories. Final results are as fol-lows:

Special Prize WinnersPerch1st - Robert Dotto, Loc. 444 12.75”2nd -Debbie Dotto, Loc. 444 12”3rd - Justin Goulin, Loc. 444 11.5”Pickerel1st - Cal Crosby, Loc. 200 30”2nd - R.. Gignac Sr. Loc. 444 29.5” 3rd - Mark Bondy, Loc.195 29”REGIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT

On May 24, we held our RegionalGolf Tournament. Congratulations tothe low rounds of the day, on thewomen’s side, Heather Brunelle ofLocal 200 shot 91 and on the men’sside, Bill Wallace of Local 584 shot a73. The Following qualified for theNational Tournament to be held onAugust 15th in St.Catharines:

Tel. 519-974-5334Fax 519-944-5248M 519-982-6997

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Mike.Lovric@unifor.org

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Monday, Sept. 7th, 2015Monday, Sept. 7th, 2015

Parade will start at 10 a.m. with marshalling beginning at9 a.m. from UNIFOR LOCAL 200/444 UNION HALL. The paraderoute will have us walking along Walker Rd. and turn on E.C.Row Service Road to the Fogolar Furlan Club.

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LOCAL 240

Mental Healthin the Workplace

ByTHeReSA

FARAoPresident,

Unifor Local 240

related to that illness than someone withno previous disability claim due to mentalhealth.

One Step in the right direction couldinvolve modifying benefit packages toinclude mental health days as a part ofsick day allotment; keeping into consid-eration that employees identified with amental illness will, almost certainly,need the use of more sick time than anemployee that does not fall into the cat-egory for a mental health diagnosis.

It is rather evident to me, that mentalhealth does increase the need of sicktime used by an employee. Without em-ployers having an understanding andworking with the employees, there is amuch higher risk of short/long term dis-ability claims, work performance issuesand further negative outcomes thatcould have otherwise been prevented.

Sick day or health day? Physical ormental health, attention to illness is re-quired to prevent worsening symptoms;both should be treated without discrim-ination to eliminate stigmas in the work-place.

Mental health problems need to berecognized in relation to sickness ab-sence, rehabilitation and prevention inall diagnosis.

Time for ChangeIf you haven’t felt the effects yet,

you will once you retire into a privatehealth care system.

You read it correctly. The Conser-vative Federal government continues toannounce devastating health care cuts of$36 billion over 10 years, as well as anadditional $16.5 billion cut to healthcare equalization payments.

We cannot afford to take a backseatwhen dealing with the current govern-ment; our lives depend on it. We aretalking about our health care system,

one that everyone has access to – fornow. Every life matters in every corner and itis not only our duty as Canadian citi-zens, but also as human beings to pro-tect one another… Make no mistake, weare under attack.

Please join us for an informationpicnic on August 26, 2015 at CiociaroClub, in Old Castle from 10 am –12pm. It is easy to take Health Care forgranted, but rest assured they will bestripped away if we do not act. Knowl-edge is power, action makes change.

We look forward to seeing each ofyou on August 26, to enjoy food andconversation while we join forces to en-sure our health services are safe for ourfuture, along with generations to come.Why Vote?Voting is one of the most basic tools

of democracy at your disposal. It isyour voice and using it is your tool tohave your say in who is going to repre-sent you for the next four or five yearsin this upcoming Federal Election. Vot-ing is your moment of power.

Together, we who care about childcare, affordable housing, education orhealth care, an election period is whenyou can mobilize voters to use their vot-ing power to influence the electionagenda and determine its outcome. Wehave the voting power to set the futurepolitical direction of Ontario andCanada, so let’s use it!We are Canadians! Let’s remind

the government what that means.

On Monday October 19, 2015 .

. . I’m Voting for Health Care!

Who Are You Voting For?

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AA sk yourself this, why is it accept-able to take a sick day to healthe body for physical illness, yet

there is a stigma to recharge/heal yourmind? Workers with mental health ill-nesses can be just as productive as otherworkers if they have access to the rightsupports. The understanding of mentalhealth having a direct cause and effecton work performance and sick timeused is often overlooked; however, it isa leading cause of disability around theworld.

Statistics show that people sufferingfrom severe mental health problems areabsent from work 12.1 days more thanthose without such problems; whereasindividuals with moderate mental healthproblems still had a higher absence of3.54 days per year than those withoutsuch problems. In the long run, to takea day off to balance the mind is benefi-cial to both the employee and the em-ployer. A sick day is a preventativehealth measure; nurturing both the bodyand mind are key to avoiding worst-casescenarios, such as mental breakdowns,stress leaves, suicidal ideations, etc.

An employee with a previous dis-ability claim is almost seven times morelikely to have another disability claim

83% of employees believe theyshould disclose their diagnosisto their employer, but 31% feltthat their supervisor would notbe understanding or supportive.

Mental Health is set to costmore than 20 billion dollars a

year in loss of productivity andworkdays.

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ByANGELA DIVITARISSecretary Treasurer

Unifor Local 240

LOCAL 240

Len Campbell Bursary

EEach year Local 240 awardsthe Len Campbell Bursary tothe son or daughter of a mem-

ber. The recipient is chosen based ontheir essay submitted regarding atopic of concern to organized labourin Canada.

This year’s award of $1,000 waspresented to Riley Beach, daughterof Paul Beach, Ford Motor Company- Office Unit. Riley will be studyingat the University of Windsor and willmajor in Arts & Science this fall.Congratulations Riley!

• • •RETIREES’ PICNIC

We held our Annual Retirees’Picnic on July 8th. We had a greatturnout and it was wonderful seeingall of our retirees and their spouses.Ken Lewenza joined us as a guestspeaker and explained the impor-tance of health care and the issuessurrounding us and invited everyoneto take part in the upcoming Rally onAugust 26th.

• • •MILESTONEBIRTHDAY “100”

Roger Kersey turned 100 on July13th. Roger is a Local 240 retiree outof the Ford Motor Company - OfficeUnit. Roger was hired at Ford MotorCompany in production and be-longed to Local 200. He then took ajob in scheduling teletype and waslater asked to move to the office as aLocal 240 member, where heworked in Export Supply. Rogerworked for Ford Motor Company for35 years and has now been retiredfor 40 years. A birthday celebrationwas held in July at the RiversideSportsmen Club. HAPPY BIRTH-DAY ROGER!

LOCAL 1941

President’s Report

LL ocal 1941 recently held theirExecutive Board Elections;the following have been

elected for the three year term: BobAshton, President; Chris Mason,Vice-President; Dean Mitchell, Sec-retary Treasurer; Paula Carson,Recording Secretary; Scott Dewar,Anne Mason and John Turton,Trustees; Mike Ouellette, Sergeant-At-Arms and Jason Johnson, Guide.

I would like to personally con-gratulate all, and look forward toworking with you, in representingthe Local 1941 membership.

We must now turn our attentionto Federal Election. Our currentConservative Government has con-tinuously made bad decisions for us,as Canadians. They continue to at-tack Unions, make cuts to healthcare, and sign one-sided trade deals.We need to focus on electing a gov-ernment that will have the best inter-ests of Canadians in mind, agovernment that is committed to cre-ating good jobs, with strong indus-tries, sustainable health care, and iscommitted to creating a secure futurefor all Canadians. Please take the op-portunity and visit uniforvotes.ca tofind more information on the dam-age created by our current govern-ment, and make the pledge to vote.

Unit Reports:Accurcast

This Unit remains busy, with anumber of outstanding grievances. A3rd step meeting was held in July.The Committee, along with the Na-tional Representative and LocalPresident are continuing to work toget these issues resolved.

AutolivAutoliv continues to be busting at

the seams, and is now at capacity.All new looms have arrived and con-tinue to be installed. Since Februaryof 2014 Autoliv has seen 51 newhires. Chairperson Paula Carson andher committee continue to provideexcellent representation to the mem-bership.Hudson Manor

Hudson Manor continues to havelow occupancy. As a result of this,there will be restructuring of hoursand layoffs in September. The cur-rent CBA expires in December of2015. The Committee continues toprovide great leadership to the mem-bers at Hudson Manor.

Mahle Filter SystemsNew equipment has recently ar-

rived and is being installed. This

summer has proven to be one of thebusiest at Mahle. Assembly lines arebeing relocated to make room for in-coming programs; there continues tobe a number of trials and launch ac-tivity. Current population is 161members with an additional 40 stu-dents/labour pool, which is provid-ing the membership with vacationreplacement.Tilbury ManorNursing Home

This unit’s collective agreementremains expired. The parties met inMay for conciliation, and were un-able to reach an agreement. We arecurrently in the process of choosingan arbitrator, and hope to have anagreement in place as soon as possi-ble. Tilbury Manor has also experi-enced a low concensus, whichresulted in the cancellation of a num-ber of temporary posting.

By BOB ASHTON

President,Unifor Local 1941

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Members from Unifor Local 1941 are seen at the Special IndependentParts meeting which was held in Windsor at Unifor Local 195.

TT his is my first article for TheGuardian magazine since ac-claiming the President’s po-

sition in the spring and I would liketo express my sincere thanks for theleadership and experience that GaryTaylor brought to Unifor Local1498. All the best to Gary and hisfamily in their future endeavours inhis retirement! With Gary’s retire-ment I have some big shoes to filland will be working hard to do thebest to serve the active and retiredmembers of our local, especiallywith 2016 Big 3 bargaining loomingon the horizon. I also want to take amoment and congratulate our Exec-utive Board for acclaiming their po-sitions. I’m proud to be workingwith a great group of people, andwhile there will be a lot of work todo, this group of people will get itdone.

This October 19th, Canadianshave a chance to make a change byvoting for a new government. Asyou’ve probably been reading inother articles, it’s plain to see thatCanada needs a change in leader-ship. The Harper government hashad its time, 10 long years at thehelm, and now Canada needs newleadership to take over and start fix-ing the damage that has been done.

There are huge issues each partyneeds to address. Having a NationalAutomotive Strategy is one of theimportant issues our union is inter-ested in but it does not stop there.It’s also about having a strategy toaddress the disappearance of goodpaying jobs not only in the automo-tive sector, but manufacturing ingeneral, the health care sector and

LOCAL 1498

What We Need . . .

A Change in Government

By STEVE MORASHPresident, Unifor Local 1498

many other industries. Young peo-ple can’t find jobs after spendingyears in school and find themselveswith loans they can’t afford to pay.Giving corporations tax breaks in thehopes of creating jobs doesn’t work– business just pockets the moneyfor themselves’ and the only bene-factors are the CEOs and stockhold-ers. Our next government mustwork with each industry and theunion and all the stakeholders to de-velop new strategies to makeCanada’s economy stronger and vi-able.

Health care is an issue that af-fects every Canadian, yet we neverget fired up about it until it’s too late.The latest issue is the Harper govern-ment’s decision to cut $36 billion infunding to the provinces health care.If this cut goes through, it means thatthe provincial governments will haveto cut health care services or raisetaxes to make up the shortage causedby the federal cuts. Aren’t we alltired of having to wait for whatseems forever in emergency roomsjust to see a doctor or wait weeks tomonths to get an MRI or other scan-ning/testing done? How are thesecuts going to affect those who needit the most – our aging population?

We need a federal governmentthat will meet with the provinces andrenew the Canada Health Accordand commit to improve its share ofhealth funding. We need a federalgovernment that builds up publichealth care to provide for the needs

of Canadians and not privatize it forprofit. We need a federal govern-ment that will create a national drugcoverage program that will savemoney that can be put towards betterand safer care and medications. Weneed a federal government that pro-tects Medicare for all with a plan thatprovides for chronic care and long-term needs of seniors and otherCanadians.

Canada’s public health care pro-gram has been a source of nationalpride, but it has taken a hit underHarper’s government. It’s time toelect a federal government that willrestore that pride into this program.

To help with this issue, there willbe an Educational Health Care Rallyheld on August 26th between 10 amand noon at the Ciociaro Club.Please attend to show your supportfor this important election issue.

These issues are only a coupleof the very many important issuesthat will be a part of the upcomingelection. If any of these issues areimportant to you, you need to haveyour voice heard. The only way todo that is to get out and vote.

According to Statistics Canada,in the last election held in 2011,voter turnout averaged 61% of thepopulation. It was also shown thateligible voters aged 18-24 had avoter turnout of 49.7% and votersaged 25-34 had a voter turnout of55.4%.

Young adults need to be encour-aged to show up and vote. If youhave children, nieces, nephews orgrandchildren that are of voter agemake it a family experience and takethem to the polls. It is going to betheir future as much as ours that isgoing to be affected. Without vot-ing, your voice is not going to beheard and change will not happen.So on October 19th make your voicebe heard and get out and vote!

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LOCAL 2027

CC urrently at Hiram Walker’s wehave no members on layoff. Thecompany has hired four new

members that have gotten their senioritylate last year and has hired six more inJune of this year. We also currently have10 students working, who are all mem-bers’ children. They will be workinguntil the end of August. The company isgoing to be hiring more hopefully soon,we still experience manpower shortagesat times and some postings are going un-filled. We have had 18 members retire sofar, since the union bargained retirementincentive packages for many employeesin 2014. More packages will be available

to members in 2016 and 2017.This was done to gain job security

for the current workforce and hasworked to this date. Additionally theunion has negotiated a longer grow-inperiod to get to full wage and hopefullywe are now seeing the upside to this bythe company attracting new productsinto the plant, hiring and creating newjobs for people in our community. Also,we will be going to a second shift in Bot-tling, Shipping and Receiving andBlending in mid-August to keep up withorders.

The company has recently had a jobfair at the Caboto Club (July 30/15).

They stated that they are going to be hir-ing twenty new employees and over2500 people in the community showedup for a chance to get hired.

The new products and the new line inthe bottling room are running well. It hasadded a challenge for all departmentswith so many different flavors of liquorsand I’d like to commend all the membersfor stepping up and successfully transi-tioning these new products into ourplant. A JOB WELL DONE!

The federal election is upon us and itis an opportunity to let the Harper Gov-ernment know, that we have had enoughof attacking workers and wages. Enoughdownsizing public services! Our econ-omy has performed the worst underStephen Harper than any other govern-ment in our post war history. The Harpergovernment plans to decrease provincialheath care by $36 billion over a decade,ignoring the needs of the aging popula-tion and risking that health serviceswon’t be available for you and your fam-ily when you need them. More seniorshave been forced into poverty by theHarper Conservatives’ failure to makenecessary increases to the Canadian Pen-sion Plan (CPP), Old Age Security(OAS) and Guaranteed Income Supple-ment (GIS). Thanks to all the membersfor filling out your “I WILL VOTE”pledge cards. Please make sure to vote. Labour Day parade is coming quickly.

It is on Monday, September 7th, 2015.We will be gathering at the Local200/444 union hall at 9:00 am, shirts willbe given out and the parade will start at10:00 am. Hope to see you all there!

Hey, next time you’re at the L.C.B.Owhy not try a bottle of our locally madeproducts.

The Directors are:Local 195–Gerry Farnham, Tony CiampaLocal 200–Chris Taylor, Dan CassadyLocal 240–Theresa Farao, Angela DivitarisLocal 444–Dino Chiodo, Dave CassidyLocal 1498–Steve Morash, Charmaine TurtonLocal 1941–Bob Ashton, Dean MitchellLocal 1959–Bill Wark, Clovis CôtéLocal 2027–Steve Taylor, Darryl McLeanLocal 2458–Bruce Dickie,Tullio DiPonti

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Windsor AreaOffice Update

FEDERAL ELECTIONSFAST APPROACHINGAs you are all aware, the FederalElections are fast approaching and

we are all working tirelessly to ensure that we will electa Government that will work on behalf of working peo-ple like you and I. The National has put in place RegionalCo-ordinators to work with our Locals at ensuring wereach all our members and outline the importance of theissues facing us and the concerns we have with the Gov-ernment in place today. The National has promoted cam-paigns to educate our members on the numerouschallenges we have and the issues facing us and to giveus the tools we need to engage our members to make achange in solutions. The importance of voting has beenhighlighted and we have tried to communicate that andremind everyone how important your vote is. With somany issues facing Canadians from good jobs to healthcare and issues facing our seniors to mention a few, theneed for changing Government is crucial.

CANADIAN COUNCIL At the time of writing this article, preparations are

already concluded for the Canadian Council being heldon August 21-23 in Montreal. Under our new Uniforstructure Canadian Council is only held once per year. Itis a great opportunity for our Canadian Council delegatesto attend not only this council but all of the related in-dustry council meetings and various other committeemeetings. It will be well attended by our Local UnionsDelegates.

SENIORS HEALTH CARE RALLYOn Wednesday, August 26 at 10:00 a.m. at the Cio-

ciaro Club, the Windsor / Essex Rally for Seniors HealthCare will be held. This rally will highlight the impor-tance of the need to stop the cuts to health care. The Fed-eral Government plans on cutting 36 billion dollars fromhealth care to provinces. The rally is expected to be verywell attended and includes numerous guest speakers in-

cluding Jerry Dias, National President and also includesa BBQ and refreshments. Please make every effort to at-tend this very important rally which has been promotedby the Windsor\Essex Unifor Retirees Council, theGuardian and Area Locals.

ByJACK ROBINSON

Unifor Canada Windsor Area Director

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A Fork in the Road!Please Vote for Jobs and our Environment!

WW e are at a proverbial fork inthe road. We all have the op-portunity to decide which

road to take by voting in the FederalElection on October 19.

The Harper Conservative govern-ment has been driving the bus calledCanada down a crumbling dead endroad that is polluted, getting hotter anddevastated by climate change. The busis going to run out of fuel!

The rich get richer and our childrenand future generations are facinggreatly diminished lives.To change direction we must changedrivers!

The other fork leads to a sustain-able economy and environment andhope for future generations.

Harper claims to be a good stewardof the economy but he is like a recklessLas Vegas gambler playing roulettewith our economy. He let Canada’seconomic “chips” ride on one number,high priced oil. The ball didn’t stop onblack and we are left with no manufac-turing jobs, a recession and a crashingloonie!

Harper blew the opportunity to di-versify the economy through GreenEnergy, conservation, and o thersustainabi l i ty measures . Harperis a job killer!

In addition to the worst record onthe economy since 1960, Harper hasthe worst record on the environment,eliminating or cutting funding to 26Government and Civil Society organi-zations working to protecting ourhealth and our environment.

We can’t have a strong, sustainableeconomy without a sustainable envi-ronment. All economic activity is gen-erated from our natural resources.There are no Jobs on a dead planet!

We need to make sure that a newfederal government attends the COP21 Climate Summit in November.

Good, Green Jobs Now!Unifor Canadian Council recom-

mended support for Sustainable Devel-opment, action on climate change anda National Transportation strategy, in-cluding mass transit and High SpeedRail.

The Unifor Good Jobs Summiturged the creation of good “green”jobs, to protect our planet and stimu-late good jobs at the same time.

At the Unifor National Environ-ment conference, Brother Jerry Diassaid, “There is a mood of change – weneed to focus on the politics that sur-round our union. Politics is personaland we need to engage our memberswith positive solutions. It starts withhealth, safety and the environment. Allthree are entwined and without ourhealth and safety there is no sense bar-gaining for anything else. ”March for Jobs, Justice,Climate Action

On July 5th, a diverse group of

Windsor activists joined a massive“Jobs, Justice and Climate” rallyheld by unionists, including Unifor,environmentalists and activiststhrough the streets of Toronto. Therally attracted some 10,000 people andactor and activist Jane Fonda and au-thor Naomi Klein spoke.

Unifor National President JerryDias told a Climate Summit of theAmericas panel that protecting andrestoring our environment and fightingclimate change will help create goodjobs in Canada, “Our long-run eco-nomic stability depends on building asustainable relationship with nature,”Dias told a panel on Greening Trans-portation during the Summit. “Weneed what nature provides: resources,space, land, air, and water. Especiallyin Canada, we understand the eco-nomic importance of our resources.”

New UWRECExecutive Board members

Congratulations to our new Vice-President, Ken Wickens of Local 195and our new Financial Secretary DebGrant of Local 200.

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Area environment activists posing at the “Jobs, Justice andClimate” rally which was held in Toronto

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

At this time of my retirement as theMember of Parliament for Windsor-Tecumseh, I reflect on the role that thelabour movement has played in my per-sonal, professional and political life. Ihave long believed that a vibrant labourmovement is fundamental to a function-ing democracy. That is very true of theactive role that the UAW, the CAW andnow Unifor has performed in Canada.

We have had many struggles. We haveaccomplished much. We have madeCanada a better country. It is obviousthat there is still much to do. I think ofthe need to strengthen the manufactur-ing sector and create more stable jobs.Much still needs to be done to improveour health care system and protect ourenvironment and our civil liberties.

As I look to the future, it is my sincerebelief that the labour movement andmore specifically Unifor, will activelyparticipate in making Canada an evenbetter country. I encourage all of you,both individually and collectively to re-main actively engaged on the issues ofthe day. Unifor and its members havethe skills and expertise to provide lead-ership in resolving these issues for thebetterment of our country and futuregenerations.

My partnership with Unifor has alwaysbeen based on social democratic princi-ples. We have attempted to guide

A Personal Message . . .ourselves based on what we judged was inthe best interests of the membership andmy constituents. From the time I first ranfor public office until today we have walkedhand in hand, we have fought the goodfight, we have made a difference.

At a more personal level, I will miss themany friendships I have been so privilegedto have formed with members of Unifor.Many of these relationships have inspiredme both in my professional role as a lawyerat the Legal Plan and as a Member of Parlia-ment. I hope that these will continue as Imove forward into my retirement.

I take this opportunity to thank my wifeMaureen and our children for all their loveand support. Maureen and I are looking for-ward to spending a great deal of time withour seven grandchildren.

I wish all of you a peace-filled andprosperous future.

I thank you all.

Farewell! Joe Comartin

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GUEST SPEAKERS:

Dr. Ryan Meili, CanadianDoctors of Medicare

Natalie MehraOnt. Health Coalition

Jerry DiasNational President, Unifor

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If you have beenswallowing the rhetoricabout Conservativesnaturally being the ‘besteconomic managers’,then these results aregoing to shock you.

For seven of the sixteen indicators, the Harper government ranks last (or tied for last) among thenine postwar Prime Ministers. In six more cases, it ranks (or is tied) second-last. Among the re-maining three indicators, the Harper government never ranks higher than sixth out of nine.Considering the overall average ranking of each Prime Minister (across all sixteen indicators), theHarper government receives an average ranking of 8.05 out of a worst-possible 9.0. That is deadlast among the nine postwar governments, and by a wide margin – falling well behind the second-worst government, which was the Mulroney Conservative regime of 1984-93.The very poor economic record of the Harper government cannot be blamed on the fact that Canadaexperienced a recession in 2008-09. In fact, Canada experienced a total of ten recessions duringthe 1946-2014 period. Most governments had to grapple with recession at some point during theirtenures – and some Prime Ministers had to deal with more than one. Instead, statistical evidenceshows that the recovery from the 2008-09 recession has been the weakest (by far) of any Canadianrecovery since the Depression. A uniquely weak recovery, not the fact that Canada experienced arecession at all, helps explain the Harper government’s poor economic rating.

Source: This document was prepared by the Research Department of Unifor, primary authors Jim Stanford and Jordan Brennan called“Rhetoric and Reality” – www.unifor.org

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