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Title: Unifor Submission to the 2022 Federal Budget Consultation Process
Description: Unifor recommends government design budget 2022 to reorient Canada's economy towards social justice and ensure a fair, inclusive and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 economic crisis. Canada's government must address the numerous crises that were present long before COVID-19 arrived and exacerbated by the pandemic including inequality, precarious work and climate change. To that end, Unifor has developed the following 12 recommendations.
Identifier: unifor_2022_fed_budget_submission_-_en_ax.pdf
Identifier (PID): yul:1156046

Title: Resolutions to Unifor’s 2nd Convention August 22-26, 2016, Ottawa, ON
Description: This document contains all resolutions presented at the Convention. Of most interest are: R-6 Carpooling; R-9 Just Transition; and R-20 Climate Action Plans Job Security and Just Transition.
Identifier (PID): yul:1122033

Title: Managing Canada's Resource Wealth in the interests of Canadians and the Environment
Description: The policy document sets out fundamental issues for workers in the resource industries that Unifor represents, including mining, forestry, fisheries, oil and gas. This document acknowledges the dangers of climate change, respect for First Nations rights, need for stability and economic sustainability, regulating foreign ownership, need for Canadian jobs, etc. It outlines its opposition to any pipeline development for export (including Line 9), under the principle that refining jobs should be kept in Canada. Also includes as an Appendix, a useful compendium of the past policy statements and reports of Unifor's predecessor unions: CAW and CEP, going back to 2008.
Identifier (PID): yul:788609

Title: A New Union for a Challenging World: Unifor’s Vision and Plan
Description: At the founding convention of the new union (a merger of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union), Unifor promises to oppose the export of raw bitumen and the construction of massive pipelines, advocating for more “made in Canada” inputs and processing. It pledges to work with environmental allies to advocate for a Canadian energy policy which reduces GHG emissions, ensures a sustainable development of the oil sands and promotes value-added jobs in upgrading and refining petroleum products.
Identifier (PID): yul:788608