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Lana Payne ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

@lanapayne.bsky.social

Trade unionist. Feminist. Mom. Believer that a better world is possible. National President of Unifor - Canadaโ€™s largest private sector union.

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โ€œWe must develop strong industrial strategies with workers at the table. We can reconcile the needs of working people with a vision for a strong, resilient, competitive & caring Canada,โ€ says @lanapayne.bsky.social as Canadaโ€™s labour leaders demand worker-centred economic policies. #canlab

04.02.2026 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Uniforโ€™s fight for forestry jobs continues at high-level task force Unifor National President Lana Payne brought the concerns of Unifor forestry sector members to the inaugural meeting of the federal governmentโ€™s new Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force,โ€ฆ

Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social brought the concerns of forestry sector members to the inaugural meeting of the federal governmentโ€™s new Canadian Forest Sector Transformation Task Force, held January 19 in Vancouver.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

19.01.2026 23:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This year in labour: workers fight back despite instability and hardship In 2025, unions fought for the rights of workers in the face of tariffs from the US and job cuts by employers.

In 2025, Unifor fought for the rights of workers in the face of tariffs from the U.S. and job cuts.
โ€œThis is the moment that big corporations and governments choose to go after our rights,โ€ said @lanapayne.bsky.social. Workers have to be "prepared to fight on all the fronts right now."

02.01.2026 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 187    ๐Ÿ” 70    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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As a tough year wraps, Uniforโ€™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

As a tough year wraps, Unifor's @lanapayne.bsky.social prepares for more challenges ahead.
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21.12.2025 00:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social addresses #ORC2025 delegates, sharing a powerful reminder of what it means to be a Canadian union standing up for working people, for strong communities and for secure jobs across the country. Solidarity today and every day. #onlab #onpoli

05.12.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor letter to employers Re: Opposition to Quรฉbec Governmentโ€™s Bill 3 Re: Opposition to Quรฉbec Governmentโ€™s Bill 3We write to you today as two elected officers representing 320,000 Unifor members across the country, including almost 55,000 in Quรฉbec.

Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social and Quebec Director Daniel Cloutier warn Quebec employers about the dangers of the CAQโ€™s anti-worker Bill 3 and urge them to speak out. #canlab
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

26.11.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor members united in Montrรฉal to defend union democracy Unifor Quรฉbec members, supported by a large delegation of Unifor members from Ontario, gathered in Montrรฉal on November 29 as part of a major inter-union rally that brought together more than 50,000 p...

Unifor members from across Quebec, joined by @lanapayne.bsky.social, Quebec Director Daniel Cloutier and members from Ontario, took to the streets of Montreal today to protest CAQ legislation designed to strip trade union rights and silence workers.#canlab www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

29.11.2025 20:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social visited the Hitachi plant in Guelph, Ont. this week, meeting the skilled and hard-working members of Unifor Local 1917, who manufacture heavy trucks for construction and mining industries.
#canlab

19.11.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWeโ€™re not going anywhere. Weโ€™re going to keep fighting for these jobs and weโ€™re going to keep fighting for this plant,โ€ says @lanapayne.bsky.social at yesterdayโ€™s Solidarity Action at GMโ€™s CAMI Assembly Plant. #canlab #cdnpoli

31.10.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œNow is the time to stand firm in our collective resolve to defend our industries and our workers, not to hedge our bets on a bad deal that could fundamentally and irreparably harm the country we love.โ€ #Canada #autoindustry #Unifor

29.10.2025 02:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social and Industry Minister @melaniejolycan.bsky.social visited the solidarity rally at the Brampton Stellantis plant this morning, hearing stories from members, and reinforcing that we need to keep, and protect, auto jobs in Canada.
#canlab

30.10.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

No need to ask.

Yes. I was enraged.

28.10.2025 22:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The first ten chapters of the AFB - thank you to all our contributors! @hadrianmk.bsky.social, @cape-acep.bsky.social, @lanapayne.bsky.social

28.10.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
GM cancels its van production in Ingersoll: " We're in an economic war", says Unifor president
YouTube video by cpac GM cancels its van production in Ingersoll: " We're in an economic war", says Unifor president

"We're in an economic war. Companies have been feeling the pressure from Donald Trump and the only way that we protect Canadian production is to make sure that they feel pressure from us too," says @lanapayne.bsky.social. #cdnpoli youtu.be/6aPwINBWnLU?...

21.10.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MBP EP3: Exclusive with Lana Payne The Fight for Canada's Auto Sector and Our Industrial Future Listen on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. In this episode Ben Woodfinden and Shannon Phillips talk with National President of UNIFOR Lan...

Uniforโ€™s @lanapayne.bsky.social discusses the fight for Canadaโ€™s industrial future โ€”Trumpโ€™s pressure to move our auto jobs south, Team Canada strategy and using our leverage with the U.S., Section 107 overreach and more in the MBP Intelligence Briefing. www.mbpintelligence.com/email/e552c2...

18.10.2025 15:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The "Marche mondiale des femmes" is underway in Quรฉbec City. Unifor members are on site alongside Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social, FTQ President Magali Picard and inspiring women from across Quรฉbec and Canada, marching together for a world that is just, united, and feminist.

18.10.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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MBP EP3: Exclusive with Lana Payne The Fight for Canada's Auto Sector and Our Industrial Future Listen on Apple, Spotify and Amazon Music. In this episode Ben Woodfinden and Shannon Phillips talk with National President of UNIFOR L...

๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ One of key leaders of Team Canada today is @lanapayne.bsky.social

But it isnโ€™t just about auto. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ is in middle of a massive shift:

โ–ถ๏ธ Industrial strategy
โ–ถ๏ธ Fixing labour disruptions
โ–ถ๏ธ Power of unions
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50 mins of sharp ideas & shots fired.

www.mbpintelligence.com/blog/mbp-ep3...
#cdnpoli

17.10.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Feds throwing Canadian auto sector under the bus in Trump-Carney trade talks, warns union Big Three Detroit automakers in Canada say Trump's tariff approach has led to higher prices and concessions to EV market share.

โ€œWhat Iโ€™m hearing right now is that there is a willingness to sacrifice the auto industry because it isnโ€™t part of the broader discussion at the moment,โ€ says @lanapayne.bsky.social.
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08.10.2025 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œOur members here in Brampton were promised a bright future - that future has been put on hold,โ€ said @lanapayne.bsky.social.
โ€œThere will be hell to pay my friends if Stellantis thinks it can get away with anything less than it has promised.โ€ #canlab

04.10.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social told BIWOC delegates she loved this year's conference themeโ€“Rooted in Resistance.
"If this past year has taught is anything, it is that resistance is one of the most powerful tools working people have to fight against injustice," she said.
#canlab

28.09.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Celebrating 80 Years โ€“ Windsor Ford Strike of 1945

Unifor marked 80 years since the 1945 Ford Strike in Windsor, ONโ€”the historic fight that led to the Rand Formula.
@lanapayne.bsky.social
joined members, retirees & community leaders to honour its legacy & reaffirm the fight for fairness, justice & solidarity. #canlab www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

24.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œOur amazing media members wanted to create a campaign that reached out to Canadians, reminding them of the value of high-quality, fact-checked news,โ€ said @lanapayne.bsky.social. โ€œWe are pleased that so many employers of our members โ€” large and small organizations โ€” are standing with us.โ€

17.09.2025 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œWe celebrate Labour Day at a time when we are also vigorously defending our rights and campaigning for stronger ones. We can never rest. There is no room for complacency in the workers movement.โ€ @lanapayne.bsky.social #LabourDay #canlab

01.09.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Unifor. ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’ช

Thank you for the privilege of continuing to lead this incredible Canadian union.

We have so much to do. Workers to defend. Jobs to protect. A country and economy to get working for workers.

Proud to do it with all of you.

Together. And in solidarity.

LFG.

31.08.2025 04:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor members re-elect National President Lana Payne and leadership team VANCOUVERโ€”Lana Payne vowed to continue fighting for workers everywhere in Canada after she won the election for the National President seat by a landslide today at Uniforโ€™s Constitutional Convention i...

@lanapayne.bsky.social vowed to continue fighting for workers everywhere in Canada after she won the election for the National President seat by a landslide today at Uniforโ€™s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
#CC2025 #canlab

28.08.2025 00:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜WE HAVE JOBS TO PROTECTโ€™: Unifor National President Lana Payne rises up for a second term Lana Payne vowed to continue fighting for workers everywhere in Canada after she won the election for the National President seat by a landslide today at Uniforโ€™s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.โ€œIโ€™ve said already that itโ€™s been an honour and a great privilege to be your national president. My honour today has grown three-fold,โ€ Payne said in her acceptance speech.โ€œWe have workers to defend, jobs to protect and a country and economy to get on track. And this country needs us. Canada needs this union. It needs the progressive force that we are.โ€

@lanapayne.bsky.social vowed to continue fighting for workers everywhere in Canada after she won the election for the National President seat by a landslide today at Uniforโ€™s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.
www.unifor.org/news/all-new...
#CC2025 #canlab

28.08.2025 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜CANADA NEEDS UNIFORโ€™: Unifor brings the fight against the U.S. trade war to 2025 Constitutional Convention Unifor National President Lana Payne has a strong message for the Canadian government when it comes to giving into U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s trade war demands โ€” youโ€™ll have to go through Unifor fi...

On day one of Uniforโ€™s Constitutional Convention, @lanapayne.bsky.social had a strong message for the Canadian government when it comes to giving into U.S. President Donald Trumpโ€™s trade war demands โ€” youโ€™ll have to go through Unifor first.
#CC2025 #canlab

26.08.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social stands in solidarity with striking members at Toromont Industries in Bradford, Ontario. The workers have been on the picket line for a month, fighting for fair wages and benefits in their first collective agreement. #canlab

07.08.2025 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. tariffs are hurting all auto workers. Canada isn't the enemy Lana Payne - Op-ed contributorOriginally published in the Detroit Free Press July 24, 2025Canada and the U.S. have, for half a century, built cars and prosperity together. During that time, autoโ€ฆ

"There is no time to waste. Working people in Canada and in the U.S. need a resolution and a long-term plan to strengthen the industry we share," says Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social in her new op-ed for the Detroit Free Press.

Read her op-ed here: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

28.07.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Unifor letter to Prime Minister Carney Re: Supporting Canadaโ€™s Forestry Sector and Communities Prime Minister Carney,Re: Supporting Canadaโ€™s Forestry Sector and CommunitiesI am writing to request urgent action to support Canadaโ€™s forestry sector, forestry workers, and the hundreds ofโ€ฆ

Unifor is slamming the latest softwood lumber tariffs and calling for a comprehensive national industrial strategy to support forestry jobs and communities.

๐Ÿ“„ Read National President @lanapayne.bsky.socialโ€™s letter to Prime Minister Carney: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

27.07.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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