Lana Payne 🇨🇦

Unifor letter to employers Re: Opposition to Québec Government’s Bill 3 Re: Opposition to Québec Government’s Bill 3We write to you today as two elected officers representing 320,000 Unifor members across the country, including almost 55,000 in Québec.

Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social and Quebec Director Daniel Cloutier warn Quebec employers about the dangers of the CAQ’s anti-worker Bill 3 and urge them to speak out. #canlab
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Unifor members united in Montréal to defend union democracy Unifor Québec members, supported by a large delegation of Unifor members from Ontario, gathered in Montréal 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...

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

“We’re not going anywhere. We’re going to keep fighting for these jobs and we’re going to keep fighting for this plant,” says @lanapayne.bsky.social at yesterday’s Solidarity Action at GM’s CAMI Assembly Plant. #canlab #cdnpoli

“Now 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.” #Canada #autoindustry #Unifor

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

No need to ask.

Yes. I was enraged.

The first ten chapters of the AFB - thank you to all our contributors! @hadrianmk.bsky.social, @cape-acep.bsky.social, @lanapayne.bsky.social

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?...

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...

Unifor’s @lanapayne.bsky.social discusses the fight for Canada’s industrial future —Trump’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...

The "Marche mondiale des femmes" is underway in Québec City. Unifor members are on site alongside Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social, FTQ President Magali Picard and inspiring women from across Québec and Canada, marching together for a world that is just, united, and feminist.

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...

🚨🔥🎙️ One of key leaders of Team Canada today is @lanapayne.bsky.social

But it isn’t just about auto. 🇨🇦 is in middle of a massive shift:

▶️ Industrial strategy
▶️ Fixing labour disruptions
▶️ Power of unions
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50 mins of sharp ideas & shots fired.

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#cdnpoli

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.

“What I’m hearing right now is that there is a willingness to sacrifice the auto industry because it isn’t part of the broader discussion at the moment,” says @lanapayne.bsky.social.
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“Our members here in Brampton were promised a bright future - that future has been put on hold,” said @lanapayne.bsky.social.
“There will be hell to pay my friends if Stellantis thinks it can get away with anything less than it has promised.” #canlab

Unifor National President @lanapayne.bsky.social told BIWOC delegates she loved this year's conference theme–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

Celebrating 80 Years – Windsor Ford Strike of 1945

Unifor marked 80 years since the 1945 Ford Strike in Windsor, ON—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...

“Our amazing media members wanted to create a campaign that reached out to Canadians, reminding them of the value of high-quality, fact-checked news,” said @lanapayne.bsky.social. “We are pleased that so many employers of our members — large and small organizations — are standing with us.”

“We 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.” @lanapayne.bsky.social #LabourDay #canlab

Unifor. 💜💪

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.

Unifor members re-elect National President Lana Payne and leadership team VANCOUVER—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 Unifor’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 Unifor’s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.
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#CC2025 #canlab

‘WE HAVE JOBS TO PROTECT’: 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 Unifor’s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.“I’ve said already that it’s been an honour and a great privilege to be your national president. My honour today has grown three-fold,” Payne said in her acceptance speech.“We 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.”

@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 Unifor’s Constitutional Convention in Vancouver.
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#CC2025 #canlab

‘CANADA NEEDS UNIFOR’: 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 Trump’s trade war demands — you’ll have to go through Unifor fi...

On day one of Unifor’s Constitutional Convention, @lanapayne.bsky.social had a strong message for the Canadian government when it comes to giving into U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war demands — you’ll have to go through Unifor first.
#CC2025 #canlab

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

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, auto…

"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...

Unifor letter to Prime Minister Carney Re: Supporting Canada’s Forestry Sector and Communities Prime Minister Carney,Re: Supporting Canada’s Forestry Sector and CommunitiesI am writing to request urgent action to support Canada’s forestry sector, forestry workers, and the hundreds of…

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

📄 Read National President @lanapayne.bsky.social’s letter to Prime Minister Carney: www.unifor.org/news/all-new...

Unifor concerned about increase in marine vessel inspection refusals HALIFAX—Unifor is concerned by reports of International Transport Federation (ITF) Inspectors being refused access to ships in port in Halifax, Vancouver and in Montreal as part of their routine…

“Any ship captain who is upholding international standards would have no reason to refuse access to the ITF Inspector, so an increasing number of refusals is reason for concern.” - Unifor National President and ITF Executive Board Member @lanapayne.bsky.social

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I have some other suggestions about who else he could send to space.

Congratulations to the workers and Unifor!

Never underestimate the power of workers when they come together.

And if Jeff Bezos can afford to send Katy Perry to space he can pay workers a living wage.

#primeday

Trump threatens 35% tariffs on Canada starting Aug. 1 U.S. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that starting Aug. 1, the U.S. will charge a 35 per cent tariff on Canadian products sent into the country.

There is only one word for this: extortion. And there’s only one answer: push back—hard. Canada must use every bit of leverage we have. Workers are counting on our govt to defend their jobs. Concessions won’t stop a bully, but collective strength will.

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Unifor proudly sponsored the Na‑Me‑Res Pow Wow in Toronto, celebrating National Indigenous Peoples Day. Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi and Director of Indigenous Relations Gina Smoke, along with a team of Unifor volunteers, are in attendance, standing together to honour Indigenous cultures.