Donation to the Northern Lights Health Foundation
Working with other unions under the umbrella of the General Presidents’ Maintenance Committee for Canada (GPMC/NMC), we're proud to report that we helped raised $300,000 for the Northern Lights Health Foundation. The Northern Lights Health Foundation serves to inspire philanthropy and secure funds to improve health and promote wellness in the Wood Buffalo region...
Thank you letter from François Laporte
Sisters, Brothers,
Our union’s international election has come to an end. I’d like to thank all the candidates for their hard work, and congratulate General President Jim Hoffa and General Secretary Treasurer Ken Hall...
Annual Essay Contest
Winners of the Essay Contest will receive a one-time grant of $1,000. The deadline is June 15, 2016. The topic of this year’s contest is: “What Has Living In A Teamster Household Meant To Me And My Siblings?”
Trans-Pacific Partnership Won’t Work Until the Cows Come Home
The Trans-Pacific Partnership may become an election issue and harm political parties that support it.
Teamsters Raise $146,951 for Canadian Red Cross
Members, local unions and joint councils affiliated with Teamsters Canada raised $146,951 for the Canadian Red Cross to help the people of Fort McMurray and of the surrounding communities.
“Our immediate priority is supporting the...
New NAFTA Should Follow Lead of Canadian Labour Proposal
The following is a joint statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and Teamsters Canada President François Laporte in response to the end of round two of NAFTA renegotiations in Mexico City earlier this week...
Deposit Refund: Melançon has her work cut out for her!
The Teamsters Union wants to quickly meet the new Quebec Minister of Environment, Isabelle Melançon, in order to know what her intentions are with regards to the promotion of capped brown beer bottles, which are under threat by canned beer.
Sylvain Morin is a Machine
For Sylvain Morin, a Teamster who works at CN, building the country one day at a time means raising funds for leukemia and lymphoma research
Teamsters Raise $37 500 for Camp Papillon
The Teamsters believe that a just society must be built on generosity and on empathy for those who are most vulnerable.
5 Things Our Executive Board Discussed in Montreal
A quick look at five of the (many) issues they discussed.