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Important Wage Increases at GT Express

GT Express becomes an industry leader in terms of working conditions in a context of labour shortage...

Groupe Guilbault’s Professional Drivers Significantly Improve their Working Conditions

Around 300 professional drivers of Groupe Guilbault ratified a new collective agreement last weekend. Eighty percent of theLocal 106 and 1999 members participating in union meetings in Gatineau, Boucherville, Quebec City and Chicoutimi voted to accept attractivemanagement offers.

Significant Wage Increases at Kingsway Vrac

Teamsters Local Unions 1999 and 106 have negotiated a letter of agreement to improve the wages set in the current collective agreement for the 200 drivers who work at Kingsway Vrac.

Let’s Hear From the Professional Drivers!

A professional driver by profession, Jean Chartrand is the president of Teamsters Local Union 106. The Teamsters Union represents the interests of over 5,500 professional drivers in Quebec.

New Contract Benefiting YRC Reimer Workers

These Local Union 106 members are getting 17% increases over the life of the contract...

Vaccination Will Be Mandatory for Professional Drivers Traveling to the U.S. in January 2022

The federal government will require professional drivers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to cross the border with the United States as early as January 15. The U.S. government made the same announcement recently.

Incredibly proud of professional drivers

National Trucking Week is underway until September 11.

Teamsters, Local 31, Canadian Springs, and Van-Kam Freightways Supply Bottled Water to Evacuees and...

BC Firefighters, Firefighters worldwide, and the Canadian Armed Forces are battling to extinguish wildfires in British Columbia that are causing mass devastation. To support...

Teamsters Local Union 106 Truck Drivers at Groupe Guilbault Get Hourly Wage Increase

Laval, May 6, 2021 - The 160 city drivers at Groupe Guilbault obtained wage increases even before the collective agreement expired.  The employer raised the...

Bus drivers should be vaccinated as soon as possible!

François Laporte, president of Teamsters Canada, is reminding provincial and federal governments that intercity, urban and school bus drivers are also important workers in this pandemic.