Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada: Jerry Dias

Jerry Dias: Dias, assistant to the CAW national president, was chosen Saturday at the founding convention of Unifor, a merger of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, according to CTV. More than 4,000 people have gathered in Toronto this weekend for the new union's founding convention and TORONTO -- Jerry Dias, a veteran of the Canadian Auto Workers, is the first president of the new Unifor union. The current heads of the two unions opted out of the race to head Unifor, which becomes the largest private sector union in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.