Dias: Jerry Dias

Jerry Dias: TORONTO - Jerry Dias hopes to use his new position as president of Canada's newest and largest private sector union to turn the tide for Canada's labour movement. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Dias was elected with about 87 per cent support at the new union's founding convention in Toronto on Saturday. Jerry Dias hugs his wife Leslie after being declared the first president of Unifor at the Unifor founding convention in Toronto, Saturday, August 31, 2013. Dias, assistant to CAW national president Ken Lewenza, was chosen Saturday at the founding convention of Unifor, a merger of the CAW and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Galit Rodan The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada have merged to form a new group called Unifor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.