Unifor: Canadian Auto Workers

Canadian Auto Workers: The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada have merged to form a new group called Unifor, which is Canada's largest private sector union, according to Huffington Post. "Unifor is here because it's time to stop playing defence and it's time we started to play offence,'' said Dias in his fiery inaugural address at Unifor's founding convention in Toronto. "It's time to stop reacting and it's time to start setting the agenda.'' TORONTO Jerry Dias, a veteran of the Canadian Auto Workers, is the first president of the new Unifor union. Dias says he plans to use Unifor's size to influence change labour relations in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.