National President of Unifor - a union for everyone! Trade Unionist. Activist. Feminist. Mom. Spouse. Believer: A better world is possible.
Toronto ON
Joined March 2011
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Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
I won’t do this on a Sunday & spare bad actors a proper news cycle.
A betrayal of commitments to 🇨🇦s, supply chain & all the workers from beginning to end deserves a proper airing.
To those not living up to covenants to those picking the bones, this isn’t the fight you want.
🧵1000s of Canadian autoworkers employed by Stellantis are feeling betrayed, angry, frustrated and wondering what happened to all those political promises to save their jobs and key industries during this trade war. /1
Keeping the Brampton plant ready to build cars was the only job our governments had.
Preventing the sale by rezoning the property, and putting conditions on procurement bids, is easy enough.
But it didn’t happen. /12
Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
Unifor Local 1090 members at the Pickering and Ajax casinos have ended their strike with the ratification of a collective agreement with Great Canadian Entertainment.
The 4-year Collective Agreement includes wage increases totaling 14% over the life of the agreement.
The union continues to push for a contract for security officers at the Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto (formerly Casino Woodbine) who remain locked out by Great Canadian Entertainment.
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Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
Canada’s proposed 2026 federal budget opts for big spending to boost business growth, including investment incentives and tax cuts, but must deliver benefits for working Canadians.
“In this economy of uncertainty, government must protect, fortify and expand Canada’s industrial footprint and protect good Canadian jobs" - @LanamPayne
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Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
"The Canada legislation would be just the first in a series of actions Democrats are planning to put pressure on Trump’s trade agenda."
Exclusive: Democrats want to repeal President Trump’s tariffs on Canada as a first step in a rollback of his administration’s tariff agenda on.wsj.com/4z38ppY
Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
Chinese EVs are “affordable” because of weak labour and environmental laws, massive government subsidization and significant domestic overcapacity.
➡️ The average hourly wage at a Chinese auto plant is approximately USD $1.93-4.27 (Reuters). In comparison, unionized auto plants in Canada pay an average hourly wage of CAD $44.52 plus pensions and benefits.
➡️ China’s electricity grid, a key input into EV manufacturing, is heavily reliant on coal (60% of generation). Canada’s electricity grid draws over 80% of power from renewable and non-emitting sources.
➡️ China's state-directed industrial policy provided over USD $230 billion in subsidies between 2009 and 2023 (CSIS). Today, China’s auto production overcapacity exceeds 20 mn vehicles annually.
Visited Chery’s plant in China to discuss their upcoming models and hear about their plans to introduce affordable EVs to Canadians. I also discussed research and innovation they’re doing with universities like Concordia and the University of Toronto.
They’re working with Canadian technology, too. Blackberry’s QNX technology will power the cars they want to bring to the Canadian market.
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J’ai visité l’usine de Chery en Chine pour discuter de ses prochains modèles et de son projet d’offrir des véhicules électriques abordables aux Canadiens. J’ai aussi parlé des travaux de recherche et d’innovation qu’elle mène avec des universités comme Concordia et l’Université de Toronto.
Chery travaille également avec des technologies canadiennes. La technologie QNX de BlackBerry équipera les voitures qu’elle souhaite offrir sur le marché canadien.
“Ending the tariff regime and war against Canada.”
El-Sayed: "The first 3 things we have to do is end this war -- we need a war powers resolution that brings war-making capacity back to Congress -- number 2, ending this tariff regime & war against Canada, but number 3, stopping the nuclear bomb that's about to go off in our healthcare system with Medicaid cuts"
Lana Payne 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 retweeted
Amazon workers in Toronto area launch organizing drive with help of Unifor
Workers say they want safe jobs, fair pay, respect; Amazon says Unifor's claims largely untrue
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