Press Release
About two dozen workers at Gingrich Woodcraft near Fort Frances voted 69 percent in favour of joining Unifor yesterday.
This group of wood workers specializes in the production of custom cabinets, drawers and mouldings
“We are extremely pleased to welcome these new members to Unifor and we look forward to sitting down with them in the coming weeks to prepare for negotiations on a new first contract,” said Unifor national representative Stephen Boon.
“Unifor continues to expand across the Kenora and Rainy River Districts gaining back over 400 new members this year through several successful organizing drives and the re-start of sawmills in Kenora and Ear Falls,” Boon added.
Unifor is the largest private sector union in Canada and represents over 305,000 members in 20 key economic sectors.
