{"id":496486,"date":"2026-02-24T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496486\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:49:56","slug":"media-advisory-unifor-protect-canadian-jobs-rally-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496486\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory – Unifor Protect Canadian Jobs rally in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRAMPTON\u2013Hundreds of Unifor members and community supporters will gather on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the Protect Canadian Jobs rally in Brampton, Ontario, to demand action against U.S. trade attacks and to defend Canadian workers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe sector-by-sector attacks by President Trump keep coming but Canadians are resolved to fight for our jobs and our economy,\u201d said Unifor National President Lana Payne. \u201cNow is the time to take action to protect workers from sustained U.S. targeting and build our own path forward.\u201d
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The family-friendly rally will take place on the Williams Parkway boulevard in front of the Stellantis\u00a0Brampton Assembly Plant, where retooling for next-generation electric and gas-powered Jeep vehicles was paused in February following the U.S. announcement of a 25% tariff on Canadian-built vehicles, putting approximately 3,000 workers at risk. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Media interested in attending are asked to RSVP to\u00a0@email<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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What: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unifor Protect Canadian Jobs Rally\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Who: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lana Payne, Unifor National President<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Samia Hashi, Unifor Ontario Regional Director \u00a0<\/p>\n

Unifor representatives from the auto sector\u00a0<\/p>\n

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When:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, October 4, 2025\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rally activities begin\u00a0at 12:00 p.m., remarks at 1:00 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Where:\u00a0 \u00a0 Stellantis Brampton Assembly Plant – 2000 Williams Pkwy Brampton\u00a0ON\u00a0L6S 6B3<\/p>\n

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Unifor is Canada\u2019s largest union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For media inquiries or to arrange interviews please contact Unifor Communications Director Kathleen O\u2019Keefe at\u00a0@email<\/a>\u00a0or by cell at (416) 896-3303.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRAMPTON\u2013Hundreds of Unifor members and community supporters will gather on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at the Protect Canadian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-496486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}