{"id":576441,"date":"2026-04-02T02:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/576441\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T02:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T02:24:35","slug":"unifor-representatives-travel-to-ottawa-for-federal-lobby-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/576441\/","title":{"rendered":"Unifor representatives travel to Ottawa for federal lobby week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  April 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unifor banner\" longdesc=\"Unifor Lobby Week - Ottawa Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/26-04-01_lobby-week-group-photo_750px.png\" style=\"border-width: 0px\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Protect Canadian Jobs<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">Last week, Unifor representatives traveled to Ottawa to meet with MPs and discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unifor.org\/news\/all-news\/unifor-heats-campaign-protect-canadian-jobs-federal-lobby-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">protecting Canadian jobs<\/a> in the shadow of ongoing U.S. imposed tariffs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">It has been more than a year since the current U.S administration imposed crushing tariffs on many Canadian good and services, making this year\u2019s federal lobby week even more critical. These tariffs have impacted every Canadian industry resulting in the need for greater advocacy from all of us. Even with the government\u2019s reciprocal, dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods, Canadian-made goods, services and jobs continue to be at risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">During the lobby week, I had the opportunity to meet several MPs and federal staff from all sitting parties to raise the issues that matter most to Local 2002 members. I met with Minister of Transportation Steven MacKinnon and with Director of Policy for the Minister of Jobs, Patty Hadju, among others. In our various discussions I emphasized the concern about airport privatization, the growing issues of employer contract flipping, and the urgent need for a living wage for all workers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Unifor banner\" longdesc=\"Unifor Lobby Week - Ottawa Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/26-04-01_lobby-week_750px.png\" style=\"border-width: 0px\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: x-small; text-align: center\">\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1247472144137169&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Unifor Facebook Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">These meetings opened doors and helped ensure our priorities as aviation workers are on the table as federal decisions are made. Unifor\u2019s leadership is calling on the federal government to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.protectjobs.ca\/take_the_pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">implement three policy pillars<\/a> to protect workers and increase Canada\u2019s economic resilience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">Please keep the momentum going by signing and sharing the pledge to Protect Canadian Jobs.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">Thank you for your continued solidarity and passion. Your actions strengthen our ability to defend good jobs for Local 2002 members and workers across Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">In Solidarity,<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%\">Tammy Moore<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nPresident, Unifor Local 2002<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #FFFFFF\">26-04-01 lobby week EN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM \u00a0\u00a0 &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; \u00a0\u00a0 Protect Canadian Jobs&#13; \u00a0\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-576441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576441","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=576441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}