Breaking: Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, has retired. canlab
Jerry Dias informed Unifor’s executive board of his “immediate retirement” on Mar. 11, “stating that he continues to deal with ongoing health issues,” said Lana Payne, the union’s national secretary-treasurer in an email to members on Sunday.national president in August 2013 at the union’s founding convention and re-elected in 2016 and 2019.
“We are all wishing him well and thank him for his numerous and impactful contributions to working people over many years, from his days representing aerospace workers on the shop floor to National President of Canada’s largest private sector union,” Payne said.Dias says he has all the confidence in leadership, staff and locals to continue to build Unifor into a bold a progressive force.
"After eight and a half years I can proudly say we have built an incredible organization and made Unifor the influential and successful union it is today," Dias says in the statement. represents 315,000 workers in 29 different sectors across Canada, including employees of the Toronto Star.
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