Agenda
Friday, August 18
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
Ballroom
10:00 a.m. National President’s Address
Lana Payne, National President
11:30 a.m. Nominations
12:00 p.m. Lunch & Women’s Caucus
Room C1
1:30 p.m. Credentials Report
1:35 p.m. Québec Director’s Address
Daniel Cloutier, Quebec Director
2:05 p.m. Resolutions Committee
2:35 p.m. Guest Speaker & Drag Story Time
3:00 p.m. National President's Recommendation - #2 - Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Workers
3:30 p.m. Unifor United: A Decade of Pride and Power
5:00 p.m. Daily Adjournment
5:00 p.m. Young Workers Caucus
Room C3
EI/CPP Meeting
Room 109
6:30 p.m. Kitchen Party Celebrating 10 Years of Unifor!
Featuring a performance by:
Canada’s Got Talent Finalists
The Turnbull Brothers
*Last shuttle at 10:30 p.m.
Pavilion 23, 961 Marginal Rd.
Saturday, August 19
8:00 a.m. Black, Indigenous and Workers of Colour Caucus
Room C1
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
Credentials Report
Ballroom
9:10 a.m. National Secretary-Treasurer’s Report
Len Poirier, Unifor National Secretary-Treasurer
9:50 a.m. Bud Jimmerfield Award
10:00 a.m. Atlantic Regional Report
Jennifer Murray, Atlantic Regional Director
10:20 a.m. Recognition of Locked-Out and Striking Workers
10:45 a.m. Resolutions Committee
11:40 a.m. Western Regional Report
Gavin McGarrigle, Western Regional Director
12:00 p.m. Lunch & Workers with DisAbilities Caucus
Room C3
1:30 p.m. Election and Oath of Office
2:30 p.m. National President's Recommendation - #1 - Building an Economy that Leaves No Worker Behind and #3 - Bargaining Workers’ Power
2:45 p.m. Resolutions Committee
3:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: 10 Years of Organizing Victories
Moderated by Gabrielle Ross-Marquette. Panelists include Trey Wilson of The Cakerie, Areewan McLeod of Local 114 and National Organizing Representative André Hachey
4:00 p.m. National President's Recommendation - #4 - Organizing New Members
4:30 p.m. Resolutions Committee
5:00 p.m. Daily Adjournment
5:00 p.m. LGBTQ Caucus
Room C3
5:30 p.m. Africville 40th anniversary Tours, Praise Through the Ages
and
6:30 p.m. Registration required.
Sunday, August 20
8:00 a.m. Equity Allies Caucus *open to all*
Continental breakfast
Argyle Room
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
Credentials Report
Ballroom
9:10 a.m. Report from the Ethics Task Force
Peggy Nash, Task Force Chairperson
9:30 a.m. Mental Health Guest Speaker
10:00 a.m. Panel Discussion: Mental Health
11:00 a.m. Resolutions Committee
11:45 a.m. Unfinished Business
12:00 p.m. Adjournment