Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL)

11/11/2025

Honoured to lay a wreath on behalf of workers at the War Memorial in St. John’s today as part of the Remembrance Day ceremonies. Lest we forget.

11/11/2025

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

(For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon)

11/08/2025

Workplace Fatality Leads to Occupational Health and Safety Charges

Tata Steel Minerals Canada Inc. and Produits IdéalTFC Inc. of Sherbrooke, Québec have been charged with violations under the Newfoundland and Labrador Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations.

The charges are the result of an investigation by the Occupational Health and Safety Division following a fatal accident which occurred in October 2023 in Northern Labrador.

Tata Steel Minerals Canada Inc. is charged with:

-Failure to provide and maintain a workplace and the necessary equipment, systems and tools to ensure worker safety.

-Failure to provide the information, instruction, training, supervision and facilities necessary to ensure worker safety.

-Failure to ensure that its undertaking is conducted in a manner that does not expose other persons to health or safety hazards.

-Failure to ensure that its occupational health and safety program included a system to ensure that persons contracted by the employer or for the employer’s benefit comply with the program developed under this section of the Act and Regulations.

-Failure to implement its occupational health and safety program.

-Failure to ensure that a vehicle that weighs 4,500 kilograms or less is equipped with a whip antenna that is fitted with a flag high enough to be visible to the drivers of production vehicles and a flashing light mounted above the cab of the vehicle.

-Failure to ensure that appropriate signage is maintained in the open pit.

Produits IdéalTFC Inc. is charged with:
Failure to provide and maintain a workplace and the necessary equipment, systems and tools to ensure worker safety.

-Failure to provide the information, instruction, training, supervision and facilities necessary to ensure worker safety.

-Failure to ensure that its occupational health and safety program included written work procedures appropriate to the hazards and work activity in the
Workplace

-Failure to ensure that its occupational health and safety program included a system to ensure that persons contracted by the employer or for the employer’s benefit comply with the program developed under this section of the Act and Regulations.

-Failure to implement its occupational health and safety program.

-Failure to ensure that work procedures promote the safe interaction of workers and their work environment to minimize the potential for injury.

- Failure to prepare traffic control procedures and plans, showing the maximum allowable speeds for the vehicles in use, rules for passing, stop and yield rules, priority rules for various vehicles, rules for night operation, maximum operating grades, emergency runoff protection lanes, berms, and other information that may be required to ensure the safe operation of all types of vehicles on the mine site.

Both companies are scheduled to appear at Provincial Court in Wabush on November 18, 2025

11/07/2025

📢 JOB POSTING 📢

We are currently seeking a Worker Advisor to join our small but mighty team. This posting will fill a vacancy created by a leave of absence.

📍 Location: St. John's, NL
📅Application Deadline: November 21, 2025, 4:00pm
⏰Duration: Temporary, Full-time
💰Remuneration: Competitive salary, pension and benefits in accordance with Unifor Local 597 Collective Agreement

📌 Major Responsibilities include:

- Compile information, through investigation and research, to advocate on behalf of injured workers.
- Ongoing communication with injured workers to assist with identifying entitlement/appeal issues and researching and preparing submissions to support the resolution of issues prior to appeals.
- Provide advice and guidance in ensuring the application of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act and Policies.
- Preparing for and representing injured workers to WorkplaceNL and at Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division.

📌 Required Knowledge, Experience and Competencies include:

- Specific knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act/Policies and other relevant legislation.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills. Handling multiple workers’ issues while adhering to the required timelines is a key component of this role.
- A sound understanding of the labour movement, unions and workers’ rights.

Full application details here:

Title: Worker Advisor Status: Temporary, Full-Time, Unionized (Limited term contract to fill leave of absence) Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador Immediate Supervisor: NLFL President Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary, pension and benefits in accordance with Unifor L...

11/06/2025

Regional Executive Vice-President Atlantic with the PSAC, Chris Di Liberatore, says job losses of that magnitude at a time of economic uncertainty is bad news.

“This is a time when we should be investing, and in times of economic downturn, that’s a time when you invest in public services. Because it’s those public services that help bridge that gap,” says Di Liberatore. “They help generate local economies and help keep those local economies flowing.”

Full story at VOCM.

PSAC Atlantic / AFPC Atlantique

11/05/2025

NLFL President Jessica McCormick provided her reaction to the Federal budget this morning on VOCM.

These public service cuts are an attack on workers and our communities. They will throw tens of thousands of people out of work, gut the vital services all Canadians rely on, and leave our communities to pick up the pieces. No amount of infrastructure spending can justify this damage.

11/04/2025

At the PSAC Federal Budget Watch in St. John’s, NLFL President Jessica McCormick shared her initial reaction with media.

"While we welcome investments to combat U.S. tariffs, particularly those conditioned on good, union jobs and strong community benefit agreements, cutting the public service will hurt tens of thousands of workers and the vital services all Canadians depend on."

11/04/2025

📢 JOB POSTING 📢

We are currently seeking a Worker Advisor to join our small but mighty team. This posting will fill a vacancy created by a leave of absence.

📍 Location: St. John's, NL
📅Application Deadline: November 21, 2025, 4:00pm
⏰Duration: Temporary, Full-time
💰Remuneration: Competitive salary, pension and benefits in accordance with Unifor Local 597 Collective Agreement

📌 Major Responsibilities include:

- Compile information, through investigation and research, to advocate on behalf of injured workers.
- Ongoing communication with injured workers to assist with identifying entitlement/appeal issues and researching and preparing submissions to support the resolution of issues prior to appeals.
- Provide advice and guidance in ensuring the application of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act and Policies.
- Preparing for and representing injured workers to WorkplaceNL and at Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Review Division.

📌 Required Knowledge, Experience and Competencies include:

- Specific knowledge of and ability to interpret and apply the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act/Policies and other relevant legislation.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills. Handling multiple workers’ issues while adhering to the required timelines is a key component of this role.
- A sound understanding of the labour movement, unions and workers’ rights.

Full application details here:

Title: Worker Advisor  Status: Temporary, Full-Time, Unionized (Limited term contract to fill leave of absence)  Location: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador  Immediate Supervisor: NLFL President  Salary and Benefits: Competitive salary, pension and benefits in accordance with Unifor L...

11/04/2025

Cuts to public services aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet; they hit real communities hard.

11/01/2025

Workers are holding this country together, through rising prices, Trump’s trade war, and growing uncertainty.

Budget 2025 must:
🏗️ Build homes, schools, transit
💼 Create good union jobs
⚡ Grow clean industry
👵 Strengthen health care & long-term care
🧒 Expand child care

And every project must:
✅ Use Canadian labour
✅ Use Canadian materials
✅ Guarantee jobs stay in Canada

Blank cheques to corporations won’t build our future. Workers will.

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween!

Have a spooktacular night. Let's stick together out there - safety in numbers, both from ghosts and from unfair bosses!

10/31/2025

Our convention is only a couple of weeks away, so we wanted to highlight some key dates, updates, and reminders.

Convention Website:

The Call and other important documents, forms, and updates are available on our Convention website at: www.nlfed.ca/convention2025

Deadlines:

Credentials/payment: November 2
Election Forms:  November 14

Registration:

If you have not registered your delegates, please make every effort to do so in the coming days. The deadline is November 2.

Tentative Block Agenda:

The tentative block agenda for the Convention is now posted on the convention website.