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One, two, three...Political action!
With Unifor, we take care of our members in the workplace but we would also be very naive if we didn't think what
goes on outside the workplace doesn't effect us.
When we look at our communities, what's going on in our communities,
what's going on in our province and what's going on in Canada as a whole, everything has to do with politics.
I started to realize that I was spending a lot of time arguing with the CEO of the hospital that I worked at and yet
a lot of the issues that I had are really more political, really on a bigger scale than just that CEO.
Political action is about membership engagement, it's about education, it's about communication,
it's about mobilizing members around issues that are important to them and their families.
It's about making sure that on a communications front that we're reaching out as broadly as we can across the country on issues of a national scope.
We have 315,000 members across Canada in Unifor. That is a significant voice and we have strength in that large number.
Politicians need to hear us because we are, after all, their votes.
We have expansion projects, investments, etc. And it's entirely because of politics, because of political contacts, that is why we're marching today.
You have a clear example of that here today. There's a continuity with the paper mill here in KŽnogami Ð it's political.
All the political parties are here. And that's what we want to see in the very near future:
we want to see all the political parties work together to ensure good jobs.
Political action is even writing a letter to an MP, writing a letter to the editor.
Political action is important because that's where change happens.
It's important to fight for a better life for all Canadians.
Unifor is an activist union. We mobilize our members, we have the ear of the government
and we are pushing for the kinds of changes that our members deserve and want.
This is a beautiful country with lots of natural resources. There's no reason why we shouldn't have control over our own resources.
In the end, the future will look brighter for our kids and their kids.
Who are we? Unifor! Who are we? Unifor!
I really think people need to think outside the box and when they stop thinking of their own interests
And start thinking of the collective interests of everyone around them, I think they'll see the light at the end of the tunnel.
My ancestors have made a difference for me. I want to make a difference for my children,
for everybody else in this country. We need to work together to do that.