Unifor National Council 4000


Unifor National Council 4000 is the umbrella organization for five regionally based Unifor Local Unions across Canada that represent more than 5,060 members in various sectors, largely within the railway and transportation industry. It is the largest rail Local within Unifor.
Prior to the launch of Unifor during the 2013 Labour Day weekend in Toronto with the merger of the Canadian Auto Workers and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions, National Council 4000 was affiliated with the CAW and known as CAW National Council 4000.
Unifor is now the largest private sector Union in Canada, with more than 315,000 workers and associate members in industries ranging from railway and transportation to manufacturing and media to forestry and fishing, and many other private and public sector areas.
CAW Council 4000 was formed in November 1997 at the Founding Convention held at the CAW Family Education Centre located on the shores of Lake Huron in Port Elgin, Ontario. The delegates to this convention voted to change the bargaining unit structure of the former Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers Union, which merged with the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada in 1994, from 45-local unions situated across Canada, choosing to form a national council with five regionally based locals to service members from coast-to-coast.
The CBRT&GW, which was initially called the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees, was Canada's first sole Canadian Union founded in Moncton, New Brunswick on October 12, 1908. This was before the creation of Canadian National Railways, then a Federal Crown corporation, which saw the amalgamation of government owned railways and the several others that had become bankrupt and placed into government hands.
Unifor National Council 4000 represents workers employed at CN and Via Rail Canada, which makes up the majority of the Council 4000 membership across Canada. Additionally, Council 4000 represents workers at Atlantic Wholesalers and Loblaw Companies / Atlantic Wholesalers ; Bay Ferries; CHEP Canada; CN ; Cummins; DHL Express; Discovery Centre; Loomis Express ; Nova Scotia Federation of Labour support staff; Rocky Mountain Catering Co. Ltd.; Securitas at the Twin Rivers Paper Company in Edmundston, N.B.; Toronto Terminals Railway; Wajax Equipment, and the World Trade and Convention Centre Halifax.
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National Council 4000 Leadership

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Presidents of National Council 4000

Unifor
  • Dave Kissack
  • Steven Harding
  • Barry Kennedy Vacated office on appointment as Unifor National Representative
CAW
  • Barry Kennedy
  • Ron Shore
  • Bob Fitzgerald Vacated office on appointment as CAW National Representative
  • Rick Johnston

Secretary-Treasurers of National Council 4000

Unifor
  • Laura Hazlitt
  • Danny Andru
  • Heather Grant
CAW
  • Heather Grant
  • Bill Coolen

Regional Representatives of National Council 4000

System CNTL - Locals 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004 and 4005
Unifor
  • Amir Zaidi
  • Prabhjot Sekhon
  • Wesley Gajda
CAW
  • Wesley Gajda
Local 4001
Unifor
  • Ryan Mills
  • David Judge
  • Ron Shore
CAW
  • Ron Shore
  • Dave Kissack
  • Barry Kennedy
  • Dave Mercer-Hazlitt
  • Tom Donohue
  • Stan Pogorzclec
Local 4002
Unifor
  • Jennifer Long
  • Laura Hazlitt
  • Dave Kissack
CAW
  • Dave Kissack
  • Dan Michaluk
  • Rick Doherty
  • Dave Mercer-Hazlitt
  • Stan Pogorzclec
Local 4003
Unifor
  • Gordon Cox
  • Kristi Boisvert
  • Kendall Montrose
  • Mark Robinson
  • Andrew Stephen
  • Danny Andru
  • Jared White
CAW
  • Jared White
  • Danny Andru
  • John Almdal
  • Sandra Prudames
  • Bob Fitzgerald
  • Tony Blanchard
  • Maurus Allum
  • Robin Bir
Local 4004
Unifor
  • Mario Laroche
  • Gordon Cox
  • Mario Laroche
  • Andrew Stephen
  • Serge Auger
  • Danny Andru
CAW
  • Serge Auger
  • Danny Andru
  • Jean Savard
  • Claude Rainville
  • Benoit Dulong
  • Heather Grant
  • Robert Masse
  • Pierre Rouleau
  • Danny Andru
  • Rick Johnston
Local 4005
Unifor
  • Rheanne Gautreau
  • Mike Maillet
  • Rheanne Gautreau
  • Jennifer Murray
  • Jennifer Murray
  • Patrick Murray
CAW
  • Patrick Murray
  • Lou Walsh
  • Jean Savard
  • Claude Rainville
  • Heather Grant
  • Robert Masse
  • Dana Hollis
  • Pierre Rouleau

Regional Local Presidents

Unifor Local 4001
  • Ricky Brar
  • Tajender Singh Shergill
  • David Judge
  • John Dowell
CAW Local 4001
  • John Dowell
  • Ron Shore
  • Clyde Duncan
  • Mel Wozniak
  • Stan Tash
Unifor Local 4002
  • Robyn Shaver
  • Dan Forbes
  • Kristopher Whittaker
  • Brian Donaldson
CAW Local 4002
  • Brian Donaldson
  • Joey Broda
  • Brad Roy
  • Jeff Snell
  • Dan Michaluk
  • Kerry Kauk
  • Dan Michaluk
Unifor Local 4003
  • Sina Piluso
  • Zbigniew Slowiak
  • Frank Consiglio
CAW Local 4003
  • Frank Consiglio
  • Steve Legge
  • Brian Elcombe
  • Gil Stephens
Unifor Local 4004
  • Gordon Cox
  • Martine Guay
  • Kesang Kashi
  • Jean Simard
CAW Local 4004
  • Jean Simard
  • Monica Hrapkowicz
  • Daniel Ouellet
  • Ken Cameron
  • Jean Savard
  • Daniel Boiteau
Unifor Local 4005
  • Luke Woodworth
  • Rheanne Gautreau
  • Zach Wells
  • Steven Harding
  • Luke Woodworth
  • George Baker
CAW Local 4005
  • George Baker
  • Jennifer Brown
  • Warren Hutt
  • Bob Dennis
  • Fred Warren

Council 4000 Administrative Assistants

  • Sylvie Bruneau
  • Nicole Pitchen

Unifor National Council 4000 Conventions

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CAW National Council 4000 Conventions

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Unifor Council 4000 employers, occupations and locations