Unifor National Council 4000

Unifor National Council 4000
Full name Unifor National Council 4000
Founded November 1997
Members 4500
Head union Unifor the Union
Key people Barry Kennedy, President
(Based in Edmonton)
Danny Andru, Secretary-Treasurer
(Based in Bowmanville)
Office location Central Office
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Area Offices
Bowmanville, Ontario
Edmonton, Alberta
Langley, British Columbia
Mississauga, Ontario
Moncton, New Brunswick
Toronto, Ontario
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Country Canada
Website www.unifor4000.com

Unifor National Council 4000 is the umbrella organization for five regionally based Unifor Local Unions across Canada that represent more than 4,500 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.

The new union, Unifor, will consist of 300,000 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. Unifor is the largest private sector union in Canada.

CAW National Council Logo, 2007-2013

CAW Council 4000 was formed in November 1997 at the Founding Convention held at the CAW Family Education Centre (now Unifor 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 (CBRT&GW), which merged with the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada (CAW-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 (CBRE), 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 (CNR), 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 Rocky Mountain Catering Co. Ltd.; Savage Alberta Railway (now CN); Toronto Terminals Railway; Atlantic Wholesalers (DC24) (Loblaw Companies) and Loblaw Companies / Atlantic Wholesalers (DC06); Cummins; Loomis Express (Transforce); Wayjax Equipment; support staff from the Nova Scotia Federation of Labour, and the World Trade and Convention Centre Halifax.

National Council 4000 Leadership

[D] - Denotes deceased

Presidents of National Council 4000

Unifor

CAW

Secretary-Treasurers of National Council 4000

Unifor

CAW

Regional Representatives of National Council 4000

System CNTL - Locals 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004 and 4005

Unifor

CAW


Local 4001 (Mountain Region)

Unifor

CAW


Local 4002 (Prairie Region)

Unifor

CAW


Local 4003 (Great Lakes Region)

Unifor

CAW


Local 4004 (St. Lawrence Region)

Unifor

CAW


Local 4005 (Atlantic Region)

Unifor

CAW


Local Presidents

Unifor Local 4001

CAW Local 4001


Unifor Local 4002

CAW Local 4002


Unifor Local 4003

CAW Local 4003


Unifor Local 4004

CAW Local 4004


Unifor Local 4005

CAW Local 4005

Council 4000 Administrative Assistants

Unifor National Council 4000 Conventions

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CAW National Council 4000 Conventions

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Council 4000 employers, occupations and locations

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