All workers in Canada have a fundamental legal right to join a union. As more Toyota Team Members sign their union cards every day, Unifor wants to give you the facts about how the process to unionize works and make sure you have what you need to make an informed decision, free from any Toyota management misinformation.

Canadian workers are supposed to be protected by health and safety standards at all times with convenient access to thorough supports and resources in the case of a workplace injury. But we regularly hear that when a Team Member is injured on the job, support from management is not consistent and often inadequate. In too many cases, injured Team Members report that they have been terminated.

Everyone deserves to go to work and come home each day with their safety and dignity intact. The law requires all employers to provide a harassment-free workplace, but experience tells us that employers like Toyota, tend to use the quickest, cheapest solution rather than investigating the matter thoroughly.

Being hired at Toyota as a contract employee should be a step towards full-time status. But without a union, contract Team Members don’t have a defined path towards full-time work with clear rules and guidelines to spelled out in a legally binding Collective Agreement.