Moment of silence for Workers Memorial Day / National Day of Mourning

Each year on April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day/National Day of Mourning, working people throughout the world mourn for the people who were hurt or killed on the job, and renew our struggle for safe workplaces. Each year, millions of workers are injured – including workers in the entertainment industry—working busy, highly-demanding jobs, sometimes in dangerous […]

Christian Bergeron Shares COVID-19 Story and The Efforts of Local 514

Pictured here is union member Christian Bergeron with seamstress Simonetta Mariano.

It all started with seamstress Simonetta Mariano. She began making masks for the elderly and her neighbours. Local 514 members are all doing our part to help in any way we can. We have six different offices and six stitchers who go into the offices and design the masks. As of now, we have donated over a thousand […]