First Roy Scott Bursary recipient

Monica Sanh, a graduating student at CW Jeffrys Collegiate Institute, is the first recipient of  Local 112’s Roy Scott Memorial Bursary. Local 112 established the annual bursary to honour the memory of Local 112 member Roy Scott who was the first person of colour appointed to the UAW-Canada staff.  The bursary is awarded each year to a graduating student at CW Jeffrys, a high school in the Jane-Finch neighbourhood a few blocks from the union hall. The $1000 bursary was presented by Financial Secretary Sherry Hillman at the Graduation Ceremony June 25th. Monica was selected to receive the bursary on the basis of the essay she wrote on social justice and her activism in her school and community.

Working people have the right to retire from their job with dignity and security.
Today, that right is under threat.

The global financial crisis has wreaked havoc on our economy. Not only has the recession resulted in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs, it threatens the funding and future viability of workers’ pensions.

Canadian defense spending
must create jobs here

CAW National Aerospace Director Dawn Cartwright and I have over the last 3 years been actively lobbying politicians with respect to aerospace defense spending and a Made in Canada purchasing policy for government procurement.