Lana Payne and the Forward Together team clearly offer the best chance for us to collectively reclaim and fulfil the dream that led us to form this great union.

Jennifer Murray is Unifor’s National Executive Board member for the rail sector, and Atlantic Representative to Unifor Council 4000. She is running for Atlantic Regional Director because she wants to bring to life the Forward Together vision for a modern social union for everyone, with everyone.

Gavin McGarrigle is currently Unifor’s Western Regional Director since he was elected in 2019, after serving as B.C. Area Director and as a National Representative since 2006.

Dayle Steadman is the president of Unifor local 1106, based in Kitchener-Waterloo, representing more than 4000 members in health care and manufacturing. Dayle is stepping up to provide rank-and-file leadership in Ontario as Unifor’s next Ontario Regional Director.

Three candidates are announcing today that they proudly endorse Lana Payne and Len Poirier as national leadership to lead our union into the future. Together, they hope to offer strong rank-and-file representation to advance the Forward Together vision as outlined in the campaign platform released this week.

Like all of you, I love this union with all my heart. And my heart is full with the possibilities of what we can build into the future when we are guided by our trade union principles of democracy, transparency, accountability and solidarity.

Len Poirier is announcing he will be seeking the support of Unifor members to become Unifor’s next National Secretary-Treasurer at the upcoming Constitutional Convention in August. Len and Lana share a common vision for Unifor based on the principles of democracy, membership power, and integrity.