The head of the Canadian Labour Congress is accusing Unifor of raiding another union for members after it severed ties with the national lobby group for the country's labour movement. However, Unifor president Jerry Dias insists Unifor's decision to leave the CLC was not about boosting its membership and denied the accusation that he was raiding another union. "So there is one heck of a push amongst the U.S.-based unions to ensure that their members can never leave their union." But international unions have been a part of Canada's labour movement since the start, said Christopher Monette, a spokesman for Teamsters Canada — a CLC affiliate. "They're leaving because the CLC does not allow their affiliates to openly go out and raid other unions," he said.

Source: CBC News January 19, 2018 20:09 UTC