Canada's newest and largest private sector union is ready to hit the ground running.The Canadian Auto Workers and Communication,
Energy and Paperworkers Union officially merged to become Unifor this weekend.
Local National Unifor rep Stephen Boone says first Unifor President Jerry Diaz has promised to get away from playing defence.
Unifor now represents almost 310-thousand Canadians, including 7-thousand in the northwest, in 20 key sectors.