The response to your service was overwhelmingly positive. The turnout for the meeting was huge and I believe the calls made a big difference in getting the members out to the meeting. Your service is “A-one” and we would not hesitate to use you again.
Larry Stevenson, President CUPE Local 1483
Awesome speed and coverage
Just want to let you know that several people here have been very impressed with the results from last week’s phone broadcast. Awesome speed and coverage. We are happy campers. Thanks for the good fast work.
Keith Wiley, Communications Officer United Nurses of Alberta
Our members really liked the direct communication
Thank you for going the extra mile to accommodate our messaging over the past week. I know there were several times we gave you very short notice and your response was “we’ll get it done”. Our members really liked the direct communication and I’m confident we will continue to use your service in the future.
Debbie Forward, President Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union
One step ahead of management
We used Union Calling to alert our members on Sunday of Brampton Transit’s plan to adopt new policies that would violate our collective agreement. I told our members, in no uncertain terms, that we would grieve these violations. On Monday, when management said that the union approved these new policies, our members knew it was a lie, and responded accordingly (in no uncertain terms!). Union Calling kept us one step ahead of management. It’s a great service that helps us level the playing field.
Stan Dera, President ATU Local 1573
Helped win a certification vote
Union Calling was a key component of our communications campaign, which helped us keep DynaLIFE Dx employees informed prior to, and following the successful union certification vote.
Scott Pattison, Health Sciences Association of Alberta
An awesome tool!
Within 3 hours of my first call to Union Calling, our 1200+ members across Canada began receiving our message. With a 90% successful connection rate, and an average cost of less than a postage stamp per member, this is the most efficient and effective means of getting a message out that we’ve found! We plan to make it an integral part of our negotiation communications.
Michael Reed, Secretary-Treasurer Air Transat Component of CUPE Locals 4041, 4047 & 4078
Always there for us
Union Calling helped make our rally at the Toronto District School Board a great success and they have always been there for us when we have to contact our members quickly.
Doug Jolliffe, President Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation District 12 - Toronto
Thank you again for the Speed
Just want to say thank you again for the speed in which Union Calling gets messages out. I realize that it was short notice but I continue to be impressed with the work of your organization. I have passed this on to many other groups within OECTA as an effective and cost savings way of communicating with members.
David Dolan, President Dufferin-Peel (OECTA) Elementary
Multilingual call brought out hundreds to rally
Union Calling’s multilingual capability helped bring out hundreds of our members to a successful rally for International Hotel Workers Day. We had lots of positive feedback about my call to them.
Paul Clifford, President UNITE HERE Local 75
Increase in member attendance and involvement
Our Local has been using the services of Union Calling for the last few years to provide messaging to our membership as well advertising our membership meetings. As a direct result of our Union Calling messages, we have had an increase in member attendance and involvement in our Local union activities, meetings and events. As well, Union Calling has been able to accommodate our short notice requests. I called Union Calling late on a Saturday night for an urgent call that had to go out on Sunday. My call was answered immediately by a person, not a machine, and my ...
Teresa Colangelo, President, CUPE Local 2191
Response totally positive
This is the best new idea in membership communications to come along in a long time! Our members really appreciated hearing directly from me what was happening during our negotiations. In the past, they got much of their information about bargaining progress from the media or from rumours. We made six call-outs at critical points during negotiations and the response was totally positive.
Bob Kinnear, President/Business Agent Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113
Very efficient way of delivering news
We used Union Calling to keep our Master Bargaining Committee and Stewards informed of important developments during recent negotiations with Loblaw Companies. It was a very efficient way of delivering the news. Everybody got exactly the same message at more or less the same time, even though they were scattered over an area of more than 500 square miles. This really works. It’s quite effective and the feedback we got was that it was very well received by our members.
Scott Penner, President UFCW Local 1977
A lot better than a letter
It was really something getting a personal message from the president. It didn’t matter that it was a recording because everyone knows he couldn’t call us all individually. What matters is that he wanted to communicate something important to us and he did it in his own voice. It’s a lot better than a letter, a lot more personal. Everybody I’ve talked to who got the call was impressed.
Jim Koppens, Secretary-Treasurer UFCW Local 1000A
A welcome personal touch
Union Calling is friendly, accommodating and very easy to work with. They bring a welcome personal touch to a technological business. We highly recommend them.
, Council of Canadians
Union Calling is a stellar service!
We kept our membership around Ontario up to date on collective bargaining developments using Union Calling. The members loved having one consistent message that was always timely. They felt like they were part of the negotiation process, well informed and eagerly awaiting the next update. At the end of negotiations, late at night, Union Calling got an urgent message out amazingly fast. Their people are great and really care about unions.
Harry Goslin, President Ontario Compensation Employees Union CUPE Local 1750