Unifor Local 2458 will have a new president to lead the local as of June.
Tullio DiPonti has been acclaimed to the post after serving as financial secretary for the past 15 years. "It's been a dream of mine to become the leader of Local 2458," says DiPonti.
Unifor Local 2458 represents more than 5000 members, primarily in health care and education.
DiPonti takes over from the retiring Bruce Dickie and plans to continue on with the work his predecessor started. "Obviously in the health care we got all the problems with bargaining and what's happening in long-term care with the shortage of staffing and all that so we got to tackle that right away and we're working on it," says DiPonti.
Unifor Local 2458 represents workers from Windsor to Tobermory.