New Application for Unifor Journeyperson Card

Procedure for Applicants Requesting Unifor Journeyperson Cards

1. Application forms are available at all Unifor Area and Local Union
   Offices. 
   
   
2. Application forms must be filled out completely. Two Union Officers’
   signatures required in addition to applicant’s signature.
   
   
3. Any Journeyperson card issued is the property of the National Union,
   Unifor, and may be revoked for good and sufficient reason, including
   failure to maintain membership in good standing while working in a
   Unifor plant or on layoff with recall rights. 
   
   
4. Applicants must be working at a trade and be a member in good
   standing in Unifor. 
   
   
5. Applicants must have completed application form.
   
   PLUS:
   
   a). One copy of current work record on Company letterhead stationery
   from a company under contract with Unifor.
   
   PLUS:
   
   b). Work records from Unifor plants must be verified by a Local Union
   Officer, Committee-person or Steward, attesting to the authenticity of
   the work record. The officer, steward or committee-person must indicate
   Unifor Local Union number, date and office held next to this signature.
   
   c). Work records from employees not organized in Unifor must be
   notarized.
   
   PLUS:
   
   d). In the case of Apprentice Graduate, one copy of a certificate of
   completion of a bona fide apprenticeship. If the apprenticeship was served
   under an agreement other than a Unifor agreement, one copy of a schedule
   of training from shop and school must be submitted.
   
   e). Applicants that are non-apprentice graduates are required to submit
   work records from each individual employer on Company
   letterhead and stationery signed by a Company official and designating the
   specific type of work performed and the dates of such work performance
   that confirms eight years at the trade or classification.
   
   f). High resolution photo upload similar to a passport picture in a .png, .jpeg or .jpg format. 
   
   
6. Applicants submitting foreign papers to substantiate Journeyperson
   status must have the foreign language papers translated by a source
   approved by the Skilled Trades Department of the National Union
   and must submit one copy of the foreign language papers and one
   copy of the translation.
   
   
7. Copies must be completely legible to be accepted.
   
   
8. Experience gained in military service may be used to substantiate
   journeyperson status provided the applicant can produce detailed
   records showing experience at the trade. Discharge certificate is not
   sufficient. To obtain military personnel records, write to: Canadian
   Service Records, Department of National Defense, Ottawa, Ontario,
   Canada K2P 0G3

Please choose one of the following Unifor recognized trades:

Applicant Contact Information

Employer and Local Information

Required Document Collection

Signature File: 

Please sign a plain white piece of paper with a blue or black pen with your signature and upload the file blow. You must provide this to qualify to receive your skilled trades card. 

Any Journeyperson card issued is the property of the National Union, Unifor, and may be revoked for good and sufficient reason such as failure to maintain membership in good standing while working in a Unifor represented plant, and falsification of application information.