Former Unifor president Jerry Dias was not charged as the result of an investigation launched last year into allegations that the longtime union leader accepted a bribe, Toronto police said Thursday. The police’s financial crimes unit began investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private sector union last spring after the union handed over money…

Toronto police are investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private-sector union. A spokesperson for the force says the financial crimes unit has begun an investigation into former Unifor boss Jerry Dias (DY’-as). Laura Brabant says the investigation is in its “preliminary stages,” and did not give further details. It comes after Unifor announced it…

A day after Unifor president Jerry Dias announced his sudden retirement, the union revealed it has been investigating the now former president since late January. Canada’s largest private sector union said in a statement Monday that secretary-treasurer Lana Payne was sent a complaint about Dias on Jan. 26 that alleged he engaged in a breach…

The head of Canada’s largest private-sector union is retiring amid what the organization says is ongoing health issues. Unifor says in a statement that national president Jerry Dias is stepping down after more than eight years in the role. The statement says Dias notified the union’s national executive board of his immediate retirement on Friday,…