Lana Payne, secretary and treasurer for Unifor, speaks during a rally on the picket line outside the Co-op Refinery in Regina on Jan. 22, 2020. The Canadian Press/Mark Taylor
Unifor says Lana Payne has been elected as the new president of Canada’s largest private sector union, the first woman to hold the position.
Payne, previously National Secretary-Treasurer of Unifor, defeated Scott Doherty, executive assistant to the president, and Dave Cassidy, president of Unifor Local 444.
