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 **Jerry Dias** is a Canadian union executive based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]]. He served as the president of [[Unifor]], the largest private-sector union in [[Canada]], between August 2013 and March 2022.
+===== COVID-19 =====
+==== Bribery ====
+On March 13, 2022, Dias suddenly announced his retirement from [[Unifor]] due to unspecific health reasons.((//Unifor head Jerry Dias retires, citing health issues.// (2022, March 13). [[CBC News]]. https://archive.ph/7gM1s)) Within a week, it was revealed that Dias had received $50,000 from an unspecified supplier of [[covid-19_public_health_policy:testing|COVID-19 rapid tests]] which he was requiring Unifor employees to use.((Deschamps, T., & Wong, C. (2022, March 23). //Jerry Dias accepted money from COVID-19 rapid test supplier, Unifor alleges.// [[CTV News]]. https://archive.ph/kF5be))
+On April 4, the [[Toronto Police Service]] stated that its [[financial crimes]] unit had opened an investigation into the matter.((The Canadian Press. (2022, April 5). //Toronto police’s financial crimes unit to investigate former union head Jerry Dias.// CTV News Toronto. https://archive.ph/mdGEr))