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News by subject: LABOUR/PERSONAL ISSUES

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21 december 2017

20:03
In an effort to avoid any strike action, CUPE 338 members who work as jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP Detachment have agreed to enter binding arbitration with Commissionaires BC. "We were able to reach a last-minute agreement late...


20 december 2017

15:03
The revelation that the public sector pension plan, OMERS has been using tax havens to avoid their tax obligation has come as a shock to CUPE Ontario that represents the largest group of the pension plans membership. Tax avoidance is no way to fund a...


19 december 2017

17:33
CUPE 561 and School District 43 (Coquitlam) recently announced that a tentative deal has been reached on the transfer of active non-teaching pension plan (NTPP) employees to the Municipal Pension Plan (MPP). CUPE 561 members will be able to...

15:33
As announced by the WSIB on Friday December 15, 2017 and reported in the Toronto Star, the WSIB will no longer reduce Non-Economic Loss (NEL) awards for workers who had no prior symptoms of a pre-existing condition. In addition, the WSIB has...

13:33
Members of CUPE Locals 109 (Marine Services) and 2290 (Fairmont Homes) will rally outside Frontenac County Council meeting on Wednesday morning. Members of both locals have been in bargaining with the County for some time, and they are gathering...

12:03
CUPE Local 338 members who work as jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP Detachment have re-issued 72-hour strike notice to Commissionaires BC, to be effective as of 6:00 a.m. Friday, December 22.  "Kelowna jail guards work to keep their community safe...

09:33
Publicly, St. Michael's Hospital (St. Mike's) says it values and respects its staff. But inside the hospital, that's not what's happening. Long-time staff are being fired without cause or being offered employment at another area of the hospital. A...


18 december 2017

12:03
Simon Fraser University (SFU) student residence workers voted in favour of joining CUPE Local 3338 last week in a vote administered by the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB). This group of workers includes 55 employees who work throughout SFU's...

06:03
Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") announces, with great regret, that it has suspended the employment contracts of its workforce in Mexico. This suspension is the direct result of an illegal blockade of its ELG Mine, by the Los...


14 december 2017

15:33
A correction from source has been issued for the release disseminated Dec. 13 at 23:29 ET. Changes were made to the fifth paragraph. The complete and corrected press release follows: Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto,...

14:03
After receiving 72-hour strike notice from their employees late Monday afternoon, Commissionaires BC has filed an application with the BC Labour Relations Board in an attempt to stop CUPE 338's planned strike action. "CUPE filed 72-hour strike...


13 december 2017

23:33
Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3902 (CUPE 3902), voted yesterday to give their bargaining team a strike mandate. Over 1500 members of CUPE 3902's Unit 1 (Course...

13:33
The politicians on York Regional Council are playing Grinch this Christmas! They have voted to take away every public holiday (except Christmas Day) from retail workers in EVERY CITY & TOWN in the Region. By-Law 2017-55 was voted on...


12 december 2017

15:03
CUPE 2450 and the Village of Nakusp have ratified a new five-year agreement after more than 28 months of negotiations. Sixteen of 23 eligible voters attended the ratification meeting Monday, and 75 percent of members voted in favour of the...

14:03
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is calling on the Trudeau government to match its rhetoric with action when it comes to addressing the serious gap in the 2016 CPP expansion. The proposed fix to the government's plan announced Monday at...

12:33
CUPE Local 338 members who work as jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP Detachment have served 72-hour strike notice, putting the union in a legal strike position as of Thursday, December 14 at 4:00 p.m. The 17 jail guards are employees of...


11 december 2017

13:03
In an uncommon show of opposition to changes to paramedic pre-hospital medical care, dozens of paramedics from several communities are protesting at the Ontario Legislature tomorrow (Tuesday, December 12 at 10:00 a.m.) amendments to the Ambulance Act...


6 december 2017

14:33
Terminations of long-time employees without cause. Violations of basic employment standards using aggressive tactics to force staff to sign agreements to work excess hours and work eight and ten days in a row. All shocking behaviour associated with...


5 december 2017

10:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


4 december 2017

13:33
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...

10:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


3 december 2017

11:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


1 december 2017

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Tuesday, December 5,...

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Tuesday, December 5,...


30 november 2017

14:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...

10:33
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


29 november 2017

13:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...

10:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Wednesday, November...

10:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


28 november 2017

14:33
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...

12:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Thursday, November...

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Thursday, November...


27 november 2017

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Wednesday, November...

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Wednesday, November...

10:03
Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a major new...


24 november 2017

11:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Tuesday, November...

07:03
How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study - 'Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff' - being released Monday, November...


22 november 2017

19:49
Delegates of the Ontario Federation of Labour's (OFL) Power ON convention took to the streets today in solidarity, marching for fairness, unity and justice for all working Ontarians, as part of the OFL 14th Biennial Convention. "Decent work...

18:04
In light of the federal government's inaction, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) filed an injunction application in Federal Court to prevent the transfer of more RCMP civilian employees to the flawed Phoenix pay system. "On...

18:00
North Bay direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at greater risk of physical violence in the workplace than similar staff at other Ontario hospitals, a comparison of polling data shows. A new Ontario...

15:00
Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Sudbury hospital staff released today finds. Ontario-wide 68 per cent of registered...


21 november 2017

23:30
Torex Gold Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Torex") issued a statement today in response to misinformation that is being circulated by labour groups and the media. The Company was made aware of an incident that happened this past weekend in...

18:00
Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a recently released poll of Ontario hospital staff has found. Ontario-wide 68 per cent of registered...

17:06
Staff at the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) have given their bargaining committee an overwhelming mandate in favour of strike...

14:15
New polling, being released on Wednesday (November 22, 2017, 1:00 p.m.) at a media conference in North Bay (120 Lakeshore Drive) shows that assaults on hospital staff are happening with alarming frequency. How North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC)...

14:00
Scott Sharp was working at a Guelph hospital when called to assist nurses who were being attacked in the emergency department by a disturbed patient. Slammed through a wall, Sharp was very badly injured, physically and psychologically, and has spent...

07:03
Today, the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organisations (IGOPP) released its policy paper entitled Executive Compensation: Cutting the Gordian Knot. The compensation of CEOs remains a contentious issue and, for the past twenty years,...


20 november 2017

09:33
Scott Sharp was working at a Guelph hospital when called to assist nurses who were being attacked in the emergency department by a disturbed patient. Slammed through a wall, Sharp was very badly injured, physically and psychologically, and has spent...

09:03
The Canadian Labour Congress will host a town hall discussion on pharmacare from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd at the Central Lions Recreation Centre in Edmonton. The event will feature CLC President Hassan Yussuff on why Canada's...

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