News by subject: LABOUR/PERSONAL ISSUES

Federal Finance Minister Bill Moreau's proposed "tax fairness" changes will negatively impact small businesses and harm jobs across Canada says Bob Funk, staffing and job placement expert and CEO of Express Employment Professionals. "The...

Data show that physical, verbal and sexual assaults against Ontario hospital staff are prevalent and increasing. It is widely understood that workplace violence is under-reported in the health sector. "Hospitals that are dangerous for staff...

Early August the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) alerted the Kingston community that Kingston hospitals had received sub-par funding from the province for 2017.  At the time, Mike Rodrigues the president of CUPE (1974) representing...

Contract negotiations between the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) abruptly broke down yesterday following the hospitals' refusal to address the issue of workplace violence.  Negotiations...

Food bank usage in Toronto has increased to levels not seen since the height of the global recession despite lower unemployment numbers, says recent report by the Daily Bread Food Bank. This affirms the urgent need to tackle the growth of precarious...

On September 2, 2016, 23-year old Amina Diaby, a temp agency worker who had been on the job just two weeks, was killed at the Fiera Foods plant in Toronto. The OFL's "Kill a Worker, Go to Jail" campaign confirmed that this was the third...

This afternoon, hundreds of union and non-union hospitality workers held a march and street theatre-style "red carpet" action in front of the Soho House Toronto, a TIFF hotspot, drawing attention to the urgent need for employment and labour law...

What: Please be advised that this Tuesday, September 12th, hundreds of unionized hospitality workers and their supporters will march from the Renaissance Hotel Toronto Downtown to the Soho House Toronto, a TIFF hotspot, to hold a street theatre-style...

What: Please be advised that this Tuesday, September 12th, hundreds of unionized hospitality workers and their supporters will march from the Renaissance Hotel Toronto Downtown to the Soho House Toronto, a TIFF hotspot, to hold a street theatre-style...

Canada's Labour Force Survey released today showed that the Canadian unemployment rate in August declined 0.1 per cent to 6.2 per cent nationally. The labour force participation rate, which measures those actively looking for work stayed even at 65.7...

The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is raising serious concerns over the staying of charges in the deadly stage collapse at the Downsview Radiohead concert. "We are shocked and saddened with the decision to stay the charges," said Chris...

CLC Executive Vice-President Larry Rousseau will be in Victoria to speak at the Victoria Labour Council's annual Labour Day event. This year, Canada's unions are marking Labour Day with the launch of a campaign calling for prescription drug...

CLC Executive Vice-President Donald Lafleur will be in Regina to speak at the Regina & District Labour Council's annual Labour Day picnic. This year, Canada's unions are marking Labour Day with the launch of a campaign calling for...

This Labour Day Ontario Federation of Labour officers will be speaking to workers across the province. "Our fight for decent work is province-wide. Workers across Ontario have worked hard for the gains we have made on decent work and we want...

CLC Secretary-Treasurer Marie Clarke Walker will be in St. John's to speak at the St. John's & District Labour Council's annual Labour Day picnic. This year, Canada's unions are marking Labour Day with the launch of a campaign calling for...

This Labour Day Ontario Federation of Labour officers will be speaking to workers across the province. "Our fight for decent work is province-wide. Workers across Ontario have worked hard for the gains we have made on decent work and we want...

This Labour Day Ontario Federation of Labour officers will be speaking to workers across the province. "Our fight for decent work is province-wide. Workers across Ontario have worked hard for the gains we have made on decent work and we want...

This Labour Day Ontario Federation of Labour officers will be speaking to workers across the province. "Our fight for decent work is province-wide. Workers across Ontario have worked hard for the gains we have made on decent work and we want...

Canada's unions are marking this year's Labour Day with the launch of a campaign calling for universal prescription drug coverage for all Canadians. "Today, 3.5 million Canadians can't afford to fill their prescriptions," said CLC President...

CLC Secretary-Treasurer Marie Clarke Walker will be in St. John's to speak at the St. John's & District Labour Council's annual Labour Day picnic. This year, Canada's unions are marking Labour Day with the launch of a campaign calling for...

In the run up to Labour Day 2017, the nation's hottest job markets are concentrated in the province of Quebec. The 4th Annual Express Employment Professionals "Top 50 Hot Job Markets in Canada" report, released today, shows La Belle Province...

The president of the union representing workers at the Windsor-Essex Children's Aid Society is calling recently announced cuts to the agency, "a move that will only do further harm to an already vulnerable population in our community." Craig...

Fresh, local, nutritious food is what's best for convalescing patients. But St. Joseph's Health Centre intends to close its in-house kitchens and buy plated, microwavable "TV dinner"-style food from a factory operation somewhere outside of Toronto....

The McNeil Government is blindly moving ahead with unconstitutional, anti-worker legislation, without learning any lessons from other provinces in Canada, says the President of CUPE Nova Scotia Nan McFadgen. Today, the McNeil Government proclaimed...

People living in Corner Brook and the surrounding region have needed new health care facilities, including more beds in long-term care, for many years. It came as welcome news to everyone, including CUPE members and their families, when the province...

The Ontario Federation of Labour is raising serious concern about the validity of the assertions in the Keep Ontario Working (KOW) coalition's commissioned economic impact analysis of Bill 148, conducted by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis...

In separate rulings involving three managers at Pacific Blue Cross, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board (LRB) has found that the non-profit benefits provider violated Section 68 of the Labour Relations Code by using prohibited replacement...

The Ontario Federation of Labour welcomes the proposal for amendments to Bill 148 announced today by the Ontario New Democratic Party. "If enacted, these amendments would strengthen the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act and deliver greater...

CUPE Ontario has thrown its wholehearted support behind Ontario New Democrats' amendments to Bill 148, the proposed legislation that would raise the province's minimum wage and make substantial changes to both its Employment Standards Act (ESA) and...

By locking out its unionized staff, Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) is only hurting its corporate brand and weakening the company with service disruptions and a mounting backlog of unprocessed benefit claims, union leaders told a picket line rally in...

Attn: Assignment Editor Hamilton's hospitals are already beyond their tipping point and another massive set of cuts is "reckless and irresponsible", reported advocates today in a press conference. The Ontario Health Coalition joined leaders...

Too many tragic stories about care quality and resident safety in long-term care homes, "should prompt the provincial government to urgent action to make a daily 4-hour resident care standard the law in Ontario," say Renfrew and area direct care...

Local 5191 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 5191) representing paramedics in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and representatives from the region have reached a tentative agreement. No details of the agreement will be...

Support workers at the Resort Municipality of Whistler's RCMP detachment decided to become members of CUPE Local 2010 at a Labour Board vote counted this morning. "We are very happy to welcome this department into our local," said CUPE 2010 Vice...

Below average provincial funding of about 1.4 per cent for the newly amalgamated Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) in 2017, "is bad news for patient care and cause for alarm at a time of significant change," said Canadian Union of Public...

Local 5191 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (Regional Municipality of Waterloo Emergency Medical Services) and the Region of Waterloo have mutually agreed to a media blackout, effective until further notice. Both parties are...

Independent economic analysis shows the type of austerity measures in Brian Jean's platform would create a second recession in Alberta, with further job losses on top of jobs already lost to low oil prices. Seen as the "moderate" candidate...

Express Employment Professionals released new survey results revealing that despite the low unemployment rate, many businesses are not increasing wages. In a survey of 533 North American businesses, respondents were asked, "Over the next...

Region of Waterloo Council must address chronic understaffing of its Paramedic Services, according to Local 5191 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 5191) which represents the Region's 220+ paramedics. "It's a public safety...

The Ontario Federation of Labour and Fight for $15 and Fairness will present urgently needed changes to Bill 148 at a press conference at Queen's Park on Friday, July 21. "The $15 minimum wage by 2019 must not be delayed," said OFL President...

CUPE representatives are asking the McNeil Government to hit pause on the pre-primary program announced July 18 by Minister Zach Churchill, and begin consultations with parents and the people who do the work - early childhood educators (ECEs),...

The Ontario Federation of Labour and Fight for $15 and Fairness will present urgently needed changes to Bill 148 at a press conference at Queen's Park on Friday, July 21. "The $15 minimum wage by 2019 must not be delayed," said OFL President...

The Ontario Federation of Labour and Fight for $15 and Fairness will present urgently needed changes to Bill 148 at a press conference at Queen's Park on Friday, July 21. "The $15 minimum wage by 2019 must not be delayed," said OFL President...

The Ontario Federation of Labour and Fight for $15 and Fairness will present urgently needed changes to Bill 148 at a press conference at Queen's Park on Friday, July 21. "The $15 minimum wage by 2019 must not be delayed," said OFL President...

CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will be in Kitchener-Waterloo on Tuesday to present to the government hearings on Bill 148, the proposed legislation that would raise the minimum wage and make substantial changes to both the Employment Standards Act...

CUPE 1004 and the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) met last week for their first bargaining session in this round of contract negotiations. CUPE 1004 President Andrew Ledger says that key issues for the union include wages, job security and...

Last week, the University of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU), went ahead with a controversial 40 per cent cut to their staff positions, telling two young women, Vita Carlino, Clubs and Service Groups' Coordinator, and Maria Galvez, Health and Dental...

CUPE 2087 members (municipal workers in the Village of Montrose) and the Village of Montrose have both voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. The three-year agreement includes wage increases of $0.65 in each year of the...

CUPE 1816 members on rotating legal job actions against Pacific Blue Cross found themselves locked out this morning, the result of a company policy announced as the Union held a rally outside the benefit provider's offices last week. In an...

Workers at the Toronto Community Housing Corporation represented by CUPE Local 79 have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate. Local 79 has been negotiating a new contract with TCHC since October. "We are bargaining for good,...