News by subject: LABOUR/PERSONAL ISSUES

100 workers with the Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf (BRAD) have ratified a new collective agreement. The workers, who are primarily support staff and counsellors, are represented by Local 4763 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE...

A coalition of workers who will be affected by Alberta's plan to phase-out coal fired electricity generation have unveiled a made-in-Alberta blueprint for a transition plan that puts a focus on jobs, workers and their communities. The report...

Negotiators for Unit 1 of Local 4207 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4207-1) have reached a tentative agreement with the administration of Brock University late last night, averting a strike which would have begun this morning....

In an unprecedented move by the Provincial Government, Finance Minister Cathy Bennett undermined negotiations, with provincial employees represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), during a news conference held today. "CUPE...

Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073) which represents 227 counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, speech language pathologists, interpreters/interpreter trainers, clerical support, program coordinators, program...

Sub-contracted cafeteria workers at York University and the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus are on strike, fighting to end poverty-wage jobs on campus. The workers will hold a second silent vigil in front of Queen's Park, holding picket...

A coalition of workers who will be affected by Alberta's plan to eliminate emissions from coal-fired electricity generation are unveiling a report on how jobs can be maintained and preserved. The report, "Getting It Right: A Just Transition...

227 workers from Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario could be on strike as of Monday, March 6. These workers provide interpretation, employment and mental health services for the Culturally Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing in...

Today's announcement by the Government of British Columbia to cut red tape and allow for electronic disclosure statements on fixed loan agreements, credit card and lease agreements was met with strong support by First West Credit Union....

The struggle to win union rights for medical cannabis workers in Canada has entered a new chapter, with the commencement of hearings at Ontario's Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal (AFRAA Tribunal) for workers at MedReleaf in...

After going without a contract for four years, workers at 24 Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) offices across Ontario could be on strike on March 4. A spokesperson for Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073) which represents...

In the news release, "$6.4 million year loss to Sudbury economy, if hospital laundry jobs cut," issued earlier today by Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and Canadian Union of Public Employees, we are advised that the word "million" was omitted from...

Sudbury's local economy will take a yearly $6.4 financial hit, if the laundry is closed and 50 hospital laundry workers lose their jobs. That's the finding of the independent economic impact analysis, Greater Sudbury council asked for earlier in...

Members of Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), representing inside workers for the City of Cambridge, will return to work tomorrow after the union and the city ratified a new collective agreement. The agreement ends the...

A tentative agreement has been reached between local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), which represents 163 inside workers, and the City of Cambridge. The tentative agreement was reached in the early hours of the...

Sub-contracted cafeteria workers at York University and the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus are on strike, fighting to end poverty-wage jobs on campus. The workers will hold a silent vigil in front of Queen's Park, holding picket signs...

CUPE Ontario strongly opposes an amendment to the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act (SBCBA) tabled yesterday by the Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, that will make central bargaining with the provincial government mandatory for all...

CUPE Nova Scotia President Nan McFadgen wants the McNeil Government to know they have created an unnecessary crisis in labour negotiations in the province. "Collective bargaining works if all parties respect the process. Our members are at bargaining...

Counsellors and support staff from the Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf (BRAD) in Milton could be off the job at 12:01 am on Tuesday, February 28. Local 4763 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4763), which represents the 100 staff,...

Striking cafeteria workers working for a sub-contractor at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus and York University visited Queen's Park today, part of their campaign to end poverty-wage jobs on Toronto's university campuses. As the...

Enbridge  is responding to an incident on its Line 2A pipeline at an industrial site in Strathcona County, Alberta following a suspected third-party line strike on Feb. 17, 2017. Enbridge's Control Center immediately shut down its pipelines in the...

CUPE 7000, representing 750 SkyTrain employees in operations, maintenance and administration, have ratified a tentative agreement with British Columbia Rapid Transit Company. The three-year agreement, which ends on August 31, 2019, includes a...

Sudbury lost 700 jobs last month and the results of a poll released today indicates that overwhelmingly the community expects large employers like the regional hospital and MPP Glenn Thibeault to save jobs locally. 91.9 per cent of those...

With hospital occupancy at between 101 and 120 per cent for several months at Kingston General Hospital (KGH), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of CUPE called on the province today to open...

The City of Cambridge is headed for its second municipal work stoppage this month as talks broke down between the city and Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882) which represents 163 inside workers for the City of Cambridge....

The fix to a consistently too-full Kingston General Hospital (KGH) is "not ill patients triaging themselves at home and staying away from hospital. It's not sick patients on gurneys in hallways with overworked staff trying to keep up. The solution to...

When it comes to the layoffs of 38 hospital laundry workers, a poll to be released Friday (February 17) at 11 a.m., shows Sudbury's hospital and the area MPP are outliers and not in sync with the overwhelming number of people in the Sudbury community...

Sub-contracted cafeteria workers at York University will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday, February 16th, as they escalate their fight for a living wage. These workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 75, have been bargaining a new collective...

Sub-contracted cafeteria workers at York University will begin an indefinite strike on Thursday, February 16th, as they escalate their fight for a living wage. These workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 75, have been bargaining a new collective...

In votes held province-wide, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have ratified a contract extension that settles central and local agreements until August 31, 2019. The deal was reached with the province of...

"CUPE strongly opposes the McNeil Government's move to impose a contract on the members of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU)," says Nan McFadgen, president of CUPE Nova Scotia. "We feel this piece of anti-worker legislation is undemocratic and...

A strike or lockout of the nearly 3000 Teaching Assistants, internally-funded Research Assistants, and Contract Instructors represented by CUPE 4600 at Carleton University may occur in early March. After more than 7 months of bargaining, CUPE 4600...

As U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meet in Washington today, the Canadian Trucking Alliance joined a group of about 40 leading Canada-U.S. business associations, companies, and policy experts in issuing a joint...

Noranda Income Fund (the "Fund") has received notice that unionized workers at its zinc processing facility in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, affiliated with the United Steelworkers of America, have initiated a strike effective February 12,...

Canadian Labour Congress president Hassan Yussuff is urging Nova Scotia premier Stephen McNeil to heed a Supreme Court ruling and go back to the bargaining table with the province's public school teachers instead of arbitrarily imposing contract...

The struggle to win union rights for medical cannabis workers in Canada has entered a new chapter, with the commencement of hearings at Ontario's Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal (AFRAA Tribunal) for workers at MedReleaf in...

The January unemployment of 6.8 per cent is an encouraging step in the right direction, but public policy makers need to focus on the stubborn labour force participation rate says Bob Funk, CEO and chairman of the board for Express Employment...

Cafeteria workers working for Aramark at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC) launched an open-ended strike Thursday, an escalation in their fight to end what they describe as 'poverty-wage jobs' on the university campus. These...

Essex County Library workers are on the verge of returning to work after eight months off the job, following the ratification of a tentative agreement that was reached in the early hours of the morning. The ratification vote for the members of Local...

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff made the following joint statement about recent acts of violence against Muslim communities in both countries and U.S. President Donald Trump's executive orders on...

On the second day of a strike involving 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien (CSDCEO), the union representing them, CUPE Local 4155, is questioning the school board's priorities. "They had...

Local 32 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 32) representing outside workers of the City of Cambridge have reached a tentative agreement with the city which could bring their strike to an end after just six days. The two sides...

Representatives of Local 4155 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are demanding that the school board Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien (CSDCEO) meet with the union today to avoid a strike tomorrow in the board's...

Striking Essex County Library workers will return to the bargaining table with the Essex Library Board on Wednesday, February 8. The union, representing the striking workers, called the library board back to the table, marking the first negotiations...

The president of the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will address members of CUPE local 4155 at their meeting tomorrow, Saturday, February 4 in St. Albert. President Fred Hahn will deliver a message of...

Cafeteria workers working for Aramark at York University and the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) campus held one-day strikes this week, as they escalated their fight to end what they say are poverty wages. These workers, members of UNITE...

The 185 members of Local 32 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 32) who provide roads maintenance, including snow removal, water and wastewater services, arena maintenance, cemetery services, parks and pools maintenance and mechanical...

Cafeteria workers working for Aramark at York University will stage a one-day strike today, Thursday, February 2nd, as they escalate their fight for a living wage. These workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 75, have been bargaining a new collective...

Cafeteria workers working for Aramark at York University will stage a one-day strike tomorrow, Thursday, February 2nd, as they escalate their fight for a living wage. These workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 75, have been bargaining a new...

Eastern Ontario school board Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l'Est ontarien (CSDCEO) is still the only school board in Ontario without a local collective agreement with its education workers, but now its refusal to reach a deal at the...