News by subject: LBR

Frontline grocery workers at Metro have ratified a historic new collective agreement, ending a month-long strike that started on July 29, 2023....

In one of the biggest organizing drives in recent history, over 1,000 Nevada home care workers have already voted or are taking part in landslide union elections at multiple employers. Workers say they are forming their union to advocate for good...

Members of Unifor Local 1132 at the Crofton mill in British Columbia received notice on Monday, August 28 that the scheduled restart of the mill, slated for the end of the month, has been delayed by at least another 30 days, leaving workers and their...

Workers at Ryder Transportation Solutions have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 355. The 15 drivers distribute Hill's pet...

A tentative agreement has been reached between Unifor and Metro, following a month-long strike action by 3,700 frontline grocery store workers....

Metro Ontario Inc., a subsidiary of METRO Inc. , is pleased to announce that it has reached a new tentative agreement with UNIFOR for the renewal of the collective agreement of the unionized employees at its 27 Metro locations across the Greater...

Brockville Mental Health Centre workers will be holding a rally on September 6th to fight for better wages as they head into interest arbitration with their employer, following the wage cap Bill 124 being declared "void and of no effect" by the...

Major wage increases and more manageable workloads are key features of a new three-year contract with the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver ratified today by Unifor members....

The Teamsters are calling on California Governor Gavin Newsom to end his opposition to Assembly Bill 316 in response to new polling data, which shows nearly three-quarters of Californians support the legislation, and reports that three California...

Unifor has selected Ford Motor Company as the target automaker to set the pattern agreement in the union's negotiations with the Detroit Three. "Ford was selected as the target because we believe that the company is in the best position to reach an...

Back-to-school could mean dangerous outing of trans students in Ontario if Minister Lecce's statements are to be heeded. "For queer and trans students, exploring their identity in social settings is hard enough without their teachers being forced...

Unifor will announce the union's Detroit Three (D3) target company in the current round of negotiations with Ford, General Motors and Stellantis at a media conference today at 1 p.m. at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto....

Parents should voice their concerns if their children's mental health needs aren't being addressed at school, says the Ontario Association of Social Workers (OASW), which is flagging persistent shortages of professionals even as mental health funding...

After a lengthy legal battle at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Teamsters are celebrating a landmark victory with its decision in the case of Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC (28-CA-230115). The labor board ordered Cemex to...

St. Francis Medical Center (SFMC) is one of the busiest hospitals in Los Angeles County, with the only level 2 trauma, stroke, and STEMI (heart attack response) center for many miles around. Prime Healthcare bought SFMC through bankruptcy in 2020,...

Full-time support staff at Ontario's colleges have successfully negotiated a 9.5% pay increase with the College Employer Council, following the Superior Court of Ontario's decision to overturn the Ford government's unconstitutional wage cap...

The Salvation Army Thrift Store is seeing concerning impacts on its operations due to recent strike action by local warehouse employees and truck drivers and causing concern of how these effects will impact the charity in the future. Last...

Hydro Ottawa and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) entered non-binding mediation the week of August 14 in an effort to resolve the outstanding issue of wages and end a strike that has lasted for two months. Unfortunately, and...

Unifor members at Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Stellantis have delivered overwhelming strike mandates, authorizing their bargaining committees to take job action, if needed, to achieve fair collective agreements with the Detroit Three (D3)....

After more than eight months of negotiations and days before a potential strike, workers at the San Francisco Zoo represented by Teamsters Local 856 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year contract. Local 856 represents nearly 100 dedicated...

This week, two unions representing roughly 4,500 San Jose city employees, IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101, finished in-person voting to determine whether or not to ratify the historic Tentative Agreements (TA) reached with the City...

The Teamsters' new National Master Agreement with UPS has officially gone into effect, protecting more than 340,000 full- and part-time workers, after an outstanding supplemental contract was resolved and ratified in Florida....

Striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to a delivery station (DJC5) in Hollister, Calif. today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices. The growing strike will...

A tentative agreement has been signed between bargaining committees representing members of Unifor Local 1959 and 240 and the employer, Windsor Salt. The union began legal strike action 189 days ago on February 17, 2023. More details will be made...

The Salvation Army Thrift Store is seeing concerning impacts on its operations due to recent strike action by local warehouse employees and truck drivers. While donations are critical to support the programs and services of The Salvation Army, the...

17-page response fails to address or adequately respond to any of the concerns cited By DPH based on testimony provided by residents, public officials, nurses, physicians and advocates at public hearing on August 9 regarding how UMass can ensure...

Unifor Local 114 members at the Victoria-Seattle ferry service have voted 100% in favour of taking legal strike action on Sunday, September 3 if a fair contract cannot be reached before then. "Unless the employer shows up to the bargaining table with...

Striking grocery workers' fight for fair wages will move to round the clock secondary picket lines at two Metro distribution warehouse in Toronto beginning Wednesday, August 22 at 6:00 a.m....

Teamsters Local 283 has filed three unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against Detroit Medical Center (DMC) on behalf of Teamster lab assistants and customers service representatives at the hospital. The charges come amid contentious negotiations,...

Teamsters Local 350, which represents all of the sanitation workers in San Francisco, is calling on the autonomous vehicle (AV) company Cruise to take measures to prevent more alarming incidents with its vehicles from occurring in the city. The union...

Today, Teamsters voted by an overwhelming 86.3 percent to ratify the most historic collective bargaining agreement in the history of UPS. The five-year contract protects and rewards more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide, raising wages for full-...

Technicians at Allegiant Air have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a two-year contract extension with the Teamsters. The total economic improvements in the contract amount to $70 million, including immediate average wage increases of 27 percent....

Hydro One Inc. (Hydro One) is pleased to announce that Power Workers' Union (PWU) members have voted in favour of the customer service operations collective agreement, which will be in effect until September 30, 2025....

The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is announcing that as of 10:30 a.m. today, Monday, August 21, TVO workers are walking off the job (2180 Yonge St.). We are deeply saddened to have not been able to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with our...

The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) and the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (CUPE 1750) are proud to announce they will undertake a joint independent assessment to identify opportunities for improvement in IHSA's practices,...

Having exhausted all avenues to avoid withdrawing services, 50 registered nurses, public health nurses and registered practical nurses providing care and services to close to 200,000 residents of Hastings and Prince Edward Counties are on strike...

Transdev workers represented by Teamsters Local 517 have voted to ratify a strong contract, ending their six-week strike. These workers provide transportation services for Visalia Transit Systems and SEKI Bus Operations in Sequoia National Park. "The...

Teamsters Local 856 members working for American Airlines at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) joined thousands of passenger service workers in a nationwide day of action. The event, held at airports across the country, urged American...

Unifor is encouraged by Ford's commitment to invest in a battery cathode plant in Bécancour, Quebec, alongside Korean companies EcoProBM and SK On....

Following nearly four months of bargaining and 16 hours of mediation, Teamsters Local 320 and its Administrative and Service Faculty (ASF) bargaining team have reached a tentative agreement with Minnesota State for nearly 900 Minnesota State...

Allegiant today announced that the company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing Allegiant's maintenance technicians and related employees, have ratified a new contract agreement on a two-year extension to the union's...

An Independent Assessment Committee (IAC) panel of nursing experts has made 141 recommendations (here: Independent Assessment Committees (IACs) ? Ontario Nurses' Association (ona.org) to address serious concerns raised by registered nurses (RNs) in...

Passenger service workers at American Airlines who are members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) - International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Association held informational pickets yesterday nationwide....

Hydro One Inc. (Hydro One) is pleased to announce that Power Workers' Union (PWU) members have voted in favour of the main collective agreement, which will be in effect until September 30, 2025....

Frontline healthcare providers at MultiCare's Indigo Urgent Care Clinics will begin a week of pickets on the morning of Tuesday, August 15, 2023, raising safety concerns about the network's intensifying pressure on doctors, nurse practitioners and...

Southwest Airlines Co.  and the Transport Workers Union Local 555 (TWU 555) today announced they reached a Tentative Agreement for the airline's Ramp, Operations, Provisioning, and Cargo Agents. "Our hardworking Ramp, Operations, Provisioning, and...

Hydro One Inc. (Hydro One) and the Society of United Professionals are pleased to announce a tentative settlement of a collective agreement covering employees in engineering, supervisory and professional roles across the company's operations in...

The Teamsters are applauding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for its announcement that it will consider petitions for waivers from the agency's prior determinations that California and Washington meal and rest break rules for...

On Monday, the bargaining teams for Ontario College Faculty and the College Employer Council reached a mediated settlement on compensation from 2021-24, following the overturning of Bill 124 in the courts. The settlement provided salary increases of...

On Tuesday, August 15, the bargaining teams of IFPTE Local 21 and MEF-AFSCME Local 101 have both reached tentative agreements with the City of San Jose that would last from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. These tentative agreements include historic...