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Jan Simpson, the first Black woman to lead a National Union in Canada, has been re-elected to an historic second term as National President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). This gives her a decisive mandate to take the Union forward as...

As nurses across the country celebrate National Nursing Week, members of the by the Ontario Nurses' Association are submitting thousands of signatures on a petition to the Ford government calling for better staffing, better wages and better care in...

Teamsters Local 145 members are demanding Mayor Mark Lauretti follow the law and honor their contract, after a state board awarded the Shelton municipal workers an agreement on March 29. The ruling grants workers better pay and working conditions....

The U.S. economy will continue to softly expand for the rest...

Toronto area OPSEU/SEFPO members will be at the Ontario Science Centre on Saturday, May 6th for an information picket and rally to #SaveTheScienceCentre. OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick will be onsite and available to speak to the media on behalf of...

Toronto area OPSEU/SEFPO members will be at the Ontario Science Centre on Saturday, May 6th for an information picket and rally to #SaveTheScienceCentre. OPSEU/SEFPO President JP Hornick will be onsite and available to speak to the media on behalf of...

Workers in the fixed collections units at the American Red Cross facility in Winston-Salem voted to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the sixth organizing victory at a Red Cross facility in North Carolina in the last 60 days....

Joining a union and having a united voice is a widely supported solution to the challenges...

Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in April for the 35th consecutive month, say the nation's hospital supply executives in the latest Hospital ISM® Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Nancy LeMaster, MBA, Chair of the...

From May 8 through to May 14, 68,000 members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) are celebrating the nursing profession and focusing on forging their future during Nursing Week 2023....

NJASAP set to host largest informational picket in NetJets history during Berkshire Hathaway Meeting in Omaha on May 6.WHO: The NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots (NJASAP) represents the professional interests of the 3,000-plus pilots who...

Today, the Teamsters are commending Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and members of the state legislature for enacting House Bill 1762, an Act Relating to Protecting Employees of Warehouses (HB 1762). HB 1762 will implement limits on warehouse worker...

Teamsters Joint Council 42 and Teamsters Local 396 have filed an unfair labor practice charge against Amazon for unlawfully threatening workers' jobs and failing to recognize and bargain with the union....

Last night, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reached a 4-year tentative agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada ? Union of Taxation Employees (PSAC-UTE). Upon ratification, this agreement will apply to approximately 39,000 PSAC-UTE...

Allegiant  today announced that the company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), representing Allegiant dispatchers, have reached tentative agreement on a two-year extension to the union's initial collective bargaining agreement. The...

The 350 members of Unifor Local 531 have overwhelmingly ratified their first collective agreement with WestJet at Pearson International Airport in Toronto (YYZ)....

Today, the first collective bargaining agreement between WestJet and the Unifor bargaining unit at YYZ was ratified by Unifor's members. Unifor is the certified union representing WestJet airport employees at Toronto Pearson International Airport....

Economic activity in the services sector expanded in April for the fourth consecutive month as the Services PMI® registered 51.9 percent, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®. The sector...

100 school bus drivers affiliated with Local 106 of the Teamsters Union were forced to go on strike today, following their employer, Autobus Campeau's, refusal to negotiate a new contract. The drivers demand fair wages that reflect their...

A 13-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike led by Teamsters Local 777 members at two Rise Cannabis dispensaries in Joliet, Ill. and one in Niles, Ill. has forced the parent company, Green Thumb Industries (GTI), to raise wages by 50 percent during...

Teamsters Local 991 members have reached a new agreement with Republic Services in Mobile, Ala. The three-year contract was unanimously ratified by the membership and is the richest contract ever negotiated for the group of 22 workers....

The Truck Leasing Task Force (TLTF) announced the appointment of Kaitlyn Long, Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters....

Southwest Airlines Co.  announced today its TWU 550-represented Meteorologists voted to ratify a new, five-year agreement. It is the sixth collective bargaining agreement that Southwest® and its union partners have ratified since October 2022. "Our...

Teamsters Local 665 members who work as insurance sales agents at the American Automobile Association of Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA-NCNU) overwhelmingly voted down a contract proposal made by the organization....

Bus drivers, mechanics, and fuelers represented by Teamsters Local 449 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract. The 62 bus workers are employed by Transdev Transportation and provide transportation at the University of Buffalo for students...

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) President, Jennifer Carr, has released the following statement: "I am proud to see that union activism has moved Canada's largest employer to offer a better deal to PSAC workers. The...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in April for the sixth consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The report was...

Teamsters Union Local 106 announced that as of May 1, 2023, 197 school bus drivers from Autobus Lasalle and Bigras Transport will be on strike, as no agreement has been reached with their respective employers. They are asking for a wage increase that...

Unifor Local 4304 members working at Grand River Transit (GRT) are preparing to begin strike action at midnight after rejecting the tentative agreement negotiated with the transit service on April 29, 2023. "It's clear the employer has not met the...

Members of OPSEU/SEFPO's Liquor Board Employees Division (LBED) rallied inside an LCBO store in downtown Toronto today to draw attention to their demands for fair wages, more full-time jobs, and an end to the Ford government's privatization of...

The 350 members of Unifor Local 531 have reached their first tentative deal with WestJet at Pearson International Airport in Toronto....

The National Police Federation responds to a decision on the future of policing in Surrey, B.C., announced today. Earlier today, B.C....

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a massive organizing victory today for more than 1,100 DHL Express workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Ramp and tug workers voted to join Teamsters Local 100 in...

Unifor members at Canadian National (CN) Rail have ratified a new two-year contract. "When we opened contract talks with CN last fall, while the company was reporting massive profits, we were insistent that rail workers deserve to be compensated...

Amazon drivers and dispatchers voted unanimously to ratify their first union contract today, securing immediate safety protections and pay increases at the notoriously anti-worker company. The Teamster contract is the first union agreement covering...

Following successful lobbying and organizing efforts, the Teamsters are celebrating the defeat of an attempt by anti-union ideologues to remove the history of labor unions from the curriculum of Virginia Public Schools....

Norfolk Southern Corporation and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers ? Transportation Division (SMART-TD) announced Friday that they have reached a ground-breaking, system-wide tentative agreement. The...

With a contract expiring July 1 for nearly 50 public sector workers in Dubuque County, Teamsters Local 120 has spent the last several weeks negotiating a new deal for members. In a blow to these essential workers, the Dubuque County Board of...

Hundreds of Hospital Professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) held rallies across Ontario on Thursday, April 27 to speak out against Bill 60, the Ford government's healthcare privatization bill....

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is responding to three recent arbitration decisions stemming from the overturn of Bill 124 by expressing frustration, noting that the resulting wage adjustments are not nearly enough to retain and recruit...

Bill C-228, a private members' bill that gives pension plan members super-priority during plan windups and bankruptcy proceedings received royal assent. "This change has been many years in the making. I'm glad to see lawmakers in both chambers say...

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada are ramping up the pressure on the government by adding a picket location in the Fraser Valley. Negotiations between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Treasury Board have ground to a halt. The...

Today, Jan Simpson, President of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), called upon the federal government to stop the stonewalling and get back to the bargaining table. It must present a new offer that meets the needs of the workers...

The Florida House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass SB 256, which increases union transparency and changes how union dues are collected for public employees.  Workers for Opportunity has spearheaded this collaborative effort with teachers,...

Windsor Salt Ltd. has confirmed with Windsor Police that at approximately midnight last night, three masked individuals armed with baseball bats unlawfully entered the Company's Ojibway mine facility. The armed trespassers brutally ambushed one of...

Hospital Professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) will be holding rallies on Thursday, April 27 to speak out against the threat that Bill 60 poses to the regulation of their professions and the safe...

Hospital Professionals represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) will be holding rallies on Thursday, April 27 to speak out against the threat that Bill 60 poses to the regulation of their professions and the safe...

The United Steelworkers union (USW) today filed unfair labor practice charges against Blue Bird Corporation, alleging the bus manufacturer's management broke the law in trying to dissuade workers from forming a union....

Please find below a statement from the President of the Treasury Board: Two days ago, I issued an open letter on our efforts to negotiate agreements that are fair and reasonable. We have been working around the clock, as you know, to land a deal...

Members of Unifor Local 4304 could go on strike Monday, May 1 if a new contract cannot be negotiated before midnight on April 30, 2023. "Transit operators were on the front lines of the pandemic and maintenance staff made sure the busses were...