News by subject: LBR

Amidst an alarming rise in job vacancies, unprecedented ER closures, and thousands of patients dying waiting on surgical wait-lists, three major unions representing about 70,000 workers in Ontario's hospital sector signed a Solidarity Pact to Save...

As Airline Captains, First Officers, Line Check Pilots, Mentors and Passengers, we have witnessed a concerning and significant rise in close call aviation incidents in 2023. The safety of commercial airline travel has been...

The registered nurses at Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital (AJH), who are currently in contract talks with hospital management, cast an overwhelming "yes" vote (99...

World Teachers' Day is celebrated yearly on October 5. Tomorrow's celebrations, though, will be taking place against a backdrop of glaring teacher shortages. The Fédération des syndicats de l'enseignement and the Quebec Professional Association of...

The Society of United Professionals, IFPTE Local 160, and the Electrical Safety Authority have reached an agreement to renew their collective agreement. The Society-represented safety professionals voted to ratify the agreement yesterday, thereby...

SEIU Healthcare, the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions-CUPE (OCHU-CUPE), and Unifor will be holding a press conference at Queen's Park to announce a pledge of solidarity to save our hospitals from austerity pursued by the Ontario Hospital...

The Ontario Energy Association (OEA) presented the 2023 Ontario Energy Awards to celebrate and profile the accomplishments of Ontario's energy sector over the past year at the 2023 Ontario Energy Conference....

Economic activity in the services sector expanded in September for the ninth consecutive month as the Services PMI® registered 53.6 percent, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®. The sector...

World Teachers' Day is celebrated yearly on October 5. Tomorrow's celebrations, though, will be taking place against a backdrop of glaring teacher shortages. The Fédération des syndicats de l'enseignement and the Quebec Professional Association of...

First Student workers in New London have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 493. The 67 bus operators, monitors, and aides provide transportation services for the New London School District....

The following is a statement from Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 856, in response to news that a pedestrian was found underneath a Cruise autonomous vehicle (AV) with...

The Salvation Army Thrift Store has resumed normal operations in their Langley Warehouse & Distribution Centre and their Port Kells store in the Greater Vancouver area. The organization and the union have successfully reached an agreement with the...

Drivers at Restaurant Technologies in Dallas have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 745. "These drivers are sick and tired...

The Teamsters condemn the latest actions by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after he vetoed Senate Bill 799 over the weekend. The legislation would have extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to union members who are on strike or being locked out...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in September for the 11th consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The...

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union ("ILWU" or "the Union"), a labor union that represents a wide range of workers on the West Coast of the United States, in Hawaii, and in British Columbia, Canada, including dock workers, warehouse...

September 30th marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, an annual commemoration where we call upon one another to have a larger conversation about those directly or indirectly affected by the legacy of the residential school policy. The...

Amazon drivers from the company's DAX8 delivery station in Palmdale, Calif., picketed two Amazon warehouses in Los Angeles County today. The pickets at DLX5 in Glendale and DCX7 in Torrance are just the latest in a three-month strike over the...

Workers at five Sunnyside Dispensaries ? a subsidiary of multi-state cannabis operator Cresco ? have reached tentative agreements for first union contracts with Teamsters Local 777....

Most of the essential medical personnel at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, California, will go on strike from Monday, October 9 through Friday, October 13. The unions representing 600 registered nurses (UNAC/UHCP) and nearly all the medical...

During a lockout inflicted on Merrimack Valley nurses and patients by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) following a one-day strike, nurses will meet outside the DFCI hospital in Boston on Friday, September 29 to leaflet the public and share their...

On Thursday, September 28, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454 who work at the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa will hold a rally outside the offices of The Children's Aid Society to demand increased worker safety, better wages, and improved working...

The Teamsters have filed comments with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that call on the agency to deny a request by General Motors in conjunction with its autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise. The company is seeking an...

The Teamsters Union commends the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs for passing S. 2860, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Regulation (SAFER) Banking Act, earlier today....

With the sudden resignations of Kate McNaughton and John Hirsch ? two Hastings and Prince Edward (HPE) counties Board of Health members ? the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is calling for the immediate resignations of Board Chair Jan O'Neill and...

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) are pleased to share a new report including actions to implement solutions to improve...

Note: All times local Toronto, Ontario Private meetings. Niagara Falls, Ontario 12:30 p.m. The Deputy Prime Minister will meet with leaders of the Power Workers' Union to discuss the government's plan to invest in union workers and build Canada's...

The Toronto Hospitality Employees Union (THEU-CSN) denounces the growing number of unfair labour practices and anti-union maneuvers being perpetrated against it and its members by the Fairmont Royal York. In one of several complaints filed with the...

Note: All times local Toronto, Ontario Private meetings. Niagara Falls, Ontario 12:30 p.m. The Deputy Prime Minister will meet with leaders of the Power Workers' Union to discuss the government's plan to invest in union workers and build Canada's...

The Teamsters applaud the Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today for suing Amazon.com, Inc. The lawsuit details how Amazon engages in abusive business practices to illegally maintain its powerful position in the market at the...

The Fair Practices Commissioner (FPC) for WorkSafeBC is now up and running. The FPC gives workers, employers and workers' dependants the opportunity to be heard if a complaint hasn't been resolved through a WorkSafeBC manager or the organization's...

Loto-Québec is pleased to announce that all its CSN?affiliated staff?who work at its four casinos and in the customer service team dedicated to online gaming?have accepted the recommendation brought forth by the Ministère du Travail conciliator....

A one-day strike by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) ? Merrimack Valley registered nurses and nurse practitioners appears likely to begin at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 27 because DFCI executives have refused to make reasonable compromises...

Members of Teamsters Local 731 at Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) in Chicago have voted by an overwhelming 2-1 margin for a strong new contract. The five-year agreement is being hailed as the richest ever negotiated by the 450-worker group and contains...

Nearly 11 months after joining Teamsters Local 174, 50 drivers at Corliss Resources have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a strong Teamster contract. The agreement secures major improvements to every aspect of the group's working conditions ? including...

Amazon workers at KSBD, the company's regional air hub in Southern California, delivered a petition today demanding a pay increase, safer working conditions, and the right to a witness at meetings with management. Outside the facility, striking...

It is with heavy hearts that the United Steelworkers (USW) union today announces the passing of International President Tom Conway at age 71....

Providers at MultiCare's Indigo Urgent Care Clinics overwhelmingly approved a strike authorization vote, sending the health network's executives a clear message: Improve safety for patients by ending staff burnout....

Unifor members voted to ratify a new three-year collective agreement with Ford of Canada. "Our bargaining team showed exceptional leadership and successfully pushed Ford of Canada on every front," said Unifor National President Lana Payne. "This...

In the news release, Public-sector contract talks - Tens of thousands demonstrate in Montréal to defend public services, issued 23-Sep-2023 by Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux (APTS) over PR...

We're in a cost-of-living crisis and 30,000 Ontario Public Service (OPS) workers haven't had a real raise in nearly 10 years. The Ford government is determined to gut Ontario's public services ? creating a massive shortage that has caused a crisis in...

Teamsters Local 630 members at two Chedraui-owned Smart & Final grocery store warehouses rallied outside the company's corporate offices in Southern California today to demand job protection, just wages, and a union contract....

Teamsters, thousands of labor allies, California elected officials, and public safety officials rallied and marched to the State Capitol on Tuesday to demand Gov. Gavin Newsom sign California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316). The Teamster-backed bill,...

Teamsters Local 630 members who work at two Chedraui-owned Smart & Final grocery store warehouses in Southern California will rally on Friday, Sept. 22, to demand the company guarantee their jobs at just wages and with a union contract....

Unifor is calling on the federal government and industry stakeholders to support changes to improve conditions for road transport drivers and make roads safer for all drivers....

The Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d'université (FQPPU) applauds the efforts of the professors at McGill's Faculty of Education, who have formed a faculty union ? the Association of McGill Professors of Education/ Association...

Amazon workers across the country are demanding real wage increases after the company announced pay rates this week that fall well below the industry standard set by the Teamsters at UPS....

Teamsters Local 630 members who work at two Chedraui-owned Smart & Final grocery store warehouses in Southern California will rally on Friday, Sept. 22, to demand the company guarantee their jobs at just wages and with a union contract....

Ontario's public broadcaster TVO is sitting on $17 million in long-term investments while its journalists and education workers are on their fifth week of a strike for fair wages and job security. TVO's Audited Financial Statements for the year...

Unifor members at Local 114 have overwhelmingly voted in favour of job action after failing to reach a deal with their employer, Pacific Western Transportation (PWT), a contractor of BC Transit. "Unifor is committed to fighting vigorously for our...