News by subject: LBR

Transport Canada announced the conclusion of the Request for Qualification (RFQ) phase for the High Frequency Project. "The federal...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is welcoming an arbitration decision released today that includes the most significant wage increases for its more than 65,000 hospital-sector registered nurses (RNs) and health-care professionals in decades,...

What: Press conference with Portillo's production workers praising NLRB decision and demanding Portillo's begin immediate negotiationsWhen: Saturday July 22, 2023 Time: 11:30amWhere: Portillo's Restaurant - 100 W Ontario St, Chicago,...

Strategic restructuring follows comprehensive review of company's growth and efficiency objectives as part of ongoing transformationAggressive action builds on strategic progress to monetize non-core assets, reinvest capital in organic and inorganic...

Today, a bipartisan group of members in the U.S. House and Senate sent letters to the Teamsters and UPS CEO Carol Tomé, committing to not intervene in the collective bargaining process and support rank-and-file UPS Teamsters fighting for an historic...

Below is a statement from Brian Sauvé, President & CEO, National Police Federation, in response to the Surrey policing decision announced earlier today by B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth: "Today, B.C. Minister of...

More than 500 members of Teamsters Local 2010, Academic Professionals of California (APC), California Faculty Association (CFA), CSU Employees Union ? SEIU Local 2579 (CSUEU), UAW Local 4123, and Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD)...

As a work stoppage enters its second week, Leinenkugel's Brewing Company workers represented by Teamsters Local 662 continue to fight against the company's increasingly hardball tactics....

As thousands of UPS Teamsters practice picket, rally, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the union to resume negotiations. The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee and...

Flight attendants at Sun Country Airlines who are represented by Teamsters Local 120 held an informational picket outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. It is the second labor action at the airport that Local 120 has taken part of in...

The union's decision at BC ports to reject the mediated agreement is irresponsible and will prolong the devastating impacts of the strike. The 13-day strike had already done significant damage to small businesses across the country and Canada's...

Five days after an all-party resolution was obtained between the federal government, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) and the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) that ended a 13-day labour disruption at the ports of...

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

Yesterday, the Honourable Seamus O'Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, and the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the British Columbia Maritime Employers...

Unifor has reached a tentative agreement with Metro grocery stores. The agreement covers 3,700 frontline grocery workers at 27 Metro stores across the Greater Toronto Area....

We are disappointed that an agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Canada and the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) has not been reached, resulting in resumed strike action at the Port of...

The Central States Board of Trustees voted Monday to suspend health care benefits and cease pension accruals for Yellow workers, after two Yellow operating companies, Holland and Yellow Freight, failed to fulfill their financial obligations....

Teamsters Local 745 and the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference on July 14 reached tentative agreement with Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits on a strong, new three-year deal. ...

Approximately 50 mobile collections department workers at American Red Cross facilities in Charleston, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 509. These workers join fixed collections technicians...

On Tuesday, July 18 at 12:00 PM, Sun Country flight attendants represented by Teamsters Local 120 will be holding an informational picket. The workers are demanding that the company give them a collective bargaining agreement with a compensation...

Today, Delta Air Lines workers and their allies in the labor movement rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to demand that the company stop its anti-union propaganda campaign amid an organizing drive where as many as 45,000 people...

The Teamsters have tentatively agreed to terms for a new national contract at TForce Freight. Once ratified, the five-year agreement will protect Freight Teamsters and provide improvements to wages and benefits....

During Amazon's busy Prime Week rush, striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to a nearby Amazon warehouse in Santa Clarita, Calif., (DPS5) today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its...

Workers went on a ULP strike today at an Amazon delivery station (DDT6) in Michigan over the company's violations of federal labor law, joining a growing nationwide movement of Amazon workers who are demanding changes at the e-commerce giant. They...

Concrete truck drivers at Nevada Ready-Mix have ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement with Teamsters Local 631. "This...

Teamsters rallied at San Francisco City Hall today with San Francisco elected officials and fellow union affiliates of the California Labor Federation to demand the passage of Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a bipartisan bill that would require a trained...

Teamsters Local 340 is commending the signing of the Employee Free Speech Act (LD 1756) into state law by Maine Gov. Janet Mills. The legislation bans mandatory attendance at "captive audience" meetings ? employer-held, closed-door gatherings where...

Striking Amazon delivery drivers and dispatchers from Palmdale, Calif., extended their picket line to an Amazon warehouse in San Bernardino, Calif. (ONT5) today, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices. The growing strike will...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien and Teamsters Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty regarding negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists...

Teamsters Local 104 members in Phoenix have voted by 99 percent to authorize a strike at Republic Services after months of contentious contract negotiations for a first contract. The 116 waste workers seek to address years of concerns regarding pay,...

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) welcomes today's news that both the union and the employer accepted the terms of settlement proposed by the mediator putting an end to the strike at BC ports. The past 13 days were painful and...

Today, the Honourable Seamus O'Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, and the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport, issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the British Columbia Maritime Employers...

Workers from hospitals across Toronto held a series of rallies today outside St. Joseph's Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, and Providence Healthcare to speak out against the Ford government's plan to privatize hospital services. Healthcare...

Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) welcomes the resolution agreed to today by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) and the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA). In addition, CME thanks Labour Minister Seamus...

Unifor has set a strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday July 18 for more than 3,700 frontline grocery workers at 27 Metro stores across the GTA....

Registered nurses at Mercy Medical Center, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will hold an informational picket outside the hospital on July 17 in response to corporate owner Trinity Health recently closing 20 intermediate care...

On July 13, Toronto hospital workers, including frontline nurses, medical laboratory technologists, health care aides, cleaners, clerical staff and many more, will be holding city-wide rallies to protest against the privatization of hospital...

Yesterday, the Honourable Seamus O'Regan Jr., Minister of Labour, issued the following statement regarding the collective bargaining negotiations between the British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) and the International Longshore and...

California Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), a Teamster-supported bill that would require a trained human operator in autonomous vehicles (AVs) weighing over 10,000 pounds, unanimously passed the Senate Transportation Committee today with bipartisan...

Leinenkugel's Brewing Company workers represented by Teamsters Local 662 went on strike July 10 after rejecting the meager wage increases offered by the beermaker, which is owned by the global brewery giant Molson Coors....

Equipment systems technicians at the American Red Cross facility in Charlotte have voted to join Teamsters Local 71. "We are thrilled...

Teamsters in Washington State have voted unanimously to ratify a first contract at Ridwell, Inc., a recycling start-up based in Seattle. Highlights of the three-year agreement include substantial wage increases, significant increase in paid time off,...

Members of Unifor Local 114 working at the Victoria Clipper say the pace of bargaining for their next contract suggests that the Victoria-Seattle ferry service could be disrupted before the end of the summer. "The Clipper's negotiators seem to be...

Wage gains, seniority protections, vacation time, and pension increases are all features of a new collective agreement signed by Unifor members working as screening officers at the Calgary airport for Gardaworld. "Unifor is a strong union for airport...

On June 28 at 12:01 a.m., Hydro Ottawa activated its contingency plans when its employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) commenced strike action. Hydro Ottawa has reached out directly to the IBEW...

More than half of business owners (53%) say the strike at the Port of Vancouver will affect their operations, according to preliminary survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). With no resolution in sight, three...

Transdev bus workers represented by Teamsters Local 517 are on strike. The workers provide vital transportation services for Visalia Transit Systems and SEKI Bus Operations in Sequoia National Park....

Yesterday, 180 waste workers in Atlanta voted by 95 percent to authorize a strike at Republic Services [NYSE: RSG]. The drivers, helpers, and mechanics are members of Teamsters Local 728. The contract expires July 31....

Teamsters Local 662 members at New Dairy Select Milk, a subsidiary of Borden Dairy formerly known as Morning Glory, have gone on strike to protest unfair labor practices at the company. The workers produce sour cream for a number of well-known...

On July 13, Toronto hospital workers, including frontline nurses, medical laboratory technologists, health care aides, cleaners, clerical staff and many more, will be holding city-wide rallies to protest against the privatization of hospital...