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The union representing TVO's journalists, content creators, and education workers is shocked at the salary increases TVO management received last year, as disclosed in the provincial Sunshine List. Raises for senior management are all above...

1,000 Kingston and Prince Edward County area residents have signed a petition demanding that the Ministry of Transportation stop the service disruptions to the Wolfe Island and Glenora ferries by hiring more ferry workers and retaining them with...

A lack of progress from the employer at the bargaining table has forced members of Unifor Local 4276 to give their bargaining committee a strike mandate....

Workers in the manufacturing unit at the American Red Cross in Durham voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the third organizing victory at Red Cross' Durham facility. In the last month, the Mobile Collections Department and IRL...

The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state's harmful "right to work" law. "Right to work" is a lie designed to weaken workers' rights and lower wages. ...

Thanks to the combined efforts of Teamsters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, House Bill 135, which would have legalized autonomous vehicles with bare-bones oversight, was defeated in the Senate Transportation Committee meeting last week. A...

Infrastructure, industry and health care investments are welcome in the Ontario budget, but government needs to take the next step and translate spending into good jobs and a stronger public health care system, including workforce development...

Today, Ontario's Doug Ford government introduced a budget that puts private profits and private interests over people, fair pay, and public services....

Today's Ontario budget is a disappointment for healthcare workers and patients across the province. As Premier Ford's legal pursuit...

The Ford government's provincial budget released today continues the march toward private, for-profit health care at the expense of Ontarians' health and pocketbooks, says the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA)....

Today, Teamsters Local 251 members working as custodians, caretakers, groundskeepers, and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) held a one-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, picketing various locations on the city campus. Prior to...

Teamsters and Chemical Workers at INEOS in Ashtabula, Ohio, have voted overwhelmingly, 102-2, to ratify a first contract, following a week-long strike....

The Teamsters forcefully rejected change of operations proposed by Yellow Corp. during a meeting today with the company at union headquarters....

The Ontario government's 2023 budget must reinvest in public health care and support workers and critical industries to make better use of recent windfalls, says Unifor....

The Regroupement des associations de pompiers du Québec (RAPQ), the Syndicat des Pompiers du Québec (FTQ) and the Association des gestionnaires en sécurité incendie et civile du Québec (AGSICQ), representing more than 1,000 managers from 632 fire...

Tomorrow, Thursday, March 23, Teamsters at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will begin a one-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to protest RISD's failure to comply with labor laws. Recently, Local 251 filed ULP charges against RISD for...

The United Steelworkers (USW) today applauded Michigan legislators for repealing the state's falsely named "right-to-work" (RTW) laws and restoring workers' power to bargain strong contracts and safe working conditions....

Nearly 100 drivers and warehouse workers at Grassdoor, one of the largest cannabis delivery platforms in California, have joined Teamsters Local 2785. They join more than 300 of their union brothers and sisters at the company's Southern California...

Union Pacific Railroad today announced it reached agreements with eight labor unions to provide access to up to seven paid sick days, effective April 1....

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that workers at Bobcat's Rogers, Minnesota production facility have voted for union representation in a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday, March 21, 2023....

After repeatedly raising serious concerns about patient safety and Registered Nurse (RN) staffing levels, RNs at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital are proceeding with an Independent Assessment Committee (IAC) to investigate issues in the...

Note: All times local National Capital Region, Canada Private meetings 10:00 a.m. The Prime Minister will chair the Cabinet meeting. 2:00 p.m.  The Prime Minister will attend Question Period. 4:15 p.m.  The Prime Minister will meet with the National...

Unifor has reached tentative collective agreements with CN Rail, averting strike action. Unifor has reached tentative collective...

On Tuesday, March 21 at 3pm Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky community leaders will demand that DHL Express be a responsible employer and stop interfering with the rights of their workforce to organize with the International Brotherhood of...

Unifor is reaching out to members and supporters this week to sign a petition to stop the displacement of local fish harvesters on the Pacific coast. "Canadian natural resources, such as the Pacific fishery, should provide good jobs and benefit...

Teamsters, labor allies, and constituents are protesting hearings by the Virginia Department of Education about proposed changes to eliminate labor history from the Commonwealth educational curriculum....

Héma-Québec is pleased to announce that the agreement in principle reached on March 16 with the Syndicat des infirmières et infirmières auxiliaires d'Héma-Québec (CSN) was ratified today by all members present at the general assembly. The new...

On Friday, March 17, DHL Express workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) responsible for the domestic and international movement of goods held an action to demand management stop interfering with their right to organize...

Teamsters Local 1199 warehouse workers have reached an agreement with Coca-Cola Consolidated, following more than a year of negotiations. This is the first contract Local 1199 members in Erlanger, Ky., have ratified with the company....

Héma-Québec is pleased to announce that an agreement in principle was reached on March 16 with the Syndicat des infirmières et infirmières auxiliaires d'Héma-Québec (CSN). Said agreement in principle will be put to a vote at the meeting scheduled for...

Another Unifor transit worker local union has secured a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in a contract ratified March 15, 2023. The...

Healthcare workers at ONE Fertility will be in a legal strike position as of March 29 at 12:01am. The healthcare workers who provide fertility treatments to people hoping to conceive, include andrologists, embryologists, sonographers, phlebotomists,...

Bay Area Teamsters declared an end to an exploratory alliance with Cruise AV, a San Francisco-based tech company that opposed vehicle safety legislation during a contentious committee hearing on Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316). The proposed legislation,...

The Teamsters and the California Labor Federation are lauding the California Assembly Transportation Committee for overwhelmingly voting on Monday to approve Assembly Bill 316 (AB 316), which would require a trained human operator in autonomous...

Norfolk Southern Corporation announced Wednesday that it has reached an agreement with another of its labor unions to provide up to seven paid sick days per year to their members. The agreement, reached in collaboration with the International...

Today, the Teamsters are lauding the Biden administration for approving the Willow Project, an energy construction project that will be undertaken in northwest Alaska....

Norfolk Southern Corporation announced Tuesday that it has reached agreements with two more of its labor unions to provide up to seven paid sick days per year to their members. These agreements, reached with the International Association of...

Canadian Pacific said today that members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new five-year collective agreement covering approximately 300 employees working on CP's Soo Line subsidiary. "We thank the BLET...

Teamsters Local 639 members voted overwhelmingly to ratify an agreement with Keolis Transportation, the contractor for OmniRide. The ratification puts an end to a strike authorized on February 13, after months of unproductive negotiations, and...

Autoworker unions in Canada and Mexico applaud the launch of a trade complaint by the Canadian government to stop labour abuses at a Mexican auto parts facility owned by global automotive supplier Fränkische....

On Sunday, March 12, workers represented by Teamsters Local 377 and Local 1033C of the International Chemical Workers Union Council walked out on an unfair labor practice strike at INEOS Pigments' production facility in Ashtabula. The Teamsters and...

The Teamsters Freight Division is calling on ArcBest to invest in its workforce at ABF Freight following the recent sale of its FleetNet subsidiary to Cox Enterprises for $100 million....

After a new proposal to outsource unionized SaskTel jobs surfaced on government websites this week, Unifor has demanded a stop to contracting out. "With each outsourcing post, the Sask Party government is undermining good jobs and good customer...

Economic activity in the services sector expanded in February for the second consecutive month as the Services PMI® registered 55.1 percent, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On Business®. The sector...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) says that contract talks between ONA hospital registered nurses and the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) have broken down and will now head to arbitration in early May. ...

Women manufacturers from across the country will be coming together for three days, beginning March 7, for Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters' (CME) 6th Annual Women in Manufacturing Success Forum. The virtual forum is aimed...

The news of layoffs and restructuring at Global News this week chips away at already barebones newsrooms and puts democracy at risk as the number of media workers dwindles in the industry, says Unifor....

Thousands of Registered Nurses, health-care professionals, supporters and labour allies held a long and loud protest today on Queen Street in Toronto, followed by a march to Queen's Park to voice their support for a better contract for Ontario...

A strong and vibrant nursing workforce is the key to a well-functioning health system and a healthy population. To ensure the health and wellbeing of Ontarians, government must dedicate full attention to nursing and provide adequate and sustained...

Hundreds of OPSEU/SEFPO probation and parole staff have signed a petition demanding that the Ford government address the staffing crisis in community corrections. The petition was presented today by NDP MPP John Vanthof, Opposition Critic for the...