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Canada Post reaches deal with second-largest union, negotiations continue with CUPW
OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has reached a contract deal with its second-largest union as negotiations continue with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The Crown corporation says the new collective...
Jun 19, 2025
Canada's EV market was already in trouble. Tariffs made it worse, Ontario workers say
INGERSOLL - Bob Pulham recalls the optimism in the air when General Motors began producing electric vans in Ingersoll, Ont., in late 2022. As the first BrightDrop commercial van rolled off the line at...
Jun 19, 2025
Union slams package company DHL's ask for federal strike intervention
OTTAWA - Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a lett...
Jun 18, 2025
Pay inequality persists for women, minorities in federal public service: report
OTTAWA - While the federal government has made gains on diversity and equity in the public service, inequities persist when it comes to pay, a new Treasury Board report says. Compared with the entire ...
Jun 18, 2025
Few Canadians support Canada Post privatization, but open to sweeping changes: survey
A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes amid labour strife between the Crown corporation and its union. Survey re...
Jun 18, 2025
Montreal bicycle rental company sets new records during public transit strike
MONTREAL - Montreal's main bicycle rental company says its users smashed records during the recent public transit strike, travelling the equivalent of more than 50 times around the Earth. BIXI Montrea...
Jun 18, 2025
Coast Guard union says crews in the dark about promised expanded 'security mandate'
OTTAWA - A union official who represents marine search and rescue crews said Monday the union was surprised and "blindsided" by Ottawa's decision to move the Canadian Coast Guard from the control of t...
Jun 16, 2025
Health-care unions calling for Alberta government to halt plan to limit free vaccines
EDMONTON - Two of Alberta's health-care workers' unions are calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse its policy forcing many -- including front-line medical staff -- to pay fo...
Jun 16, 2025
Unifor says former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died
TORONTO - Canada's largest private-sector union says former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died. In a statement Sunday, Unifor says Basil "Buzz" Hargrove was "a beloved and iconic f...
Jun 16, 2025
Report on B.C. port turmoil backs right to strike, rebuffing essential-service calls
VANCOUVER - The right of workers to strike and employers to lock them out should be preserved for the longshore industry in Canada, say labour experts tasked with studying the 2023 British Columbia po...
Jun 13, 2025
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