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WATCH: Public Library workers walk off job in single-day strike
You won't be able to browse the books at Saskatoon Public Library on Tuesday. Library workers hit the picket lines on Tuesday morning as part of a one-day strike. READ MORE: Saskatoon Public Library w...
Nov 12, 2024 Saskatoon library workers were walking the picket line downtown on Tuesday morning. (Alex Brown/650 CKOM)
Union questions Saskatoon hotel's safety protocols after worker's death
A union president is questioning the circumstances surrounding the death of a hotel replacement worker in October, and asking what safety training and protocols are in place at the hotel after the wom...
Nov 12, 2024 A replacement worker fell to her death from the top of Saskatoon's Heritage Inn on October 15. (Lara Fominoff/650 CKOM)
Federal government moves to end port strikes, orders binding arbitration
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal. He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is di...
Nov 12, 2024
Canadian Union of Postal Workers issues 72-hour strike notice
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. The notice is for both the union's urban and rural and suburban bargaining units. READ MORE: Canada Post, ...
Nov 12, 2024 (650 CKOM file photo)
'Do the work': Ottawa urges both sides in B.C. port dispute to restart talks
VANCOUVER - The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia port dispute to return to the table after Saturday's collapse of mediated talks to end the lockout at container terminal...
Nov 11, 2024
N.S. election: Woman battles for air conditioners for people on income assistance
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia politicians make their fall election promises, Julie Leggett is urging them to commit to helping people on income assistance stay cool during heat waves. The resident of New G...
Nov 11, 2024
Port employers 'refusing to bargain,' cut off talks in less than an hour: Union
VANCOUVER - The union for locked-out port workers in British Columbia says the BC Maritime Employers Association cut off talks in less than an hour Saturday, refusing to budge on a final offer that th...
Nov 10, 2024
Montreal dockworkers vote as employer threatens lockout barring deal
MONTREAL - The clock is ticking on a threat by the employers association at the Port of Montreal to lockout some 1,200 dockworkers if their union doesn't agree to a deal Sunday on what it calls a fina...
Nov 10, 2024
Affordability or bust: Nova Scotia election campaign all about cost of living
HALIFAX - A lot has changed in Nova Scotia since the Progressive Conservatives won a dominant electoral majority in the 2021 election with a targeted focus on health care. And while the health system ...
Nov 09, 2024
Talks break off in B.C. port dispute as bid to end multi-day lockout fails
VANCOUVER - Contract negotiations in a labour dispute that has paralyzed container cargo shipping at British Columbia's ports since Monday have been called off. In an update posted to their website on...
Nov 09, 2024
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