Tag Archives: Labour

MONTREAL - Members of a union representing more than 5,000 Quebec liquor store employees have secured a new collective agreement, ending two years of negotiations with the province-owned company. The ...

TORONTO - The Ontario Labour Relations Board says the government is not unlawfully locking out provincial engineers who are taking part in rotating strikes. Members of the Professional Engineers Gover...

OTTAWA - Canada's unemployment rate jumped to 6.8 per cent last month as more people looked for work in a weak job market. Statistics Canada's November labour force survey says the jobless rate last m...

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, ...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.8 per cent in November. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador ...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's November employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.8 per cent (6.5) Employment rate: 60.6 per cent (60.6) Participation r...

As the Canada Post strike drags into a fourth week, experts say there's growing pressure on the government to act as the business community's calls for intervention get louder. So far Ottawa has said ...

As the Canada Post strike hits the three-week mark, the union representing more than 55,000 postal workers says it has sent new counter-proposals to the government-appointed mediator. The Canadian Uni...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it's sent another round of counter-proposals to the federal mediator appointed to help it reach a deal with Canada Post as a countrywide strike nears...

The strike by more than 55,000 Canada Post workers entered its 19th day as the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping weekend came to a close. Canada Post said Monday it was waiting for the union to r...