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Canada Post workers go on strike Friday morning, disrupting deliveries
Canada Post workers are on strike after failing to reach a negotiated agreement with their employer. Canadian Union of Postal Workers says approximately 55,000 workers are striking, claiming little pr...
Nov 15, 2024
Purolator workers won't handle Canada Post packages if strike occurs, union says
Teamsters Canada says if Canada Post workers go on strike or are locked out, its members at Purolator won't handle any packages postmarked or identified as originating from the carrier. Spokesman Chri...
Nov 14, 2024
Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis elected to World Rugby executive board
DUBLIN - Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis has been elected to World Rugby's executive board. The Vancouver lawyer received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay's Sebastian Pin...
Nov 14, 2024
Workers say goodbye to an almost-empty Ontario Science Centre as repairs get underway
TORONTO - As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre. The centre's volunteer co-ordinator ...
Nov 14, 2024
Watchdog says Tims card brouhaha shows N.S. electoral officer needs fining power
HALIFAX - The director of a democracy watchdog says that if Nova Scotia's electoral officer had more power to levy fines, it would discourage situations such as campaign managers giving Tim Hortons gi...
Nov 14, 2024
Unions challenging government intervention in major rail, ports labour disputes
Three unions are now challenging the federal government's recent decisions to intervene in major labour disputes, saying it's undermining workers' rights. The union representing locked-out dock worker...
Nov 13, 2024
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)
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