Labour Day weekend: what’s open and closed
It’s the last long weekend of the summer – here’s what you need to know before you start planning that backyard barbecue or trip out of town. What’s open Monday: Square One (11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) Eaton...
View ArticleLabour Day march a symbol of hope for Canada’s newest union: leader
Union members flooded the streets of Toronto in a spirited Labour Day celebration emboldened by the birth of the country’s biggest union for private-sector workers. Thousands of workers stretched for...
View ArticleNumber of people on EI dropped 2.1% in July: Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada says the number of people receiving regular EI benefits fell 2.1 per cent in July to 503,900. It says the decline brings the number of beneficiaries to a level similar to that...
View ArticleConservative members form policies on abortion, euthanasia
Conservative members voted in favour of policies that touched on abortion, euthanasia and labour rights on Saturday, hoping to influence the party’s 2015 election platform. The rank-and-file also...
View ArticleMan dies after being pinned under snow plow, Ministry of Labour investigating
The Ministry of Labour is investigating after a man was pinned under a snow plow and died on Friday night. The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was found in a parking lot on Viscount Road, near...
View ArticleUnifor escalates drive to unionize 3 Toyota plants in southwestern Ontario
Unifor says it is escalating its drive to represent workers at three Toyota plants in southwestern Ontario. Toyota provided its employee list to Unifor and the Ontario Labour Relations Board earlier...
View ArticleDurham inside workers take to the picket line
Durham Region’s 1,600 inside workers have walked off the job Thursday after contract negotiations broke down. Daycare workers, public health inspections, traffic operations, and other workers...
View ArticleDurham Region’s inside workers on strike
Durham Region’s 1,600 inside workers have walked off the job Thursday after contract negotiations broke down. Daycare workers, public health inspections, traffic operations, and other workers...
View ArticleHealth, engineering degrees have best return, says Workopolis study
If you want to improve your odds of getting a high-paying job after finishing your education, forget that English degree. A new report by Workopolis suggests that nursing and pharmacy students are...
View ArticleOSSTF president threatens April strike
The president of the union representing the province’s secondary teachers is threatening strike action if contract negotiations don’t speed up with school boards. Hundreds of teachers in seven...
View ArticleTentative deal averts threatened strike by LCBO workers
A tentative contract agreement has been reached, averting a strike by LCBO workers that was set to begin at midnight. The agreement was signed shortly after the strike deadline passed, and was...
View ArticleWestJet CEO ramps up anti-union campaign as more join push to organize workers
The head of WestJet has stepped up his fight against the growing push to unionize the airline’s staff, telling them to resist organized labour’s pitch because it will chomp into their paycheques. In an...
View Article10 NAFTA demands: What Canada wants as talks start this week
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland released Canada’s list of key demands Monday for a new North American Free Trade Agreement as talks get set to begin in Washington later this week. Freeland’s...
View ArticleBusiness groups raise concerns about Ontario’s planned labour reforms
A coalition of business groups says Ontario’s proposed changes to labour laws will put 185,000 jobs at risk in the first two years of being implemented. The Keep Ontario Working Coalition, which...
View ArticleOntario tweaks labour reform bill, but no changes to minimum wage hike
A major Ontario labour reform bill is being tweaked but so far is seeing no significant changes to key parts, including a controversial phase-in of a $15 minimum wage, leaving concerned businesses...
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Brinks employees overwhelmingly vote in favour of strike
Brink’s employees in British Columbia and Ontario have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike. At stake are staffing levels: employees of Brink’s Canada Limited, represented by Unifor, are asking...
View ArticleCanadian aspirations for labour mobility hit U.S. wall in NAFTA talks
Canada’s goal of increasing the flow of workers across the continent’s borders has slammed into U.S. intransigence during the first two rounds of North American Free Trade Agreement talks. And no...
View ArticleCanada pushes inclusion of strong, progressive labour standards in NAFTA
Canada is pushing for the inclusion of enforceable, progressive labour standards in a rewritten North American Free Trade Agreement, aimed at compelling Mexico to pay workers higher wages and do away...
View ArticleRising minimum wages could speed up automation not relocations: labour leaders
MONTREAL — Companies might not be able to dodge rising minimum wages by relocating even their most mobile workforces to lower wage provinces, but higher costs could accelerate the pace of automation....
View ArticleCanada sheds 88,000 net jobs; jobless rate at 5.9%
The number of jobs in Canada fell by 88,000 in January to give the labour market its steepest one-month drop in nine years, Statistics Canada said Friday. The overall number was dragged down by a loss...
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