Canadian Labour Movements

Despite significant obstruction by the Conservative party over the last year, the Act is now on its way to the Senate for consideration before it can pass into law.

Bruske: We want concrete action, not pretty words

The United Steelworkers (USW) union recently announced that this is the first step in acquiring other Toronto locations. However, some have raised concerns it may affect the store's ability to remain open.

MONTREAL – Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the lab...

Hospital corporation says next step is implementing the agreement

WHITEHORSE, YT – With the support of the United Steelworkers union (USW) and the Yukon Federation of Labour, workers at Parsons Inc. at the Faro Rehabilitation Mine Project have been certified by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to join the USW. The workers are set to begin the process of neg...

OTTAWA – Canada’s largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country’s working class. Bea Bruske, president of the...

Approximately 700 electrical and trades workers employed by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) are ready to take strike action. The workers, represented by CUPE 2, have been without a contract since April 2022.

OTTAWA – In his appearance before the House of Commons Heritage Committee, Bell CEO Mirko Bibic failed to justify cutting thousands of jobs while Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) increased their dividends to a record-high $3.7 billion in 2023.

The Hospital Employees’ Union recently submitted a proposal for numerous amendments to the Labour Relations Code (the Code) to add, modify and improve provisions that a

VANCOUVER—The campaign for workers at Amazon facilities in Metro Vancouver to form a union has reached a pivotal stage today after Unifor filed two applications to the B.C. Labour Relations Board (BCLRB).“Workers at Amazon are seeking job security, better health and safety, and fair wages,” said Uni...

The union representing Alberta nurses has filed a labour practice complaint against Alberta Health Services (AHS), alleging the transfer of 3,200 nurses to a new provincial addiction agency is being done without regard for their contract rights.

BRAMPTON—Fifty workers at MDA’s new global headquarters and space robotics centre launched strike action on April 8 following the company’s refusal to negotiate. “Fair wages shouldn’t be light years away for workers at an incredibly profitable company such as MDA,” said Unifor National President Lan...

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Fundamentally, pay transparency and wage negotiation are about power, and employers have an interest in concealing information.

BCGEU,Will you sign this petition calling on the provincial government to make changes to B.C.'s highways maintenance program that will improve the quality and safety of our highways? For decades, highways workers maintained the roads as direct provincial government employees. Then in 1987, sweeping...

Our detailed submission outlines reasoning and evidence to support key recommendations to ensure that the minimum wage provides sufficient protection for workers in Newfoundland and Labrador.Our recom

Rather than focusing on reaching a settlement with Unifor, GreenShield Canada (GSC) has chosen a publicity campaign that is further inflaming the five-week dispute. Unifor represents more than 600 members, mostly women, who work in the company’s Windsor and Toronto offices and have been on strike si...

For the second time on Sunday, union members at Airbus Canada in Mirabel overwhelmingly rejected a management offer to renew their collective agreement, which expired last December.

The decades after the French Revolution were tumultuous in Paris. Every few years, it seemed, the popular classes, made up of the poor and oppressed people, were rising up and overthrowing whatever the latest iteration of the French government was. Through the fall of the monarchy, the reign of…

As the effects of budget cuts loom over Queen’s University, unionized Queen’s workers announced they’re joining forces to advocate for better collective agreements.

The job action that has disrupted transit in the Fraser Valley for the last 124 days is officially ending, after union members ratified their new contract Friday.

Over 100 care workers have joined the United Steelworkers in an effort to unify and strengthen their collective strength.

Send a message to the federal government about VIA Rail: revitalize it, don’t privatize it.

TORONTO—Unifor calls on Ford Motor Company to consider all possible options to mitigate the negative impact on workers following the announced substantial delay in the launch of EV production at the Oakville Assembly Plant.

The Quebec Superior Court orders Labour Administrative Tribunal to consider all possible measures to reverse unlawful dismissal of security guards MONTREAL – In the dispute over Glencore’s elimination of its Raglan Mine security the Superior Court has rejected the provincial labour administrative tr...

Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) who work at Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will be conducting a strike vote across the country starting April 10, 2024.

Air Canada recently released its annual report and held a shareholders meeting where they boasted of their current financial success. The Air Canada Component of CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, noted that the report failed to mention th...

By cutting lease transfers, the province with the highest percentage of renters in Canada just made it easier for landlords to hike rents

Workers at Lallemand Inc. in Cornwall, Ontario have voted to join UFCW Locals 175 & 633.

Workers at the Waste Management of Canada Corporation in Ottawa have largely voted in favour of strike action should there not be a resolution in bargaining, said CUPE 1338. Ninety per cent of those who participated in the vote affirmed their support for a strike if there isn’t a resolution. CUPE 13...

Bullying. Harassment. Horrible bosses. How dream jobs turn into nightmares

The united steelworkers union is calling for changes to the road signage industry, saying it doesn't want to see any more road signallers injured or killed on the job.

This is a fight for respect, dignity and recognition for the employees behind the crucial services our Armed Forces rely on.

Provincial Fisheries Minister Elvis Loveless has written the FFAW outlining what he calls the action taken on ...