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Canadian clothing giant Lululemon has unveiled its Team Canada designs for the 2024 Olympics in Paris on Tuesday, giving Canadians a glimpse of what the country’s Olympians and Paralympians will be wearing at the opening and closing ceremonies.

Hundreds of protesters rallied on Ottawa’s Parliament Hill on Tuesday to showcase support for public health care and its workers. “We’re here to tell the federal government that if provinces are not going to protect public health care, Ottawa must,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne. “Public funding in health care— including dental and Pharmacare—...

April 17th marks the 100-day countdown to the 2024 Paris Olympic games. It is the kickoff to an exciting few months ahead. This week, Team Canada’s uniforms for the Games were also unveiled. Laval native and Team Canada athlete in men’s artistic gymnastics, Felix Dolce, joins our Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella in-studio to...

The federal government has released its 2024 budget, taking aim at improving affordability amid Canada’s slowing economy, and an uphill road for the Liberals in the polls. The highlights from the new fiscal plan, including its focus on helping younger Canadians. Plus, Dawna Friesen speaks with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland about the increase in the...

Members of a union of local casino workers have earned themselves a nice Christmas bonus. Unifor Local 144 has ratified a four-year deal that will bring them a wage increase of 11 per cent over the life of that contract.

At least one new settlement is arriving just in time for Christmas for some casino workers in Winnipeg, according to Unifor.

Longtime tenants of a heritage building on Charles St. took to the streets Sunday to protest what they are calling “renovictions” — where landlords ignore requests from tenants to fix issues in their apartments, and in response, are ignored and evicted to make way for suitors willing to pay a higher rental fee in just...

Unifor announced Monday it has reached a tentative deal with Stellantis, ending a brief strike at the automaker as it closes in on the third and final agreement with a Detroit Three automaker.

It was a proud moment for Farooq Hassan Sheikh when he pulled on his Regina police uniform for the first time. Sheikh was sworn in as the Regina police chief on Dec. 1.

Claymore Clothes makes uniforms for the armed forces and first responders across the country. The owner is an honourary colonel in the B.C. Regiment who bought the business despite having no experience in the clothing industry. As Jay Durant reports on This is B.C., he has created a team of new Canadians who come from...

Both sides have until 11:59pm on October 29 to reach a deal. Marianne Dimain reports.

Cargo is moving again on the St. Lawrence Seaway after management and Unifor struck a tentative deal on Sunday. However, Keystone Agricultural Producers says the impacts of the short-lived strike could still be felt.

It was one of the shortest strikes in the history of the Canadian auto industry. Unifor and GM have reached a tentative agreement after a strike that lasted less than a day. Seán O’Shea reports.

After announcing that Unifor and General Motors reached a tentative agreement hours after workers hit the picket lines on Tuesday, Unifor National President Lana Payne speculated that Stellantis will “come here kicking and screaming” ahead of contract negotiations. “The challenge with Stellantis is they have the largest footprint in Canada,” Payne said, adding that “our...

With over 4,200 Canadian auto workers walking off the job after failing to reach an agreement with General Motors, Unifor President Lana Payne joins Miranda Anthistle to discuss what’s next.

The union representing hourly workers in Canada, Unifor, faces deadline of 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday to reach a new deal with GM. Unifor represents about 4,300 workers at GM covered by these talks.

Unifor says that auto workers at General Motors have voted to ratify a three-year contract agreement, with nearly 81 per cent of the 4,300 workers at three plants voting in favour of the deal. The agreement follows the pattern of an earlier one reached with Ford, which leaves only Jeep maker Stellantis without a contract...

Unifor has set a deadline of Oct. 9 for its contract talks with General Motors. Negotiations between the union and U.S. automaker resumed this week after workers at Ford Motor Co. voted to approve a new contract.

Unifor National President Lana Payne announced in Toronto on Tuesday that Unifor and General Motors have reached a tentative agreement, just hours after 4,300 unionized auto workers hit the picket lines at Oshawa Assembly Plant, St. Catharines Powertrain Plant and Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre. “We had no choice as a union but to show General...

Blake Wheeler, who wore a Jets uniform from 2011-2023, talked about coming back to his old stomping grounds, but this time as a New York Ranger.