WestJet Airlines Ltd. is warning furloughed workers their pay will be cut by up to 53 per cent starting Sunday due to changes in the extended federal wage subsidy, prompting flight crews to call on Ottawa for action.

According to the union, signs in Miramichi, Oromocto and Saint John were removed in what CUPE chapter president Brien Watson calls a "co-ordinated action."

Montreal police are investigating a confrontation between dockworkers and port managers that allegedly erupted in violence Wednesday night amid a longshoremen strike.

The union says the dispute centres mainly on working hours.

A union representing Ontario health-care workers says it's planning a series of escalating political and legal actions, including brief work interruptions, in response to the province potentially extending its emergency powers.

As it begins the gradual reopening of its establishments, Loto-Québec announced Tuesday the temporary layoff of 2,250 workers in casinos and gaming halls.

Manitoba Hydro says it has reached an agreement with another group of workers to avoid temporary layoffs at the Crown Corporation.

A CUPE poll suggests 59 per cent of nearly 600 people polled in Peterborough and Lindsay say the provinc is underperforming in how it is dealing with the pandemic response.

About 58 per cent of those who responded to the poll in London, Guelph, Waterloo and Stratford said the government did not plan properly for the pandemic.

"There's no place in this community or in this country or in this world for racism. It needs to stop," says Debbie Boissonneault, president of CUPE 204.