Job Action

• Quebec paramedics reach tentative deal with province after years without contract

  The workers include more than 1,000 paramedics who work for Urgences-santé, the public ambulance service serving Montreal and Laval.

  Canada

  Jul 26
  
• B.C. nurses escalate job action with picket line at Vancouver General Hospital

  The BC Nurses' Union began job action last Thursday after two-thirds voted to reject a deal with the B.C. Health Employers Association.

  Health

  Jul 7
  
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• Metro Vancouver outside workers’ strike called off as mediated talks to begin

  Earlier Monday, union members — with the exception of essential-service staff — took part in a full-scale strike that has since been called off.

  Canada

  Jun 16
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• Metro Vancouver outside workers escalate job action to full-scale strike

  The union says it is asking residents in Metro Vancouver to consider avoiding 30 regional parks and greenways, since most district employees there will not be working.

  Canada

  Jun 15
• Union for hundreds of Metro Vancouver workers announces overtime ban

  The statement says union members will also refuse standby work and not accept assignments outside of their defined job descriptions.

  Canada

  May 25
• Constitutional challenge launched by Ontario nurses over lack of right to strike

  Nurses say the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act is among the most restrictive of its kind in Canada, preventing not just full strikes, but also other forms of job action.

  Health

  May 11
• B.C. port requests last-minute hearing to avert looming job action

  The BC Maritime Employers Association says if a strike by ship and dock foremen is allowed to proceed Monday, it will have 'no choice' but to impose an industry-wide lockout.

  Economy

  Jul 7, 2024
• Saskatoon LutherCare group home workers give notice of job action

  SEIU-West is fighting for higher wages, the introduction of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and two days off in a row to rest after the week is finished -- a weekend.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2024
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• Sask. teacher job action: Extracurricular, noon-hour supervision cuts next week

  Extracurricular activities will be cut from all school divisions from Monday to Thursday next week. Six divisions are also going to be without lunch-hour supervision Monday. 

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2024
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• Noon-hour supervision pulled from Sask. schools Monday and Tuesday: STF

  More job action was announced by the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation for Monday and Tuesday.

  Education

  Mar 15, 2024