Labour Dispute

• Simon Fraser University teaching support staff set to strike Thursday

  The union is calling for a cost-of-living wage adjustment, a pay model that takes into account bigger class sizes and growing duties and more job stability and security.

  Education

  Sep 26
  
• Terms of deal that ended B.C. port strike revealed

  The new terms of the agreement that resolved British Columbia's port dispute include a commitment by employers to train workers to perform maintenance on new equipment.

  Economy

  Aug 8
  
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• B.C. port workers reach agreement, ending weeks of labour dispute

  Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan confirmed in a tweet that both the ILWU and the BC Maritime Employers Association have ratified the deal, ending the dispute.

  Canada

  Aug 5
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• CapU strike appears over as school, support workers reach tentative deal

  MoveUp Local 378, which represents about 350 unionized inside workers at the university, started job action in May, and escalated to a full strike on June 6.

  Education

  Jul 21
• B.C. port strike: Union caucus to meet Friday, weigh sending deal to members for vote

  The on-again-off-again B.C. port strike could be one step closer to a final conclusion, with the union's contract caucus set to vote Friday on putting a tentative deal to members.

  Economy

  Jul 20
• Fraser Valley transit strike: Employer agrees to mediated settlement

  The company that employs about 200 bus drivers and mechanics said it is prepared to accept a settlement proposed by veteran mediator Vince Ready.

  Canada

  Jul 19
• Union says deal within reach to end Fraser Valley transit strike

  The union representing BC Transit workers in the Fraser Valley says its bargaining committee is recommending members accept a mediator-proposed settlement to the dispute. 

  Economy

  Jul 17
• Deal reached in Montreal cemetery workers’ standoff that has left 300 bodies unburied

  The union confirmed that its members will be back on the job at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery on Monday after they voted 83 per cent in favour of a new agreement.

  Canada

  Jul 13
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• Saskatchewan leaders, businesses call on Trudeau to end B.C port strike

  Several organizations in Saskatchewan are calling on the federal government to help resolve the ongoing Port strike on the west coast.

  Canada

  Jul 8
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• Tentative deal means Montreal cemetery could soon reopen to grieving families

  The strike by more than 100 maintenance and office workers has kept the graveyard's iron gates shut to the public since mid-January, with the exception of a few days in the spring.

  Canada

  Jun 15