Ontario Labour Relations Board
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Former Foodora workers reach $3.46M settlement with app’s parent companyThe union complained couriers were losing their jobs just as COVID-19 was spreading and many had no other employment or access to government funds.CanadaAug 25, 2020
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Union looks to represent press room employees at Postmedia plant in TorontoThe union, which is a local of CWA Canada, says it filed its application with the Ontario Labour Relations Board on Monday after a majority of the plant's staff signed union cards.CanadaJun 22, 2020
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Health-care workers’ union goes to Ontario labour relations board over care home outbreaksSharleen Stewart, president of SEIU, said they went to the labour relations board after the province did not heed their call to take over those facilities.Apr 22, 2020
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Ontario labour board rules Foodora couriers are dependent contractors, eligible for unionThe Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled the couriers more closely resemble employees rather than independent contractors in what it said was its first decision with respect to the so-called gig economy.EconomyFeb 25, 2020
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Hearing on Foodora union gets underway at labour board in TorontoA hearing related to a union drive at food delivery company Foodora is underway in Toronto and is expected to have significant implications for workers and companies in the gig economy.CanadaSep 10, 2019
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Ontario court rules open-court principle does not mean right to record proceedingsA woman embroiled in a lengthy dispute with her former school board and teachers' union has no right to video-record her Appeal Court proceedings or to force a judge to publicly post a decision, Ontario's top court ruled on Wednesday.CanadaApr 24, 2019
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General Motors files application with Ontario Labour Relations Board to stop ‘illegal strikes’GM is asking the provincial labour board to put an end to strikes led by Unifor, the union representing workers at the company's soon-to-close Oshawa plant.CanadaFeb 21, 2019
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LHSC to review use of armbands to ID patients with ‘potential for violence’The London Health Sciences Centre says it's reviewing a policy that gives patients deemed to have the potential for violent behaviour armbands to identify them.HealthFeb 1, 2019
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Amazon embroiled in Ontario labour relations board complaint over couriersThe union is seeking a declaration that Amazon violated the Employment Standards Act.CanadaJan 30, 2019
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Hotel workers in GTA vote against defecting to Unifor, will remain with Unite HereThe hotel workers say they faced three weeks of pressure from Unifor to sign petitions to leave their union.CanadaFeb 8, 2018
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