Unions

• Saskatchewan health-care workers ‘at a breaking point,’ unions say

  Three unions representing health-care workers in Saskatchewan are speaking out about poor retention and low wages as the fall legislative session kicks off.

  Canada

  Oct 22
  
• Ontario warehouse becomes Walmart’s 1st to unionize in Canada after certification

  Unifor says Ontario's labour relations board has given Unifor the OK to represent workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2024
  
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• Starbucks looks likely to win U.S. Supreme Court case involving pro-union workers

  Justices noted during oral arguments that Congress requires the National Labor Relations Board to seek such injunctions in federal court.

  Consumer

  Apr 23, 2024
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• Poilievre says ‘corporate lobbyists’ in Ottawa are ‘utterly useless’

  Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre told Vancouver business leaders Friday that he has no use for "corporate lobbyists" and that his focus is on "working-class people."

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2024
• Quebec public sector strikes could inspire others, as workers grow more combative

  The recent strikes, among the largest in Canadian history, are part of a broader trend in which workers have become increasingly willing to fight for better pay and conditions.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2023
• Quebec public sector negotiations resume after Christmas break as strike threat looms

  In recent days Quebec announced a flurry of tentative deals with several labour groups, including unions representing teachers, support staff and health-care system employees.

  Canada

  Dec 26, 2023
• More Quebec public unions have tentative deals on working conditions, but not on pay

  Negotiations around salaries and benefits are taking place at a central negotiation table separate from talks around working conditions, which are being discussed by sector.

  Canada

  Dec 24, 2023
• Canadians showing more support for striking workers amid inflation, corporate profits

  An Abacus poll on the dispute between the Ontario government and education workers last year showed more Ontarians blamed the government, not workers, for the dispute.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2023
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• Many support staff positions unfilled in Quebec schools, union warns

  Last week, Quebec's education minister said that at last count there were at least 8,558 vacant teaching positions, including 1,859 full-time and 6,699 part-time.

  Education

  Aug 27, 2023
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• Ontario coroners looking to unionize over working conditions and upcoming reforms

  The Ontario Coroners Association says coroners are frustrated with a new computer program that has increased workloads and lost data.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2023