Worker Rights

• Ontario government to review Liberal labour reforms

  The Ontario government wants to review Bill 148, which mandates equal pay for part-time and temporary workers doing the same job as full-time workers, increases sick day benefits and paid vacation and increases the minimum wage from $14 an hour to $15 on Jan. 1, 2019.

  Politics

  Oct 3, 2018
  
• WestJet union drive helped by dissatisfaction with pay formula, says flight attendant

  Growing anger among WestJet flight attendants about a compensation model that restricts hourly wages to time actually spent in the sky bodes well for a unionization drive at the airline, according to one employee who backs labour organization.

  Money

  Mar 16, 2018
  
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• CTrain passengers concerned after driver cites 12-hour shift for refusal to proceed

  Questions are being raised about shift lengths of Calgary Transit drivers after a CTrain operator refused to go any further along the Red Line in the city’s northwest Wednesday night.

  Investigations

  Nov 17, 2016
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• US poultry workers forced to wear diapers on job: report

  A report from international advocacy group Oxfam says poultry workers in the United States labour in a "climate of fear," with some forced to wear diapers on the job.

  Consumer

  May 12, 2016
• Walmart sued for denying benefits to same-sex couple

  A U.S. woman filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday accusing retail giant Wal-Mart of wrongly denying employee benefits.

  Consumer

  Jul 14, 2015