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A quick look at recent airline labour disputes
Over the past three years, strikes by Air Canada flight attendants and WestJet mechanics have briefly brought operations at the country's two biggest airlines shuddering to a halt, and the threat of j...
Jul 30, 2026
Were you planning to fly WestJet? What you need to know about the looming strike
Air travellers planning to fly WestJet may be concerned about the possibility of disruptions due to a potential strike. A work stoppage looms for 4,400 flight attendants at Canada's second-largest air...
Jul 30, 2026
WestJet flight attendants' union serves airline 72-hour strike notice
CALGARY - Intense bargaining between WestJet and the union representing its flight attendants ratcheted up further on Thursday after CUPE issued a 72-hour strike notice, paving the runway for a possib...
Jul 30, 2026
About 10,000 federal public servants apply for early retirement
OTTAWA - About 10,000 federal public servants have applied for the government's early retirement program, launched as part of a plan to cut the number of bureaucrats. In December, the government began...
Jul 29, 2026
WestJet, flight attendants sign wind-down plan ahead of possible strike
WestJet and the union representing some 4,400 flight attendants have agreed to an "operational wind-down" plan should a strike go ahead as soon as this Sunday. With the clock ticking down, the two sid...
Jul 29, 2026
Sask. health-care workers to hold strike vote in September
A union representing Saskatchewan health-care workers will be holding a strike vote this fall, after years of trying to negotiate a contract. CUPE 5430 said the 7,000 members it represents will cast t...
Jul 25, 2026 CUPE health care workers rally outside the Legislative building in March 2026. They have been without a contract for over four years.(Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Forced labour or leverage: What Trump's new tariffs are really about
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration says it's hitting Canada and dozens of other countries with double-digit tariffs because they're not doing enough to fight forced labour - but not everyone is con...
Jul 24, 2026
B.C.'s unionized nurses to end job action provincewide to review recommendations
VANCOUVER - The union representing 55,000 nurses in British Columbia has accepted a mediated proposal that could end its weeks-long strike action. The BC Nurses' Union says in a statement that its bar...
Jul 24, 2026
Deadline for public servants to apply for early retirement arrives
OTTAWA - Public servants have just hours left to apply for the federal government's early retirement program. The deadline lands at 2:59 a.m. ET and the Treasury Board website says more than 9,100 app...
Jul 24, 2026
Trump hitting countries, including Canada, with forced labour tariffs
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Thursday it is hitting dozens of countries, including Canada, with duties citing forced labour in supply chains hours before its previous tariff tool was set...
Jul 23, 2026
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Remembering Ken Krawetz
Sarah Mills says Ken Krawetz, one of the founders of the Saskatchewan Party, had a booming voice that filled the marble ...
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