Murray Wood: Why I hate the latest round of changes in the CFL
Eight of the CFL's nine teams will qualify for the playoffs under the league's latest round of changes, but Murray Wood ...
Tag Archives: Labour
Nova Scotia NDP bill would ban use of replacement workers during strikes
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP has tabled a bill that would ban the use of replacement workers during a strike. Party leader Claudia Chender says her opposition bill is similar to legislation in Quebec a...
Mar 19, 2024
Hullabaloo over fate of Saskatchewan Hoopla basketball tournament overshadows budget
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to release its 2024 budget Wednesday, a day expected to be overshadowed by teacher protests and heightened hullabaloo over the fate of Hoopla. Hoopla, the p...
Mar 19, 2024
Labour prof lays out what could happen as province, teachers continue to fight
Frustration is mounting for many in Saskatchewan as the provincial government and teachers' union continue their contract fight, and the question on the lips of many is "When will this end?" Both side...
Mar 19, 2024 Classrooms around the province will be empty Wednesday as teachers stage a one-day strike. (980 CJME file photo)
STF is sick of hearing 'no' from government, Becotte tells Bray
The president of the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation is fed up with being denied by the government. "It is very disappointing that we are at this point," Samantha Becotte said. "We really don't have...
Mar 19, 2024
Major Quebec nurses union reaches agreement with province for five-year-contract
MONTREAL - After 15 months of negotiations a major nurses union has reached an agreement with the Quebec government for a five-year collective agreement. The proposed deal needs to be put to the 80,00...
Mar 19, 2024
Bill to ban replacement workers among those held up by Manitoba Opposition delays
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's legislative agenda, including efforts to ban replacement workers and make it easier to join a union, was pushed back Monday by the Opposition Progressive Conservat...
Mar 18, 2024
Basketball, music festival hang in balance in Saskatchewan teacher labour dispute
REGINA - Saskatchewan's escalating labour dispute with teachers has left a provincial basketball tournament hanging in the balance, with some students saying it's frustrating the adults can't play wel...
Mar 18, 2024
Saskatchewan teachers announce more job action in impasse over contact talks
REGINA - Saskatchewan teachers are planning more job action next week as negotiations for a new contract remain at an impasse. The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says it's withdrawing voluntary noo...
Mar 15, 2024
No noon supervision in some school divisions Monday and Tuesday, STF says
Schools in some divisions will be without noon-hour supervision on Monday and Tuesday, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation says. According to the union, the latest round of its rotating sanctions wi...
Mar 15, 2024
Ontario has to pay public sector workers $6B and counting in Bill 124 compensation
TORONTO - Ontario is so far on the hook for more than $6 billion in payments to broader public sector workers as a result of the provincial government's wage restraint legislation being found unconsti...
Mar 15, 2024
OPINION
Murray Wood: The Art of the CUSMA Deal
Insults, complaints that Canada is so mean, warnings the U.S. doesn't need us. It's all standard operating procedure. Th...
LATEST WEATHER
TODAY ON EVAN BRAY
The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 29
On Wednesday, Evan reviews Tuesday's federal spring fiscal update, takes the temperature of the new CFL changes coming i...