Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, h...

OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.9 per cent in October. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 1...

OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's October employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.9 per cent (7.1) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.6) Participation ra...

MONTREAL - Montreal's Concordia University says it's not renewing some teaching contracts and deferring previously approved sabbaticals because of major budget shortfalls due in part to federal and pr...

OTTAWA - Another month of surprise job gains hasn't changed many economists' minds about softness in the Canadian labour market, but analysts weighing in Friday said signs of resilience should be enou...

EDMONTON - Alberta teachers say they're taking Premier Danielle Smith's government to court for overriding their Charter rights to end their strike, while some members of her caucus say public outrage...

OTTAWA - Federal public service unions are condemning the government's proposed amendments to collective bargaining rules - though they admit they know little at this point about what those changes co...

OTTAWA - Federal public service unions vowed Wednesday to "fight" planned job cuts, arguing they will undermine services for Canadians. Tuesday's federal budget outlined a plan to lower program spendi...

OTTAWA - The federal government intends to slash the public service by 10 per cent by the end of the 2028-29 fiscal year - eliminating about 40,000 jobs - as it strays from its election promise to cut...

MONTREAL - A strike that is upending public transit in Montreal could be the first test of a new law that gives the Quebec government broad power to end labour disputes. The Montreal transit agency's ...