Tag Archives: Labour

MONTREAL - A Quebec labour tribunal will begin hearing witnesses in a case against Amazon stemming from the e-commerce giant's decision to close its seven warehouses in the province. The Confdration d...

Mail service is halted at Canada Post after unionized workers announced Thursday they are on a countrywide strike - the latest eruption in a labour dispute that has been going on for nearly a year. Th...

OTTAWA - Two former New Democrat MPs who lost their seats in the April election are launching a six-month project to renew the NDP and chart its future, ahead of the March convention. Peter Julian and...

VICTORIA - The union representing public sector workers in British Columbia is putting more pressure on government finances while curbing the public's access to alcohol. The B.C. General Employees' Un...

OTTAWA - The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were em...

BURNABY - Some of British Columbia's most lucrative liquor stores were behind picket lines on Wednesday as the union for public service workers tries to pressure the government to go back to the barga...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government announced Wednesday it had struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide, though the proposal is largely the same as the province's...

BURNABY - Striking British Columbia public service workers have furthered job action, with the union announcing another 10 sites across five cities now behind picket lines. The latest escalation by th...

EDMONTON - Dozens of students played hooky from school Monday to rally for teachers at Alberta's legislature as a provincewide strike deadline nears. They shouted, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, where did the bud...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Chamber of Commerce says the entire temporary foreign worker program needs a "meticulous review" in the face of growing calls for its termination. In a letter sent to the federal...