Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh's Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to pro...

British Columbians are facing the prospect of industrial action next week by an array of public service workers, from liquor store staff to community college instructors and municipal workers, after u...

EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association declined Friday to commit to launching a provincewide strike despite last-minute contract talks with the province hitting the ditch. Union pres...

Flight attendants' defiance in the face of federal intervention meant to halt a recent strike at Air Canada could set a new precedent for work stoppages, some labour movement-watchers say. The workers...

VANCOUVER - When police attended a single-room occupancy building in East Vancouver three years ago, they found the body of "Jimmy" Van Chung Pham, a man with a criminal history who would later be des...

OTTAWA - Canada Post is urging the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to revisit its offers after meeting at the bargaining table Wednesday. The Crown corporation says the union has "maintained or harde...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Wednesday accused the federal Liberals of allowing temporary foreign workers to take jobs away from young Canadians while youth unemployment is high. "...

OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government and municipalities across Ontario should mandate their workers to return to the office full time. Speaking to reporters in Inglewood, Ont...

OTTAWA - Canada Post reported a loss before tax of $407 million in its second quarter as its parcels business fell due to labour uncertainty. The company says the loss compares with a profit before ta...

The number of Canadians commuting to work rose for the fourth year in a row, a Statistics Canada report said Tuesday, as hybrid workers are increasingly spending more time in the workplace than at hom...