Tag Archives: Labour

TORONTO - In the year since the abrupt closure of the Ontario Science Centre, the cost of a new site at Ontario Place has escalated, its opening date has been pushed back, there is no sign of a tempor...

MONTREAL - Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate...

OTTAWA - Canada Post says it has reached a contract deal with its second-largest union as negotiations continue with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The Crown corporation says the new collective...

INGERSOLL - Bob Pulham recalls the optimism in the air when General Motors began producing electric vans in Ingersoll, Ont., in late 2022. As the first BrightDrop commercial van rolled off the line at...

OTTAWA - Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a lett...

OTTAWA - While the federal government has made gains on diversity and equity in the public service, inequities persist when it comes to pay, a new Treasury Board report says. Compared with the entire ...

OTTAWA - Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizat...

A new survey finds less support among Canadians for the privatization of Canada Post, but many are open to large-scale changes. Survey results from the Angus Reid Institute, released Wednesday, found ...

MONTREAL - Montreal's main bicycle rental company says its users smashed records during the recent public transit strike, travelling the equivalent of more than 50 times around the Earth. BIXI Montrea...

EDMONTON - Two of Alberta's health-care workers' unions are calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government to reverse its policy forcing many -- including front-line medical staff -- to pay fo...