Tag Archives: Labour

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's plan to balance the budget in two years will require tighter spending restraint - something the Opposition Progressive Conservatives say is unrealistic. The provin...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a plan Friday to boost training and employment for workers in the skilled trades. Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa Friday morning, Poilie...

OTTAWA - A major federal union says it's worried about a plan to eliminate more than 300 positions at Canada's Translation Bureau. In a news release, the Canadian Association of Professional Employees...

RICHMOND, B.C. - The union representing workers at the Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport Hotel says staff have ratified a new collective agreement, ending a nearly four-year-long strike. Unite Here Local...

HALIFAX - Members of the Nova Scotia public voiced concerns on Monday about a government bill they said threatens people's access to information and violates labour rights in the civil service. The om...

ST. JOHN'S - As Canada vows to knock down internal trade barriers, unions representing workers at two large breweries in Newfoundland say easy beer sales between provinces would put local jobs at risk...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the United States. The Leger...

Uncertainty and the threat of looming tariffs against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump is putting Canadian jobs at risk, and the federal government should shelve its Temporary Foreign Worker prog...

When COVID-19 hit, millions of Canadians were either told to work remotely or temporarily laid off as governments ordered lockdowns to protect public health. Not Arlick Leslie. While others were setti...

TORONTO - The City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79, which represents thousands of municipal workers, say they have reached a tentative agreement. The union would have been in a legal strike position and ...