Tag Archives: Labour

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...

DELTA - Liquor and cannabis warehouses in British Columbia are now behind picket lines as public sector workers step up job action to try to pressure the government back to the bargaining table. The B...

ST. JOHN'S - As members of Newfoundland and Labrador's main political parties travel the province to campaign for votes, their signs, pamphlets, buses and gas bills are paid for in part by unions and ...

MONTREAL - A transit strike kicked off Monday morning that could disrupt bus and subway service in Montreal for the next two weeks, as Quebec's labour minister accused the workers of holding public tr...

OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee says the Royal Canadian Navy is "not out of the woods" yet on its recruitment crisis and the next four to five years are going to be "really hard." It's been two ye...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to cut the public service through attrition is "misleading" and "reckless," says the head of a federal union. Carney was asked by reporters last week whet...