Tag Archives: Labour

OTTAWA - As Canada prepares to host World Cup soccer, the federal financial intelligence agency is warning that major sporting events can heighten the risk of vulnerable people being exploited by huma...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis is promising a "hot summer" of organized labour action if the right to strike is threatened by any revisions to the Canada Labour Code. While government consultations on ...

HALIFAX - A union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says talks with the government have broken down and there are no other dates scheduled. CUPE accused the government on Wed...

MONTREAL - Canada's main flight attendants union is crying foul on airline submissions to the federal government for its probe into unpaid work in the sector, as questions persist around what constitu...

Investing consistently can often pave the way to wealth in the long term. But that strategy may not feel like it's achievable if you don't have a consistent income. The problem is "not so much the inv...

HALIFAX - The union in Nova Scotia representing about 3,500 striking long-term care workers has rejected the provincial government's claim that union negotiators refused to return to the bargaining ta...

Canadian soccer fanatics have a chance to experience one of the sport's premier events in person this year as the FIFA World Cup comes to North America. For some people, the tournament also means an o...

MONTREAL - A group of sex workers and their supporters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday to demand better working conditions, as hundreds of thousands of tourists converge on the city for ...

OTTAWA - Chief Justice Richard Wagner paid tribute to a departing judge Friday and bid a temporary farewell to the Supreme Court's stately home. Wagner praised the contributions of retiring Justice Sh...

OTTAWA - The National Police Federation is calling for an inquiry into a CBC and APTN comedy show it says intentionally misled current and former members of the RCMP to get them to agree to interviews...