Tag Archives: Labour

Teamsters Canada says if Canada Post workers go on strike or are locked out, its members at Purolator won't handle any packages postmarked or identified as originating from the carrier. Spokesman Chri...

DUBLIN - Former Rugby Canada chair Sally Dennis has been elected to World Rugby's executive board. The Vancouver lawyer received 28 votes from the World Rugby Council, ahead of Uruguay's Sebastian Pin...

TORONTO - As the sun shone on an unusually warm day at the end of October, Emma Meadley Dunphy took one final, emotional stroll through the Ontario Science Centre. The centre's volunteer co-ordinator ...

HALIFAX - The director of a democracy watchdog says that if Nova Scotia's electoral officer had more power to levy fines, it would discourage situations such as campaign managers giving Tim Hortons gi...

Three unions are now challenging the federal government's recent decisions to intervene in major labour disputes, saying it's undermining workers' rights. The union representing locked-out dock worker...

A union president is questioning the circumstances surrounding the death of a hotel replacement worker in October, and asking what safety training and protocols are in place at the hotel after the wom...

OTTAWA - Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon says he is intervening to end the work stoppages at ports in both British Columbia and Montreal. He says the negotiations have reached an impasse and he is di...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has given 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post. The notice is for both the union's urban and rural and suburban bargaining units. READ MORE: Canada Post, ...

VANCOUVER - The federal government is urging both sides in the British Columbia port dispute to return to the table after Saturday's collapse of mediated talks to end the lockout at container terminal...

HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia politicians make their fall election promises, Julie Leggett is urging them to commit to helping people on income assistance stay cool during heat waves. The resident of New G...