WestJet contact centre workers in Calgary have voted 89 per cent in favour of joining Unifor, forming a new 750-member bargaining unit. …
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Wagepoint has launched unified Québec payroll compliance, letting businesses with employees in the province run their entire payroll through one platform instead …
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Federal bill would change Canada Labour Code bargaining rules, add health and safety inspectors
Federally regulated employers and unions would get new help to raise issues earlier and settle disputes at the bargaining table, without limits… …
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UN Global Compact releases framework to embed sustainability in procurement
A new global framework is meant to help companies build sustainability into how they buy goods and services, according to the United… …
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Clinical counsellors hired by B.C. school districts under a provincial youth mental health program have performed work normally done by unionized school… …
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PREMIUM Millwood Manor’s rising profit sinks inability-to-pay claim for Kitchener, Ont., facility
Millwood Manor Retirement Residence in Kitchener, Ont., must give its unionized workers 3.5 per cent wage increases in each of two years… …
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12,000 building trades members can now join Nova Scotia Guard
About 12,000 union members in Nova Scotia’s building trades will be able to join the Nova Scotia Guard through a new partnership… …
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Nova Scotia touts overtime threshold, bill on worker tips as legislature’s sitting concludes
Nova Scotia has passed legislation lowering the threshold for overtime pay and requiring that tips go to the workers who earn them,… …
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Ottawa commits $607.4 million to renew gender-based violence action plan
The federal government will spend $607.4 million over four years, starting in 2027-28, to renew the National Action Plan to End Gender-based… …
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Labour say any new strike limits unacceptable as federal Labour Code changes loom
Canada’s unions will not accept any new restriction on the right to strike as the federal government is expected to introduce changes… …

