Unions representing longshore workers at the country’s major ports are promising to put pressure on the federal government if it won’t commit …
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Law professors at McGill University were on the picket line today, forcing the cancellation of classes during the first week of the …
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You’re a few weeks into your new job and payday has arrived. But reading your first paystub, it’s a little unclear what …
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By Andrew Bates | Telegraph-Journal New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said the province “strongly objects” to the inclusion of two nurses in a …
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Nunavut privacy commissioner orders further search for ‘do not hire’ records in response to worker’s concern
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberGraham Steele, Nunavut’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, has ruled that the Department of Human Resources (HR) must undertake further searches for records …
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says arbitration call was needed in railway lockout
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended Wednesday his government’s move to call for binding arbitration and force an end to a work stoppage …
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Striking staff at Halifax public libraries say current wages aren’t enough to live on
More than 300 unionized workers at 14 public libraries across the Halifax region have walked off the job to demand better wages. …
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Teachers, school boards in Manitoba sign groundbreaking four-year provincial contract
By Maggie Macintosh | Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba teachers are heading into a new school year with the promise of back pay and …
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Workers’ compensation boards holding nearly $5 billion in excess funds, CFIB urges rebates to small businesses
Nearly $5 billion in surplus funds are sitting in workers’ compensation boards (WCBs) across six Canadian provinces and territories, a situation that …
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Judge acquits Canadian Pacific of contempt of court in ruling tied to long work hours
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has acquitted Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. of contempt of court related to excessively long hours …