By Catherine Morrison A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
York school board breached collective agreement by denying teacher sick leave, arbitrator rules
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe York Region District School Board breached its collective agreement when it refused to provide a teacher with sick leave benefits after …
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Unifor fights Crown Royal plant closure, 170 jobs at risk in Amherstburg, Ont.
Unifor says 170 union jobs are at risk after Diageo announced it will close its Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., …
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Spirits maker Diageo says it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, as it shifts some …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsRemote Working
Critics and unions question merits of Ontario’s return-to-office plan
By Abdul Matin Sarfraz | Canada’s National Observer When Sean O’Reilly left his small town in the Maritimes 25 years ago for an …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Business in southern Ontario can now apply for federal funding for tariff relief
Businesses in southern Ontario facing global trade challenges can now apply for federal funding under the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI), the …
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A seven-week strike at Toromont Industries’ remanufacturing facility in Bradford, Ont., has ended after the company and Unifor agreed to send an …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Metal heat-treating company fined $144,000 after furnace explosion injures two workers in Brampton, Ont.
A Brampton, Ont., metal heat-treating company has been fined $144,000 after two employees were seriously injured in a flash fire during a …
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More than 100 nurses at Region of Waterloo Public Health are heading to conciliation Tuesday in a dispute over scheduling and compensation. …
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Bakery fined $55,000 after worker injured by industrial oven in Mississauga, Ont.
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNuStef Baking has been fined $55,000 after a worker was seriously injured while adjusting equipment at its Mississauga facility. The case stems …


