Niobec Inc. has ratified a new five-year collective agreement with its 350 blue-collar workers in Saint-Honoré, Que., bringing an end to recent …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Protecting outdoor workers and pets from ticks and tick-borne illnesses
By Philip Oddi | Vankleek Hill Review Early summer is peak tick season in Eastern Ontario and Western Québec. Numerous agencies continue …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Labour minister urges mediation to help settle Montreal transit mechanics strike
Quebec’s labour minister is calling for mediation in a strike involving Montreal’s public transit maintenance workers that’s crippling the network. Jean Boulet …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Montreal bus and subway services disrupted as transit maintenance workers strike
By Lia Lévesque Montreal’s transit maintenance workers have started a nine-day strike that is causing widespread disruption in the network. The 2,400 workers …
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FeaturedImmigration
Quebec says it will drop permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 per year
By Morgan Lowrie Quebec’s immigration minister says the government will drop its permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 people per year, …
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A man in his 30s is dead and two people are badly injured after a workplace accident in Sorel-Tracy, northeast of Montreal. …
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Workers in Quebec’s residential construction sector are now on strike. The workers walked off the job at midnight after last-minute talks failed …
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FeaturedLegislation & ComplianceRecruitment
One-third of Quebec employers changed hiring practices due to Law 14, survey finds
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNearly one-third of Quebec employers have changed their hiring practices in response to Law 14, with many reducing or stopping the hiring …
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A Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearing a case against Amazon over the e-commerce giant’s closure in January of seven warehouses in …
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Unionized employees at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel have agreed to a new contract, putting an end to a six-month lockout at …