After a seven-year wait, part-time and sessional faculty across Ontario’s 24 colleges are on the brink of gaining union representation, according to …
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Labour RelationsWorkplace Safety & OHS
Bites. Bruises. Tears: What unions are saying about the growing violence in schools
Educators crying in their cars, trying to convince themselves they can get through another day. Bite marks, bruises, and the daily fear …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
New teachers contract signed in Nova Scotia, contains 12% salary increase over 3 years
School is out for the summer but the province has a lot of homework to get done in the next few months. …
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FeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
CUPE school support workers in Nova Scotia criticize exclusion from violence in schools discussion
By Lauren Phillips, The Coast Stop me when you disagree: Workplace violence is not appropriate. Disproportionate workplace violence is not appropriate. Those being disproportionately harmed should be …
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Employment LawFeatured
Ontario public school teachers are protected from unreasonable searches: top court
Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace, the Supreme Court of Canada …
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Employment LawFeaturedLabour Relations
Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear dispute about Nova Scotia teacher contract
The Supreme Court of Canada will not delve into a dispute between Nova Scotia and its teachers union that stretches back several …
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Employment LawFeaturedWorkplace Safety & OHS
Workplace violence: OLRB clarifies rules around refusing unsafe work
The protection of the safety of workers is an essential obligation on all Ontario employers. Under subsection 43(3) of Ontario’s Occupational Health …
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Ontario’s major teachers’ unions are welcoming a change in education ministers in a cabinet shuffle, saying they hope it signals a new …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Saskatchewan teachers to begin work-to-rule Monday as contract talks hit an impasse
Teachers in Saskatchewan are set to begin work-to-rule next week with contract negotiations at an impasse. The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation says indefinite, …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Saskatchewan teachers and province back in talks, minister wants binding arbitration
Saskatchewan teachers and the government are heading back to bargaining, a day after educators narrowly rejected the province’s latest offer for a …


