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US Election 2024

FEMA official directed hurricane relief workers to avoid homes with Trump signage

A FEMA official has been removed from their position after directing disaster relief workers to avoid homes with signs supporting…

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Business

Over half of workers compensation claims in Alberta construction are 1st-year workers

Ahead of its safety conference this week, the Alberta Construction Safety Association is highlighting the need to address worker safety…

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Health

Health-care workers push for better access to frostbite treatment popularized in Yukon

A new coalition of Canadian health-care workers is on a mission to transform frostbite care in Canada by promoting an…

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Business

Boeing workers vote to end 7-week strike, accept new contract with 38% raise

Boeing’s West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet…

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Business

As federal workers slam office mandate, study finds remote work cuts emissions

Federal employees in Ottawa produced 25 per cent fewer emissions when they worked remotely compared to those who were working in the…

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Nova Scotia

‘It’s like a cage’: Foreign workers who quit Canadian Tire speak out about feeling trapped by work permits

Rowell Pailan spends his days applying for jobs in factories, in restaurants, in shops. He’s ready to take any kind…

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Business

Boeing proposal for workers could add more than $1 billion US in wages over 4 years

Boeing has reached a tentative labour contract proposal that could see the company provide more than $1 billion US in…

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Canada

Minimum wage for higher-paid temporary foreign workers set to increase

The federal government is expected to boost the minimum hourly wage that must be paid to temporary foreign workers in…

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Canada

B.C. election comes at pivotal moment for health care: workers

All three B.C. political parties are pledging to expand health care, while workers on the front lines say whoever forms the next…

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Canada

Sask. court fines SaskPower $840K for deaths of 2 workers

A Weyburn court has given SaskPower one of the largest fines for a workplace accident in recent Canadian history for…

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