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Railways, workers waiting for crucial labour board decision on work stoppage

Politics Railway workers, their union and their employers are all waiting today for a decision from the Canada Industrial Relations…

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Politics

Rail reopening begins with workers at CN taking down pickets, but CPKC stoppage ongoing

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says it has taken down picket lines at Canadian National Railway (CN) and its workers…

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Canada

Library workers punched, spat on: Security incidents on the rise in public libraries, data show

Once seen as oases of calm and quiet, libraries across Canada are becoming increasingly chaotic – even dangerous – with…

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Politics

Canada to pause approval of temporary foreign workers for low-wage jobs in Montreal

Canada will freeze the approval of new temporary foreign workers in low-wage jobs in the Montreal area starting in September,…

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Nova Scotia

School support workers want training, better protection from classroom violence

With a new school year weeks away, the union representing school support workers is demanding the province do more to protect its…

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Politics

UN report on Canada’s temporary foreign workers details the many ways they’ve been abused

Wage theft, excessive work hours, limited breaks and physical abuse. Those are just some of the ways Canada’s temporary foreign…

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Business

Disneyland avoids strike, reaches tentative agreement with workers

Disneyland has averted the possibility of the first employee strike in 40 years by reaching a tentative agreement with 14,000…

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Nova Scotia

IMP Aerostructures workers go on strike in Amherst

Around 130 workers at IMP Aerostructures in Amherst, N.S., walked off the job on Monday, hours after 93 per cent…

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Canada

National Steel Car fined $360K for Hamilton worker’s death, another critically injured in 2022

National Steel Car has been ordered to pay over $360,000 in fines after the death of one worker and the critical…

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Politics

Government considering blocking low-wage temporary foreign workers

Employment and Workforce Development Minister Randy Boissonnault told business associations Tuesday that the federal government is considering refusing temporary foreign worker…

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