Pickets and barricades go up as York U. strike begins
CUPE members are seeking an 11 per cent wage increase over two years
View ArticleOnt. teachers urged to accept “fair” deal from province
Strike by 73,000 teachers would affect about 750,000 students
View ArticleUK lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities
To avoid lawsuit, union leadership immediately voids vote
View ArticleUnion to U Guelph: Here’s our “Plan B”. In fact, here are 14 of them
Union offers alternatives to save 130 jobs slated to be cut as low-enrolment courses chopped
View ArticleResearch, teaching assistants walk out at McMaster
Union rejects university's "best offer"; administration says classes will continue
View ArticleSimon Fraser student society locks out employees
Union says $30-per-hour average wage is fair
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You gotta fight for your right to clean up!
Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay has had his share of epic battles with the city’s many unions over the years, like his ongoing spat with the perpetually disgruntled firefighters who’ve taken to wearing...
View ArticleDeja Strike
I haven’t said much about the news that the Screen Actors’ Guild will ask for a strike authorization vote because, well, I don’t have much to say about it. Like many people, I’m skeptical that there...
View ArticleThe first nail in La Presse’s coffin: no more BlackBerrys
In case anyone thought Gesca was bluffing when it threatened to shut down La Presse and Cyberpresse on December 1 unless they strike a cost-cutting deal with the union, managers at the paper are...
View ArticleWho might be in, who’s threatening to stay out
Romeo Saganash is leaving open the possibility of a run for the NDP leadership and Karl Belanger, Jack Layton’s press secretary, is being urged to consider entering the race, but Thomas Mulcair says...
View ArticleThe right to strike
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt is promising back-to-work legislation if Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants are unable to reach a deal before Wednesday. This would be the fourth time...
View ArticleThe labour appeal
Paul Dewar details his labour policy, including a ban on replacement workers and a promise to reinstate the federal minimum wage and gradually raise it to a living wage. A government led by Paul Dewar...
View ArticleWhy it’s okay to intervene in Air Canada’s labour dispute
An exchange from the Prime Minister’s media availability in Toronto this afternoon. Reporter: Prime Minister, why is the government treating Air Canada as if it is a state-owned company by meddling in...
View ArticleBack to work, again
Labour Minister Lisa Raitt says the Conservatives will introduce back-to-work legislation to prevent a disruption at Air Canada. Elizabeth May is unimpressed. Lisa Raitt presenting back-to-work Air...
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Quebec’s Couche-Tard: the king of the corner store
Photograph by Roger Lemoyne In Quebec, depanneurs are the ubiquitous corner stores that peddle beer, toilet paper, sardines and other late-night essentials practically around the clock. Depanneur...
View ArticleTransparency and C-377
Earlier this week, John Geddes looked closer at Conservative MP Russ Hiebert’s bill on union disclosure. The bill’s union opponents protest that if the tax deductibility of dues means their finances...
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Editorial: What the Supreme Court really thinks about cyberbullying
Sean Kilpatrick/CP Bullying, we’re repeatedly told, is a growing problem in Canada. The federal, provincial and municipal governments have recently introduced new laws to put an end to bullying in...
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Carleton residence workers want a union
Miranda Moores At least two Carleton University residence fellows have quit their jobs after a failed bid to unionize that they say was prompted in part by safety concerns about a coworker who talked...
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Can Tim Hudak sell right-to-work in Ontario?
Rebecca Cook/Reuters For the past few months, the Ontario media has been wondering whatever happened to Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak’s vow to take on the unions in the next provincial...
View ArticleHalifax nurses ordered to get back to work
HALIFAX – Nurses in Halifax were ordered Tuesday to go to work after some of them refused to in defiance of proposed essential services legislation that they say effective takes away their right to...
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The Queen faces a labour dispute at Windsor Castle
(AP Photo) Queen Elizabeth II has always considered Windsor Castle home. While bombs dropped on Buckingham Palace during the Second World War, she and her sister, Margaret, grew up in the relative...
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