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The union representing about 3,000 striking academic workers at York University voted in favour of accepting the tentative agreement with the post-secondary institution on Friday, bringing an end to a seven-week strike. On Friday afternoon, almost 1,600 members of CUPE 3903 participated in the ratification vote of a tentative Comprehensive Framework …

The Sask. Party remains the preferred political party on top issues among Saskatchewan voters, but it is seeing its lowest approval rating in four years. That’s according to an Angus Reid poll, which surveyed 504 Saskatchewan residents on how they felt about the leaders of the province’s political parties and …

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of the Ford government in its battle to keep its 2018 mandate letters filed away from public disclosure and under rules protecting the details around cabinet meetings. The decision from the Supreme Court of Canada was unanimous, finding Ontario’s Information and …

A years-long fight over the location the city chose for a modular supportive housing building has come to an end after the Ontario Land Tribunal ruled in favour of the city’s desired location, but bitter feelings remain among those opposed to the site. Toronto’s rapid housing program has seen major …

Staff members at Mount Saint Vincent University have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike mandate. According to the Mount Saint Vincent University Faculty Association, which represents approximately 160 full-time faculty, librarians, and laboratory instructors, 97 per cent of members voted for the strike, with 99 per cent of members …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor Local 144 members have voted with 98 per cent in favour of taking strike action if a fair contract cannot be reached. “We don’t have endless patience. A serious offer from the employer is required to get bargaining back on track,” …

Six years after a devastating injury on an Ontario farm, Leroy Thomas says he’s finally feeling hopeful about the future. The former seasonal worker from Jamaica dislocated his spine while working at a Simcoe, Ont., tobacco farm in 2017, an injury that left him unable to continue as an agricultural …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) says it has voted in favour of a binding arbitration process meaning there will be no strikes or lockouts during negotiations. The members voted 78.4 per cent in favour of the bargaining proposal. “The approved proposal …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Over 3,000 Sobeys employees across 40 Lower Mainland Safeway stores have voted overwhelmingly to approve a strike if bargaining talks break down in the weeks ahead. United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1518, which covers Sobeys’ employees from Whistler to Hope, says …

There may be a disruption to classes at Queen’s University in the new year if contract talks between the university and its faculty remain at a standstill. Wednesday the Queen’s University Faculty Association, which represents professors at the school, voted 82 per cent in favour of a strike should negotiation …