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With the end of a two-month-long strike this week, unionized workers at Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) are back on the job Friday, but the Crown corporation’s board chair is urging Manitobans to be patient as staff tackle a heavy backlog of work. Carmen Nedohin told 680 CJOB’s The Start that there …
Read More »Workers reject MPI’s latest offer as lengthy strike continues – Winnipeg
By Kevin Hirschfield Global News Posted October 30, 2023 10:43 pm Updated October 30, 2023 11:35 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The MPI strike lasting more than two months will continue after the union representing the workers rejected an offer from the employer Monday. MGEU members …
Read More »Toronto-area grocery store distribution centre workers walk out on strike – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Grocery workers at a Greater Toronto Area warehouse walked off the job Saturday as negotiations between union officials and a major supermarket chain broke down. The union representing workers at a Sobeys distribution centre in York Region began strike action after rejecting …
Read More »GM workers hit the picket lines at three facilities in Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unifor workers have kicked off a strike at General Motors Canada after failing to reach a new contract with the U.S. automaker. Unifor national president Lana Payne said in a statement early Tuesday that GM has refused to meet the pattern agreement …
Read More »Tribunal rules in favour of injured migrant workers seeking more compensation
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 …
Read More »More workers, more teamwork discussed in Manitoba health care forum – Winnipeg
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 28, 2023 9:18 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba’s three main party leaders promised to hire more health-care workers and offer more services closer to home in a forum on health care Wednesday night. The hour-long forum, hosted …
Read More »Unifor contract talks with General Motors begin after workers ratify Ford deal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 26, 2023 8:25 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Contract talks between Unifor and General Motors Canada begin today. The negotiations cover about 4,300 workers at the automaker’s St. Catharines Powertrain Plant, the Oshawa Assembly Complex and the …
Read More »Ford Motor workers ratify agreement with Unifor, set precedent
The union that represents 5,600 workers at Ford Motor Co. of Canada confirmed Sunday its members had ratified a three-year contract with the automaker, setting the pattern for upcoming talks with General Motors and Stellantis. Unifor and Ford reached a tentative agreement Tuesday after extending a strike deadline by 24 …
Read More »CUPE health-care workers in Hastings Prince Edward join nurses on the pick line
CUPE public health workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health are joining Ontario Nurses’ Association members in walking off the job on Friday. CUPE Local 3314, representing 70 public health workers, says it is officially going on strike after not reaching a deal at the bargaining table with the health …
Read More »Canadians showing more support for striking workers amid inflation, corporate profits
It was Samantha Henry’s first time on strike, and one that made headlines across the country. “Some people thought the strike would only last a week, a couple of days. And we went into almost five weeks,” said Henry, one of some 3,700 Metro employees in the Toronto area who …
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