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After mass layoffs at banana giant Chiquita’s Panama operation this summer threatened the popular fruit’s supply chains — with some experts even saying Canadians could see price increases — work is set to resume at the plant in Bocas del Toro. Chiquita has agreed to restart operations, Panama’s government and the company …

Unionized workers at Canada Post begin voting on the Crown corporation’s latest contract offer on Monday. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is urging they reject the proposal. Canada Post is at an impasse with the union representing roughly 55,000 postal service workers after more than a year and a …

Canada’s largest private-sector union says former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died. He was 81. In a statement Sunday, Unifor says Basil (Buzz) Hargrove was “a beloved and iconic figure in Canada’s labour movement” who “was a tireless advocate for working people and a deeply respected leader.” Hargrove was …

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution in Paris is crumbling from within. The spontaneous strike erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, …

Since Minister Mélanie Joly took over the infrastructure portfolio last month, she and Dofasco CEO Ron Bedard have spoken every day about how the U.S. trade war is impacting Hamilton’s steel industry.  “I can’t emphasize enough how determined she has been in every meeting on taking care of workers,” Bedard told a crowd of …

The superintendent of a construction crew that sheltered in a shipping container as an out of control wildfire closed in around them says they’re lucky to be alive. The 19-person crew — with all but one hailing from communities across Manitoba — had been working at a job site near Sandy Lake …

Unifor says DHL Express Canada locked out workers just after midnight Sunday as the two sides failed to reach a contract deal, injecting more labour turmoil into the country’s parcel delivery market. The union, which represents 2,100 truck drivers, couriers and warehouse workers across seven provinces, says they went on …

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Stephanie Ramirez says she worked 15-hour shifts and drank up to three Monster Energy drinks a day to keep herself going. Until one day, her body gave out and she collapsed on the job. Ramirez is a Guatemalan farm worker whose story Canadians might not ordinarily hear. But CBC News …

General Motors is laying off 700 workers at its Oshawa Assembly plant as it makes changes to shifts due to U.S. tariffs, the president of the union representing workers said Friday.  The plant, which employs roughly 3,000 people, is moving from a three-shift to a two-shift operation starting this fall, according …