Category Archives: Labour
Commons expected to approve back-to-work legislation to reopen Port of Montreal
OTTAWA — The House of Commons was expected in the wee hours Thursday to approve legislation to put an end to a strike that has shut down one of Canada's busiest ports. Operations at the Port of Montreal, through which millions
Commons expected to approve back-to-work legislation to reopen Port of Montreal
OTTAWA — The House of Commons was expected in the wee hours Thursday to approve legislation to put an end to a strike that has shut down one of Canada's busiest ports. Operations at the Port of Montreal, through which millions
Quebec says coercive strategy working to increase vaccination among health workers
MONTREAL — Quebec's coercive strategy to get more health-care workers vaccinated is concerning some health experts and union officials, who say the government should focus more on carrots than on sticks. But that strategy is working, according to Healt...
Canada’s spy service asks court to toss out employee’s discrimination claim
OTTAWA — Canada's spy agency is asking a court to toss out the claim of an employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Sameer Ebadi should have turned to inte...
B.C.’s $500-million investment fund to help small, medium-sized businesses
VICTORIA — British Columbia has introduced legislation to convert an investment initiative into a Crown corporation with the authority to make independent decisions aimed at spurring economic recovery after the pandemic. The $500-million InBC investme...
Migrant farm workers at higher COVID-19 risk, need protection: Ontario coroner report
TORONTO — Migrant farm workers who come to Ontario from other countries are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19 and other infectious diseases due to their communal living and working conditions, according to a coroner's report released on Tuesday.To...
Feds table back-to-work bill for Montreal port, call fight ‘life and death’ matter
OTTAWA — Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi described a strike at the Port of Montreal as a “matter of life and death" as the Liberal government tabled Tuesday controversial back-to-work legislation aimed at getting 1,150 dockworkers back on the jo...
Alberta to begin vaccinating meat-plant workers this week: health minister
CALGARY — Alberta is to begin offering COVID-19 vaccines to thousands of meat-packing employees across the province starting this week, but a union leader says some workers are reluctant to receive a shot from the government or an employer they
Feds file notice of back-to-work bill ahead of looming Montreal dockworkers strike
MONTREAL — The federal government has given notice on Sunday that it will table back-to-work legislation in response to a looming dockworkers' strike at Montreal's port that threatens to have widespread economic repercussions across the country. Labour...
Two Quebec teacher’s unions suspend strike, members to vote on contract offer
MONTREAL — A temporary strike by around 73,000 Quebec teachers scheduled to take place Tuesday has been suspended after a breakthrough at the bargaining table.Two major teachers' unions say a proposal from the government contains several elements that ...