57 h. ago BCGEU strike: Deal reached with union to classify meat inspectors as essential

Agriculture and Food Minister Lana Popham said that she’s pleased a deal has been reached with the B.C. General Employees’ Union

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4 d. ago BCGEU workers seeking to have remote work added to contract language

About 4,000 of the B.C. General Employee Union's members work from home either full or part time, and members are pushing for new contract language to reflect the arrangement.

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4 d. ago Union says 4,000 workers on 22 pickets as B.C. public service strike expands

Premier David Eby said Monday the province was hoping to get back to the bargaining table with union negotiators

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5 d. ago BCGEU set to picket liquor distribution branch warehouses: reports

During the last strike by the BCGEU in 2022, picket lines outside B.C. Liquor warehouses led to a brief alcohol shortage at restaurants, bars and liquor stores.

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8 d. ago Pickets come down at ICBC office, but BCGEU vows to ratchet up strike

With the exception of the Guildford ICBC location, the public impacts of the BCGEU strike, now in its fourth day, have been relatively muted.

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9 d. ago BCGEU strike: Union escalates B.C. public service job action

Picket lines have expanded to include nearly 90 workers at the Ministry of Finance in downtown Vancouver. Workers in Victoria, Surrey and Prince George walked off the job earlier this week.

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9 d. ago BCGEU strike Day 3: Union escalates job action with expanded picket lines

The BC General Employee's Union is escalating job action on Thursday as it enters the third day of strike action across the province.

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1 week ago As BCGEU strike drags on, teachers’ union negotiations simmer in background

The B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) has been bargaining with the province since the spring, and has been without a contract since the end of June.

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1 week ago BCGEU strike Day 2: Union says job action will escalate if necessary

BCGEU president Paul Finch says job action will escalate if the BC Public Service Agency does not come back with a higher wage offer.

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1 week ago Strike fears hit B.C. cannabis industry, with 2022 disruption still fresh in mind

Job action hasn't affected liquor and cannabis distribution so far but the industry still has fresh memories of a 2022 BCGEU strike that shut down distribution warehouses.

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1 week ago BCGEU strike: NDP, unions are usually friends. Why that's different now

Unions helped elect the NDP and often get good contracts. But that may change since the public sector and the deficit have both ballooned in B.C.

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1 week ago Canada Post says no more meetings currently scheduled with union

Negotiations between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers appear to have stalled as the two sides are still without an agreement.

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1 week ago BCGEU strike action day one: Picket lines go up at three locations

The pickets are set up outside the Jack Davis building in Victoria, a Service BC building in Surrey and a Child and Family Services Centre in Prince George.

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1 week ago BCGEU strike action day one: Picket lines go up at three official, 1 surprise, locations

The pickets are set up outside the Jack Davis building in Victoria, a Service BC building in Surrey and a Child and Family Services Centre in Prince George.

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1 week ago B.C. marks Labour Day as BCGEU prepares for Tuesday strike action

The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU) has issued strike notice, with up to 34,000 members set to start job action as early as 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Canada Post and union are set to resume labour talks after delay

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers are set to begin discussions for a second day following a vote that rejected the Crown corporation's 'latest and final offers.'

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3 w. ago Canada Post union says negotiation meeting delayed, with talks to continue Monday

Negotiations that had been scheduled for Friday between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been delayed. A press release from CUPW says it’s been informed by Canada Post that the Crown corporation needs more time to review offers from the union. The postponement comes after the two parties returned to the […]

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3 w. ago Air Canada strike could lead to over $40M in claims and 'push system to its breaking point'

As Air Canada cancels hundreds of flights in anticipation of a possible flight attendant's strike this weekend, an airline compensation company says this could result in millions of dollars of delayed claims.AirAdvisor, a company that helps flyers claim fair compensation, predicts that the airline's lockout could generate over $40 million in potential compensation claims and "push the passenger compensation system to breaking point."After failed negotiations, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, provided notice of plans to begin a strike as early as 1 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 16.In response, the carrier issued a 72-hour lockout notice and began cancelling flights on Thursday, continuing into Friday, with plans for a complete pause of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights on Saturday, Aug. 16.In the days since, the federal government issued a back-to-work ...

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4 w. ago Air Canada points finger at staff for flight cancellations amid strike talks

Air Canada continues its preemptive cancellations ahead of a possible flight attendants' strike, and Canadians are pissed.After failed negotiations at the bargaining table, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, provided notice that it plans to begin a strike as early as 1 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 16.In response, the carrier issued a 72-hour lockout notice and began cancelling flights on Thursday, continuing into Friday, with plans for a complete pause of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights on Saturday, Aug. 16.According to the carrier, as of noon EDT on Friday, 294 flights have been cancelled and 55,726 travellers have been impacted.On Thursday, the carrier shared a statement on social media that has Canadians and some of its customers unimpressed."CUPE, Air Canada's flight attendants’ union, rejects agreement to fly Canadians home. As a result, 25,000 ...

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