17 h. ago Australian conservatives withdraw campaign pledge to stop remote work for public employees

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s opposition party Monday withdrew election promises to prevent public servants from working from home and to slash more than one-in-five federal public sector jobs. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced his conservative Liberal Party had dropped its pledge that public servants would be required to work in their offices five days […]

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9 d. ago The Ontario Sunshine List just dropped in 2025 and here's who took home the most

The 2024 Ontario Sunshine List is officially out! March's annual window into wages gives Ontario residents a glimpse of just how much public sector employees raked in the previous year.This is an annual list that discloses salaries for any public service employee who earns over $100,000, first introduced in 1996 by former Premier Mike Harris.The latest list of top earners dropped the first week of spring 2025, covering salaries earned in 2024. The top public sector earner of the year was Ken Hartwick, Ontario Power Generation's President and CEO, who earned $2,010,895.76 of taxpayer money last year. Hartwick has been with the OPG since March 2016, when he was hired as the energy provider's Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President OPGWhile not the highest earners, noteworthy figures include Premier Doug Ford, who took home $208,974 (the same salary he earned the year before), and TVO journalist Steve Paikin, who ear...

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2 w. ago MUN Workers Call for Province to Step in Amid $9M Deficit Update

ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland and Labrador — Workers at Memorial University Newfoundland (MUN) are calling for the provincial government to step in and increase funding following news that MUN is facing a deficit of $8.9 million in their upcoming budget, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1615 is calling for immediate action to protect […]

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2 w. ago School support workers union ratifies deal with Edmonton public school board

The union for school support staff in Edmonton says its 3,000 members are to return to work Thursday after ratifying a new deal with the public school board. Members voted 93 per cent in favour of the new deal, which the Canadian Union of Public Employees has said includes a higher wage package. Workers from […]

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2 w. ago Deal reached between CUPE and Calgary Catholic School District

CALGARY, Alberta — The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 520 has reached a tentative agreement with the Calgary Catholic School District. The deal, like others reached this week, is a four-year agreement ending in August 2028. The wage settlement is higher than the provincial government mandate. CUPE 520 will hold its ratification meeting […]

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2 w. ago Alberta school support workers to return to classrooms as massive strike winds down

Thousands of education support staff around Alberta are set to return to their posts in the coming days as a months-long strike winds down, union officials said Tuesday. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said tentative contracts with the Parkland School Division and the Calgary Board of Education were reached pending ratification from members. Over […]

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3 w. ago End in sight for education worker strikes as deals reached in Edmonton, Fort McMurray

Deals that could lead to the end of provincewide strikes by education workers were reached Saturday. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees still need to ratify agreements carved out by union locals and the Edmonton Public, Fort McMurray Public and Fort McMurray Catholic school districts. “Education support workers are critical to our school […]

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3 w. ago ‘Backwards’: Union decries Pride flag removals from Edmonton public libraries

The union representing library employees is decrying a directive from the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) to remove Pride flags from public places in its branches as a step backwards for inclusion. Civic Service Union 52 says the library recently told staff to remove all Pride flags displayed in public areas of their workplaces. The rainbow […]

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3 w. ago Bill Gates’ Climate Group Lays Off US and Europe Policy Teams

Breakthrough Energy, the climate group funded by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates, has laid off dozens of employees in the US and Europe as it pulls back from public policy advocacy work that was a cornerstone of its mission.

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