8 h. ago Chris Roberts: Bid to quash Air Canada strike shows Liberals don’t care about workers’ rights

What's the point of anti-scab legislation if the government is going to constantly side with employers and shut down strikes before they even start?

Society

19 h. ago Ottawa to probe unpaid airline work allegations key to Air Canada strike

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on. One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid for duties performed when […]

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23 h. ago Jesse Kline: Air Canada strike brought to you by the Liberal government

The monster the Grits created is now coming back to bite them

Politics

25 h. ago Opinion: Ordering Air Canada workers back to work bad for the middle class

Will Mark Carney go down in history as the prime minister who weakened worker bargaining power and accelerated the decline of the Canadian middle class? That’s the question that many Canadian unions and workers are asking in the context of the contentious strike by Air Canada flight attendants. And they’re demanding a major course-correction from […]

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31 h. ago LILLEY: Here’s the legal reason the Air Canada strike will only end at the table

The days of governments being able to order an end to a strike are over.

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4 d. ago Canada Post and union set to meet, two weeks after workers rejected contract

OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers are set to head back to the bargaining table today. It’s been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers rejected the employers’ latest offers in a majority vote. After more than a year and a half of negotiations, the two […]

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4 d. ago Canada Post and union meeting delayed until next week due to mediator availability

OTTAWA — A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says. The two sides, which were set to meet Friday, will now meet on Aug. 20. It’s been two weeks since members of the Canadian Union […]

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4 d. ago 'Business as usual' if Air Canada workers strike: London airport

An Air Canada strike won't affect operations at London International Airport because service is provided by Jazz Aviation, the airport says

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5 d. ago Canada Post to meet CUPW on Friday after workers rejected ‘best and final’ contract offer

CUPW president said the union has been urging Canada Post to come back to the bargaining table

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2 w. ago Canada Post workers reject ’final offers’ — what happens next?

Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely

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2 w. ago What will happen if Canada Post workers reject ‘final offers’?

Apparent division in the ranks of CUPW would make it difficult to get members on a picket line

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2 w. ago Postal workers’ rejection of latest offer is bad news for small biz, Canada Post: CFIB

Offer rejected by postal workers' union included signing bonuses, four years of wage increases and six new personal days

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2 w. ago After unionized Canada Post workers reject ’final offers,’ what happens next?

OTTAWA — Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer’s latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that the roughly 55,000 members represented by the union shot down the Canada […]

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2 w. ago Canada Post workers rejected ‘final’ contract offers. What happens next?

Some 68.5 per cent of urban mail carriers who voted were against the deal, while their rural and suburban colleagues were 69.4 per cent against.

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