On International Women’s Day, March 8th, women and our allies will act together for equity, justice and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of economic solidarity. In the same spirit of love and liberation that inspired the Women’s March, we join together in making March 8th A Day Without a Woman, recognizing…
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Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government is about to get advice that could lead to a significant shakeup of the laws governing work in Ontario. The Changing Workplaces Review is examining just about everything related to labour law in this province, including sick pay, overtime, how workers can join unions and employers’ responsibilities to contract workers. Ontario looks to reform labour laws as economy shifts Unifor wants…
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From Prince George to Powell River, Vancouver to Victoria, we’re building a fighting union for hospitality workers in BC to win respect and improve our jobs. UNITE HERE Local 40 represents workers throughout BC who work in hotels, food service and airports. Local 40 is part of the UNITE HERE International Union, representing 270,000 workers in the hotel, food service,…
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Food service workers at SFU received termination notices this month, as part of the ongoing re-tendering of the food services contract at SFU. There is still uncertainty regarding what company will win the contract—it could be the current company (Chartwells, a division of Compass Group Canada), but it could also be a transnational food supplier such as Aramark or Sodexho.…
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“We have lost a formidable leader who truly understood the intersection of social justice and labour rights.” — Larry Brown, National Union of Public and General Emplyees President Ottawa (21 Feb. 2017) — Canada’s unions are mourning the loss of a great and inspirational leader, former Canadian Labour Congress president Bob White, who has died at age 81. Bob White remembered as tough negotiator,…
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I have been talking endlessly about the old e-mail LISTSERV RETIREMENT – and its day is coming quickly. We are retiring our old MailMan based e-mail information system and replacing it with something fresh and exciting. As for the old “MailMan” based one – It will cease to exist by the end of February 2017. We would love to have you on the new system. It is…
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