labour

The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) has announced that they will take their next job action on Monday if the government doesn’t get serious about negotiating and changing course. STF has reset the clock to their five-day countdown for further job action, with STF President Samantha Becotte saying they are still looking for issues like class […]

Teachers, principals and other members of the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation are staging a one day walk out to push for a better deal with the provincial government. The two sides are far apart in talks, especially when it comes to class size and complexity. Teachers want to bargain this issues at the table, but the […]

The lack of a contract with the province’s teachers is starting to come to a boil. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation has announced there will be a one day walkout province wide on Tuesday, January 16th. Teachers are legally obligated to give 48 hours notice, but the Saskatchewan Teacher’s Federation wanted to give parents as much […]

Talks aimed at a new contract for teachers in Saskatchewan have come to an end, with no new deal. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation and the the Government-Trustee Bargaining Committee were bargaining with the help of the Conciliation Board in an attempt to reach a deal. In a statement, the STF says the government did not […]

Canada’s unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 per cent last month, as high interest rates weigh on job creation at a time when the country’s population is growing rapidly. Statistics Canada released its November labour force survey Friday, showing the economy added a modest 25,000 jobs, slightly surpassing forecasters’ expectations. Manufacturing and construction saw the […]

Canada’s unemployment rate rose to 5.7 per cent last month as job opportunities became less plentiful in an economy weighed down by high interest rates. Statistics Canada released its October labour force survey Friday, which showed the economy added a modest 18,000 jobs. The gain was not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising […]

A late-night breakthrough could herald an end to British Columbia’s long-running port dispute, with the longshore workers’ union and the employers’ association announcing a new tentative agreement. Details of the deal haven’t been released, but both sides say in a joint statement issued Sunday night that they are recommending their members to ratify it. The […]

The Canada Industrial Relations Board was tasked with reviewing and potentially ending the British Columbia port labour dispute as of Saturday after the second rejection of a tentative labour deal sparked mounting calls for back-to-work legislation. Federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan laid out the move in a statement released Saturday, saying he has directed the […]

The union representing longshore workers in British Columbia says it has rescinded 72-hour strike notice that had sparked concerns the province’s ports could be shut down again by Saturday. In a brief note to its member locals, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says that effective immediately the strike notice dated for July 22 […]

The federal government says it is looking at all options after the longshore workers union in B.C. rejected a tentative mediated deal and resumed strike action that had been put to a temporary halt last week. In a joint statement, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan and Transport Minister Omar Alghabra say workers and employers across Canada cannot face […]