It has yet to be confirmed by the main players, but a union local for B-C port workers says a tentative agreement has been reached between a union bargaining committee and employers. International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada Local 502 issued a statement on its website saying a potential deal has been reached with 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The union representing longshore workers in British Columbia says it has rescinded 72-hour strike notice that had sparked concerns the province’s ports could be shut down again by Saturday.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 […]
After almost two weeks since it began, there may finally be some movement in the west coast port strike. Federal labour minister Seamus O’Regan says the strike has dragged on long enough, as he sent a letter to the lead federal negotiator in the strike to come up with a set of recommendations for a […]
The strike of over 7-thousand B.C. port workers is in its 6th day, and the list of organizations wanting it to end is growing. Todd Lewis – the 2nd Vice-President of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture – says patience in the farming community is running thin. “I think farmers expect to be able to move […]
WestJet and its pilots union say they have reached a last-minute deal, averting a strike ahead of the May long weekend. A statement from the Air Line Pilots Association says union leaders voted to approve an agreement-in-principle, with a membership vote to begin in the coming days. The airline had grounded the bulk of its fleet […]
Unless there is some last minute deal, it appears inevitable that pilots with WestJet will be going on strike, or locked out by the employer early Friday Morning. This is going to impact WestJet passengers all across the country. In Regina, there is a key aspect of this that isn’t generally known. The pilots who […]
The Canada Revenue Agency and the union representing some 35-thousand federal workers have struck a tentative deal ending their weekslong strike. Negotiators for the Union of Taxation Employees, an arm of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, came to terms on an agreement that will see them get wage increases totalling 12.6 per cent — […]
The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country. The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers who are now required to return to work at 9 a.m. on Monday or their next scheduled shift. PSAC […]
More than 155,000 public servants are now on strike after the country’s biggest federal public-sector union and the government failed to reach a deal by a Tuesday evening deadline. Federal departments and agencies have released a list of services that may be disrupted now that workers are on strike. Here’s an updated list of what […]
The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike the next day. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job beginning Wednesday, including 35,000 workers from the […]
