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Postal workers, power workers, teachers and bus drivers are recent victims of a disturbing trend – loss of the right to strike. Read More.

Following the stipulations of the strikebreaking legislation the federal Liberal government rammed through parliament in late November, a government-appointed “mediator-arbitrator” has now been [...]

For many, minimum wage was set to increase to $15/hour on January 1, 2019. But that isn’t the case today. Read more.

As experts raise alarm bells about the accelerating growth of the cannabis criminal market, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas is renewing his call for municipalities to opt out of Premier [...]

The Ontario government has introduced legislation that would prevent a strike or lockout at one of the province’s major power utilities, a move it says is necessary to avoid power outages [...]

The federal government needs to take necessary steps to develop a national maternity assistance program strategy to remove barriers for women and level the playing field in the trades, the [...]

Over sixty community members and union workers staged a protest in downtown Winnipeg, calling on the federal government to allow postal workers to continue to strike. Read more.

Doug Ford’s PC government is tabling a new bill Thursday aimed at reducing the number of regulations that businesses must comply with. Read more

The Canadian Union of Public Employees has called off a job action by 139 Flair Airlines flight attendants that was set to begin at midnight tonight. Read more

Canada has a long history of union victories that have defined national events and made for a more just and humane society, led by Canada’s most prominent unions. But some of those major players [...]