VANCOUVER, Jan. 12, 2016 /CNW/ - Trucking company Port Transport Ltd made illegal use of replacement workers during the current labour dispute, according to a new ruling from the BC Labour Relations Board (BCLRB). The BCLRB's Vice Chair ordered the company to immediately cease and desist, to provide disclosure of dispatch records on a weekly basis to Unifor, and made an order for payment of financial damages.
TORONTO, Dec. 17, 2015 /CNW/ - As Unifor prepares to sponsor five Syrian refugee families in Canada, it is urging a broad network of community groups, businesses and employers to support settlement with much-needed jobs.
TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - As beer sales roll-out in supermarkets across Ontario , Unifor demands stores offer opportunities to improve jobs and working conditions in the retail sector.
OTTAWA, Dec. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor and its Local 1688 have now resolved the airport labour dispute. After several days of bargaining with the employer – Coventry connections, the Union held an all-day meeting on Monday. The airport taxi drivers voted unanimously to return to work. Since the Employees are now working for Coventry Connections directly, the Union took the step of disbanding the former airport taxi bargaining unit. That means the employees will be working under the Blue Line roof sign.
HALIFAX, Dec. 15, 2015 /CNW/ - With yesterday's introduction of Bill 148, the Nova Scotia Liberal government has shown once again that it has no respect for workers' collective bargaining rights and that it will continue to use the hammer of its majority to attack fairness for working people.
TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor Local 523 President Rick Alakas will speak to about 300 retirees from Stelpipe and Welland Pipe to discuss health benefit options after U.S Steel Canada immediately suspended all supports.
VANCOUVER, Dec. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - One of the container trucking companies holding out against signing the pattern collective agreement with its drivers has no more excuses after a new labour board ruling, says Unifor. Several irregularities in the evidence submitted by CLAC caused the Canadian Industrial Relations Board's (CIRB) to dismiss the application in the "raid" of Unifor's members at Harbour Link Container Services.
As the COP21 climate conference comes close to a conclusion, the world can breathe a bit easier.
All-night negotiations chaired by France’s Laurent Fabius produced a near to final agreement that delivers at least some of the ambitions we have been waiting for.
The final agreement is expected on Saturday at noon, and a statement from the Canadian trade unionists that have been part of this process in Paris will be circulated soon after.
TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2015 /CNW/ - Unifor Local 523 President Rick Alakas will speak to about 300 retirees from Stelpipe and Welland Pipe to discuss health benefit options after U.S Steel Canada immediately suspended all supports.
TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2015 /CNW/ - Canada's largest union in the private sector expressed hope today that the nomination of the Ontario premier's chief of staff to be president of the province's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board signals a renewed emphasis on the needs of injured workers.
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