November 15, 2023Ministry of Colleges and Universities TORONTO — Today, Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universities, issued the following statement in response to receipt of the blue-ribbon panel’s report: “Our government created the blue-ribbon panel of experts to provide advice and recommendations for keeping the postsecondary education sector financially stable and focused on providing […]
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 31, 2023 ETFO joins OSSTF/FEESO arbitration process for Bill 124 wage remedy TORONTO, ON — The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) is proud to announce that 3,500 education workers represented by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) are joining with OSSTF/FEESO in their fight to reclaim […]
Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place from October 16 to 20, 2023. FEW is CAUT’s annual event designed to raise awareness about precarious employment on campus and to support your local association’s organizing efforts to improve the working conditions of contract academic staff (CAS). Make it Fair (caut.ca)
This piece was written and submitted by WLUSA Executive Member, Doug Roberts On Wednesday, June 28th I attended an online session called “Labor & Disability Justice.” Now before you get in a huff because “labour” is spelled wrong, please remember that the session was organized by Labor Notes which is an American labour publisher out […]
Metro workers from 27 stores in the Greater Toronto Area have a new collective agreement after a month-long strike. Metro workers ratify agreement after month-long strike | CTV News
It’s well established that unionized workers earn better wages and have better benefits than their non-union counterparts. Unionized workers also experienced much greater levels of job security during the COVID-19 pandemic. But if the advantages of union membership are so obvious, why are fewer than one in three workers in Canada unionized? https://theconversation.com/the-advantages-of-unionization-are-obvious-so-why-dont-more-workers-join-unions-164475
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia — Administrative and Support Staff at Cape Breton University (CBU), represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike on August 21st, 2023, with 93.5% of the entire membership voting to authorize a strike. Administrative and Support Staff at Cape Breton University Vote in Favour […]
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The 30 workers who are employed by Compass Group Canada have been without a contract since December 2022, and their last raise came in January 2022, the Service Employees International Union Local 2 said in a media release on Thursday. INQUINTE.CA | Loyalist College cleaning staff vote in favour of strike
Toronto, Aug. 21, 2023 – The Canadian Media Guild (CMG) is announcing that as of 10:30 a.m. today, Monday, August 21, TVO workers are walking off the job (2180 Yonge St.). We are deeply saddened to have not been able to reach a fair and reasonable agreement with our employer. AUGUST 21, 2023 / TVO BARGAINING / BARGAINING, NEWS