by Pat Bulmer | Sep 21, 2023 | News, Other News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 VANCOUVER – Unifor members at Local 114 have overwhelmingly voted in favour of job action after failing to reach a deal with their employer, Pacific Western Transportation (PWT), a contractor of BC Transit. “Unifor is committed to fighting...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 20, 2023 | News, Other News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 Unifor is launching a new Equity Fund to encourage and support local unions who wish to step up their work on equity issues. The new program was announced at the Black, Indigenous and Workers of Colour Conference in Port Elgin, Ont. on Sunday, and...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 18, 2023 | News, Other News
UPDATE: Three days after PressProgress published this story, the BC Sikhs Facebook page received an email indicating their page (which had been blocked for over a month) had been reviewed and restored by Facebook. by Rumneek Johal, Reporter, PressProgress, Sept. 18,...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 18, 2023 | News, Other News
From Unifor: SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 OTTAWA—The next Parliament can make important and lasting changes for workers by banning replacement workers (“scabs”) and fixing Employment Insurance, says Unifor. “The studies and consultations have been done. Workers shouldn’t have...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 18, 2023 | News, Other News
From Unifor: SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 Canada’s largest private sector union calls for higher wages to address stark affordability challenges impacting families and joins the federal government’s call to stabilize food prices. “Let’s call this affordability crisis what it...
by Pat Bulmer | Sep 13, 2023 | News, Other News
Sept. 13, 2023, The Conversation By Alison Braley-Rattai, Associate Professor, Labour studies, Brock University and Larry Savage, Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University Picket lines are often the most visible feature of a labour dispute. And with the recent...
Recent Comments