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Operator announces mediated talks as Metro Vancouver HandyDART transit workers strike
A HandyDART driver helps an elderly person on a mobility scooter after dropping them off in North Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. The company contracted to provide HandyDART services in Metro Vancouver says it's "disappointed" that unionized workers are poised to strike after the Labour Day long weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Quebec labour tribunal orders McGill to stop obstructing union of law professors
The Quebec labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. McGill University law professors strike outside the law faculty in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Labor Day hotel strikes reflect the frustrations of a workforce largely made up of women of color
Hotel workers on strike chant and beat drums while picketing outside the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
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Volkswagen considers historic German plant closures in cost-cutting drive
(FILES) The logo of German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) is pictured on the main plant of the group in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, on March 22, 2022. German automotive giant Volkswagen said on September 2, 2024 it could close production sites in Germany, as the auto industry struggled to manage rising costs. (Photo by Yann Schreiber / AFP) (Photo by YANN SCHREIBER/AFP via Getty Images)
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In 1937’s GM strike, The Globe’s publisher bet against Big Labour’s big break
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Strikes start at top hotel chains as housekeepers seek higher wages, return to daily room cleaning
Union members from Local 26, representing workers in the hospitality industries of Massachusetts, picket outside the Hyatt Regency Boston, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Teamsters launch court appeal of Ottawa’s move to end rail shutdown
A CP train comes through Cooksville Go Station after a nationwide railway work stoppage resumed in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. The union representing thousands of railworkers is appealing the federal government's decision to end a rail shutdown that halted freight traffic and commuters across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paige Taylor White
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Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks for new contract roll on
Members of a Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers say the latest government offers are insufficient, and the union is calling on its members to refuse overtime beginning Sept. 19. Quebec health-care workers and members from the Quebec’s nurses union (FIQ) demonstrate to demand a new contract negotiation in Montreal, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Amazon loses challenge to union’s election win at New York warehouse
FILE - People arrive for work at the Amazon distribution center in the Staten Island borough of New York, on Oct. 25, 2021. A report released by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said Amazon's popular Prime Day sales event has been "a major cause of injuries" for warehouse workers who organize packages at its facilities across the country. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)
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Teamsters launch court appeal of Ottawa’s move to end rail shutdown
The question of workers' rights took on renewed urgency this month after a work stoppage on the rails came to an abrupt end, thanks to a government directive handed down barely 16 hours after the shutdown began. Locked out Canadian National Rail workers stand at a picket line as locomotives are moved by management at CN Rail's Thornton Yard, in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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McGill law professors on strike in protest of challenge to union certification
McGill University law professors strike outside the law faculty in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Strike at Lufthansa’s leisure airline Discover extended to September
The logo of German airline Discover is displayed on a board at Munich International Airport in Munich, southern Germany, on August 27, 2024, during a strike of flight attendants and pilots. The flight attendants' union UFO and the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called for the strike at Lufthansa subsidiary Discover Airlines over a labour dispute. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP) (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Longshore worker unions denounce federal intervention in railway labour conflict
Unions representing longshore workers at the country's major ports are promising to mobilize if the federal government doesn't commit to avoid binding arbitration in the event of a future labour dispute in the longshore sector. Striking port workers from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada gather at Jack Poole Plaza while attending a rally in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, July 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Company says Metro Vancouver HandyDART workers set to strike next week
A HandyDART driver helps an elderly person on a mobility scooter after dropping them off in North Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. The company contracted to provide HandyDART services in Metro Vancouver says it's "disappointed" that unionized workers are poised to strike after the Labour Day long weekend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Union alleges abuse of foreign workers, calls for program to be suspended
Using an elevated platform, a worker paints the upper exterior of Convocation Hall on July 21, 2021. The 113 year old Convocation Hall is currently undergoing renovations. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail.
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Trudeau says arbitration call was needed in railway lockout
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at an International Union Of Operating Engineers conference in Winnipeg Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. Trudeau visited several events during his time in Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Striking staff at Halifax public libraries say current wages aren’t enough to live on
A public library supporter holds a sign in front of the picket line at the Halifax Central Library as staff continue into the third day of their strike, in Halifax, Wednesday, Aug. 28. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
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B.C. HandyDART workers prepare to strike after rejecting contract offer
A HandyDART driver helps an elderly person on a mobility scooter after dropping them off in North Vancouver, B.C., on January 6, 2021. Workers at British Columbia's HandyDART transit service have rejected a final contract offer and their union says it is now considering its next move. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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The railway disruption isn’t done with us yet. Ottawa must not let it happen again
Fraser Johnson
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Judge acquits Canadian Pacific Kansas City of contempt of court in ruling tied to long work hours
A Federal Court of Appeal judge has acquitted Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. of contempt of court related to excessively long hours worked by employees. Signage is pictured at a Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Smiths Falls, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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