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Canada’s moralistic sex work laws are ineffective and dangerous
Andrea Werhun
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The UAW strike is growing. What you need to know as more auto workers join the union’s walkouts
United Auto Workers members and supporters picket outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The United Auto Workers expanded its strike against major automakers Friday, walking out of 38 General Motors and Stellantis parts distribution centers in 20 states. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Stellantis makes a new contract offer as United Auto Workers prepare to expand their strike
UAW members Dan Schlieman, with flag, and Brad Geer work the picket line during a strike Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex where Jeeps are made in Toledo, Ohio. (Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade via AP)
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Ontario court dismisses sex workers’ Charter challenge, rules laws are constitutional
Jenn Clamen, national coordinator for the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform, speaks during a rally outside the Ontario Superior Court after the launch of their constitutional challenge to Canada's sex work laws, on Monday, October 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Workers strike at all 3 Detroit automakers to pressure industry to raise wages in era of big profits
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Senator Bernie Sanders carries a Strike sign with striking United Auto Workers (UAW) in Hamtramck, Michigan, U.S. September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
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United Auto Workers union prepares for strike
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Why the United Auto Workers union is poised to strike major U.S. car makers this week
United Auto Workers Union President Shawn Fain speak to members of Local 862 at a rally in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has made of General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW's president has called “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its current contract ends Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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New outreach centre for youth aims to save lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Youth struggling with mental health or addiction will have access to a new outreach centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, providing what the government says will be life-saving support. A tarp is seen draped between a building and a shopping cart to provide shade from the sun in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, May 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Grocery store work force stands to benefit from gains made by Unifor with Metro strike, experts say
As Metro workers at 27 grocery stores in the Greater Toronto Area go back to work after a month-long strike, experts and union representatives say their new collective agreement will help raise the bar for grocery store workers across the country. Workers hold signs at a picket line outside a Metro grocery store in Toronto, Saturday, July 29, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Online gig work is growing rapidly, but people lack job protections, World Bank report says
FILE - People stand near the entrance to the World Bank building in Washington, on April 5, 2021. Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a new World Bank report released Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Combative UAW presses Big 3 automakers with ‘audacious’ demands as strike deadline looms
FILE - United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain holds up a sign at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit. The demands that a more combative United Auto Workers union has made of General Motors, Stellantis and Ford — demands that even the UAW's president has called “audacious” — are edging it closer to a strike when its current contract ends Sept. 14. (AP Photo/Mike Householder, File)
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Rising tensions between employers and employees have put the labour back in this year’s Labour Day
Participants chant as they march through Toronto during the Labour Day Parade on Monday, September 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
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Polyemployment: the harsh new economic reality of holding multiple jobs
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle
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Toronto-area Metro workers ratify second tentative agreement after month-long strike
Metro workers from 27 stores in the Greater Toronto Area are voting today on a second tentative deal, which if ratified will end a more than month-long strike. Customers, workers, and security stand outside a Metro grocery store in Toronto, Saturday, July 29, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
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Metro reaches tentative deal with grocery workers’ union after month-long strike
Striking employees of the grocery store Metro are seen on the picket lines in Toronto, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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U.S. unveils plan to guarantee overtime pay for 3.6 million workers
President Joe Biden meets with Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Wages are a key issue in potential strike at Manitoba Public Insurance
Unionized workers at Manitoba's automobile insurance Crown corporation are set to strike on Monday morning. The flag of Manitoba flies on Monday, November 1, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Federal government reviewing allegations an Ontario farm wrongfully dismissed migrant workers
Farmers are naturally motivated to ensure the sustainability of the soil and the environment while increasing efficiencies to remain financially viable, and partnerships with industry, for example, with Syngenta Canada, can help to advance outcomes
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Dozens of TVO employees walk off the job after negotiations stall
TVO employees and supporters are seen on the picket line outside of TVO offices Toronto, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Dozens of workers at the organization walked off the job Monday, saying they haven't been able to reach a reasonable agreement with their employer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario college faculty get salary boost after Bill 124 struck down
Ontario Public Service Employees lead negotiatior JP Hornick, left, now the union president, speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Thursday, Nov.16, 2017. College faculty members represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be receiving an additional 6.5 per cent in salary increases over three years.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette