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Statement Regarding P.E.I. Sick-Day Legislation 2024-03-27 [UFCW]

UFCW Local 864 Statement Regarding PEI Sick-Day Legislation 2024-03-26 [UFCW Canada]

Majority of PCs vote no on paying bonuses to P.E.I. health workers 2024-03-15 [CBC]

Unions frustrated by lack of consultation with Health P.E.I. 2024-03-12 [CBC]

CUPE PEI’s Analysis of the Government of PEI’s 2024-2025 Operating Budget 2024-03-12 [CUPE]

Budget Fails to Adequately Address Public Sector Concerns 2024-03-05 [CUPE]

Charlottetown PEI fire fighters welcome significant gains in arbitration award 2024-03-02 [IAFF]

Budget fails to adequately address public sector concerns 2024-03-02 [CUPE]

School bus drivers on P.E.I. call for changes as students are crammed in, 'one cheek on the seat' 2024-01-25 [CBC]

Government's positive comments on health-care system 'demoralizing,' says nurses' union 2024-01-23 [CBC]

Low immunization rate for P.E.I. health-care workers points to 'vaccine fatigue' 2024-01-10 [CBC]

A message from CUPE PEI President, Ashley Clark 2024-01-10 [CUPE]

UPEI faculty union says changes promised in university's action plan need to happen now 2024-01-09 [CBC]

Front commun on strike: Do’s and Don’ts 2023-11-06 [PSAC]

Health P.E.I. has hired 100s of new nurses this year, but union says it's not enough 2023-11-07 [CBC]

Guardian & Journal Pioneer Workers File to Unionize 2023-11-01 [CWA]

Long-Term Care Review fails to add new insights 2023-10-28 [CUPE]

The Guardian, Journal Pioneer workers file for union certification 2023-10-27 [Saltwire]

CUPE's president on P.E.I. wants private homes out of long-term care business 2023-10-27 [CBC]

Rally in Charlottetown calls for universal pharmacare and an end to health care privatization 2023-10-13 [Saltwire]

Canada’s nurses unions bring nursing shortage solutions to health ministers at policy briefing 2023-10-12 [CFNU]

Federal health minister and national nurse union leaders discuss critical strategies to end health crisis 2023-10-11 [CFNU]

UPEI violated P.E.I.'s health and safety act during pandemic, board rules 2023-10-05 [CBC]

Celebrating Labour Day 2023-09-02 [CUPE]

Quebec asks P.E.I. for nurses, but union says that's 'not going to happen' 2023-08-31 [CBC]

Gold Cup and Saucer Parade 2023 2023-08-19 [CUPE]

Long-Term Care Rate Hike Is Cause for Concern 2023-08-07 [CUPE]

'Do we want to negatively impact anyone? Absolutely not': Union representing Maritime Electric workers says negotiations will continue 2023-07-22 [Saltwire]

Maritime Electric activates contingency plan as union votes to strike 2023-07-07 [CBC]

CUPE members visit legislature looking for meeting with Premier Dennis King 2023-06-16 [CBC]

Nurses mark World Environment Day at opening of biennial convention in P.E.I. 2023-06-06 [CFNU]

Ashley Clark named new CUPE P.E.I. president 2023-06-04 [Saltwire]

Nurses' Union calls for more transparency, review of mobile mental health teams 2023-06-02 [CBC]

Worker retention, better planning key to meeting P.E.I.'s need for health-care professionals 2023-05-19 [CBC]

Tax centre union considering strike pending negotiations 2023-04-11 [Saltwire]

Workers’ voices must be amplified following PEI election 2023-04-04 [Unifor]

Contractless unions demand their voices be heard ahead of P.E.I. vote 2023-03-29 [CBC]

UFCW Canada EPC stands in solidarity with striking UPEI faculty 2023-03-25 [UFCW Canada]

UFCW Canada EPC stands in solidarity with striking UPEI faculty 2023-03-24 [UFCW]

'It is a mess': How to fix health care dominates P.E.I. election campaign 2023-03-21 [CBC]

UPEI faculty union goes on strike as negotiations with university break down 2023-03-20 [CBC]

P.E.I. nurses, without a contract for 2 years, see further delays because of election 2023-03-17 [CBC]

Union says labour law exemption for Elections P.E.I. erodes workers' rights 2023-03-02 [CBC]

Commentary -- P.E.I. nurses at a breaking point 2023-02-04 [Saltwire]

Mediator to be appointed in UPEI faculty union bargaining 2023-01-10 [Saltwire]

P.E.I. triage nurses understaffed and regularly facing physical, verbal abuse: union 2022-12-09 [CBC]

Another P.E.I. health-care union enraged over selective retention bonuses 2022-10-20 [CBC]

'A slap in the face': CUPE P.E.I. says its members overlooked in new health-care bonus program 2022-10-19 [CBC]

Temporary foreign workers rescued from abusive situation on P.E.I. farm 2022-08-17 [CBC]

P.E.I. nurses lead country in working overtime in July 2022-08-09 [CBC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

2-03-1986 Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador's Transport and Public Works departments begin an illegal strike in response to a law that requires public sector unions to designate 49 per cent of their members as essential before taking strike action. [more]

3-03-1937 Polish and Italian migrant workers start a sit-down strike at the Holmes Foundry in Sarnia, Ontario. A mob of 300 "Canadian-born" men evict them and also attack their homes. Fifty workers are injured. [more]

4-03-1919 Canadian soldiers waiting for demobilization at an army camp in Wales riot against delays in returning them home. Five men are killed and dozens arrested before the mutiny is suppressed, but plans for demobilization are speeded up. [more]

4-03-1910 An avalanche in the Rogers Pass, British Columbia, takes the lives of workers clearing snow from Canadian Pacific Railway tracks. A total of 62 bodies are recovered, including four the following spring. The dead include 32 contract labourers from Japan. [more]

6-03-1925 Nova Scotia coal miners shut down the mines after the British Empire Steel Corporation refuses to continue contract negotiations and cuts off credit at company stores. It is the beginning of an historic five-month strike. [more]

7-03-1978 Women workers begin a 23-week strike for a first contract at a small auto parts plant in Centralia, Ontario. The Fleck workers' militancy wins wide support and shows the need for reforms in labour law. [more]

8-03-1980 In Hamilton, Ontario, an International Women's Day rally features the Women Back Into Stelco campaign. A human rights complaint by five women forces a major steel company to change their hiring practices. [more]

9-03-1906 Mineworkers in the Lethbridge, Alberta district go on strike against poverty wages and are met by scabs, police and private detectives. They win a small wage increase with the help of a mediator, but the company refuses to recognize the union. [more]

10-03-1925 The Hamilton Tigers, who finished first in the regular hockey season, strike for an increase of $200 per game. Five days later, the team is suspended from further play for the Stanley Cup. [more]

10-03-1957 Copper miners at Murdochville, Quebec launch a strike for union recognition. The unsuccessful struggle lasts seven months and the courts award Noranda Mines $1.5 million in damages, to be paid by the United Steelworkers. [more]

12-03-2012 Union organizer and feminist Madeleine Parent, born in Montreal in 1918, dies at age 93 after a lifetime of service to the organization of workers and the cause of social justice. [more]

13-03-1919 In Calgary, Alberta, the Western Canadian Labour Conference calls for sweeping political and economic changes, including abolition of production for profit and the organization of workers on industrial lines. They adopt the name One Big Union. [more]

17-03-1960 Five Italian immigrant workers die in an underground tunnel at a watermain construction project in suburban Toronto. The Hogg's Hollow Disaster draws public attention to the unsafe conditions in construction and the exploitation of immigrant workers. [more]

25-03-2006 An accounting instructor dies from injuries received on the picket line at Centennial College in Toronto during a province-wide strike. John Stammers, 62, was a member of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. [more]

27-03-1912 Thousands of workers start to walk out of railway construction camps on the Fraser River in British Columbia in a strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World. When Joe Hill visits, he writes a song for the Wobbly song book. [more]

31-03-2004 Bill C-45 comes into force, amending the Criminal Code to impose penalties on corporations and managers for violations causing workplace injuries or death. It is named the Westray Bill after the 1992 mine disaster. [more]

31-03-1949 The Canadian Seamen's Union launches a strike to defend union contracts. Shipping companies and Canadian authorities collaborate with the Seafarers' International Union to drive out the CSU. [more]