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Manitoba Premier Kinew strengthens Manitoba with card check law and anti-scab legislation

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Canada Manitoba Premier Kinew strengthens Manitoba with card check law and anti-scab legislation [CLC] 18-03-2024

Canada Manitoba VIDEO Unifor members stop CN train in Winnipeg [Unifor] 17-03-2024

Canada British Columbia Closing a Loophole that Forced Workers to Cross Some Picket Lines [The Tyee] 14-03-2024

Canada New Brunswick 3 union leaders banned from N.B. legislature over noisy protest [CBC] 14-03-2024

Canada Alberta Union serves strike notice for 5,000 Edmonton city workers, 950 library staff [CBC] 12-03-2024

Canada Rise up! For gender justice  [CLC] 09-03-2024

Canada We can deliver gender justice for women by improving care [CLC] 08-03-2024

Canada Manitoba Ban on replacement workers among labour-friendly bills expected as Manitoba legislature resumes [CBC] 06-03-2024

Canada 'Bad news for Canada': Businesses decry 'anti-scab' bill — but unions say not so fast [The Star] 05-03-2024

Canada Let’s focus on women’s economic and physical security [USW] 05-03-2024


Other news


British Columbia Union warns of growing burnout, reliance on uncertified teachers amid B.C. staffing crunch 2024-03-18 [Global]

Manitoba Premier Kinew strengthens Manitoba with card check law and anti-scab legislation 2024-03-18 [CLC]

Ontario FIFA's request for labour law exemptions for Toronto's World Cup bid sparked concern 2024-03-18 [The Star]

Alberta Netflix signs agreement with Calgary cinema workers union 2024-03-18 [The Times]

Federal unions’ budget priorities include focusing on Phoenix, in-house staffing 2024-03-18 [Saltwire]

Quebec Airbus workers at Mirabel reject latest company offer, give union strike mandate 2024-03-18 [CTV]

Quebec Airbus workers at Mirabel reject latest company offer, give union strike mandate 2024-03-17 [Canadian Press]

British Columbia BC teachers vote on priorities at 108th Annual General Meeting 2024-03-17 [BCTF]

For Struggling Workers, Singh and Poilievre Pitch Different Fixes 2024-03-17 [The Tyee]

British Columbia Thousands of BC forest workers losing their jobs 2024-03-17 [RadioLabour]

Alberta Calgary hospitality workers file to unionize 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Edmonton solar workers file for unionization 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Maple Leaf workers to get 50¢ raise this year 2024-03-17 [Alberta Worker]

New Brunswick Besides bananas, you also need apples and oranges: Pay equity coalition reacts to Seniors’ Advocate report 2024-03-17 [The NB Media Co-op]

VIDEO Manitoba Unifor members stop CN train in Winnipeg 2024-03-17 [Unifor]

Manitoba Equity Grant funds Afro-Caribbean Association of Manitoba Community Job Fair 2024-03-17 [UFCW Canada]

British Columbia Cannabis Workers at Canna Cabana Davie St. join union 2024-03-17 [UFCW Canada]

Boycott of CFMWS begins as strikes passes 60-day mark 2024-03-17 [PSAC]

Ontario Media coverage of LCBO Day of Action (with pictures) 2024-03-17 [OPSEU]

Ontario LCBO Bargaining Update: Worker-powered bargaining begins! 2024-03-17 [OPSEU]

Palestine Parliament to vote on ceasefire motion 2024-03-17 [NUPGE]

Nova Scotia Stop Islamophobia 2024-03-17 [NSFL]

Newfoundland and Labrador FFAW Response to Minister Loveless 2024-03-17 [FFAW-Unifor]

Crushing overcapacity pressures threaten to worsen nursing shortage and patient safety 2024-03-17 [CFNU]

British Columbia What the research says: Class size does matter 2024-03-17 [BCTF]

Alberta Political analyst urges vigilance and engagement 2024-03-17 [ATA]

Alberta Convention speakers deliver powerful messages 2024-03-17 [ATA]

Alberta Sheriffs, RCMP union criticize Alberta government plan to create new police force 2024-03-17 [The Journal]

Quebec FIQ nurses protest in front of National Assembly 2024-03-17 [CITY]

  JOB   Bookkeeper 2024-03-17 [BC Building Trades]

  JOB   Union Representative 2024-03-17 [SEIU]

  JOB   Union Organizer 2024-03-17 [SEIU]

Quebec Still without a contract agreement, FIQ nurses demonstrate in Quebec City 2024-03-17 [CTV]

Ontario Workers at Fever Candlelight Concerts Toronto are latest front-of-house workers to join IATSE 2024-03-16 [IATSE Canada]

Nova Scotia NSCC faculty plan to strike starting Monday 2024-03-16 [CITY]

Ontario Union calls for change after correctional officer at Windsor jail stabbed 2024-03-16 [CBC]

Ontario Report shows 'a perfect storm' is brewing as Ontario falls further behind on wages in child care sector 2024-03-16 [The Pointer]

Manitoba CN train stopped by union’s ‘solidarity action’ in Winnipeg 2024-03-16 [The Free Press]

Saskatchewan New CUPE Sask. president focused on 'making life better' for workers 2024-03-16 [The Star-Phoenix]

When will Canada’s high interest rates drop? 2024-03-16 [CUPE]

Job growth not keeping up with population growth 2024-03-16 [CUPE]

CN train stopped by demonstrators in Winnipeg, union says 2024-03-16 [Canadian Cattlemen]

Nova Scotia Talks to end Unifor strike at Halifax Autoport at a standstill 2024-03-16 [Automotive News]

Newfoundland and Labrador FFAW pleads with fisheries minister to open market, arguing harvest too much for local processors 2024-03-16 [CBC]

British Columbia Vancouver’s Airport Could Face Strike Action During Spring Break 2024-03-16 [The Tyee]

British Columbia Possible spring break disruptions for YVR as food service workers vote to strike 2024-03-16 [CITY]

Sharing our pronouns – solidarity in action   2024-03-16 [USW]

British Columbia Forestry Workers’ Summit unites workers in effort to strengthen sector 2024-03-16 [USW]

Alberta Union for Edmonton city, library workers unveils salary increases in tentative deal 2024-03-16 [CBC]

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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]