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Canada Ontario OFL tells OPP: End police intimidation tactics in municipal workers' strike [OFL] 28-03-2024

Canada Ontario Ford's budget sounds death knell for public services in Ontario [OFL] 26-03-2024

Canada Alberta Alberta had largest real wages cut in Canada [Alberta Worker] 25-03-2024

Canada Labour’s Our Times magazine closes. What’s next for Canadian labour media? [RadioLabour] 23-03-2024

Canada Alberta Protesters brave snow to send a message to the Premier [CUPE] 22-03-2024

Canada Nova Scotia NDP table anti-scab legislation [HRD] 22-03-2024

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Province has filed a legal interim injunction against fish harvesters protesting outside the Confederation Building in St. John’s [FFAW-Unifor] 21-03-2024

Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Fish harvesters forced government to delay its new budget. Here's how we got there [CBC] 21-03-2024

Canada Quebec Women of Steel promote hiring and retention of women at Quebec aluminum smelter [USW] 21-03-2024

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


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Ontario OFL tells OPP: End police intimidation tactics in municipal workers' strike 2024-03-28 [OFL]

Ontario Expertech workers move towards strike action 2024-03-28 [Unifor]

Nova Scotia Unifor National President Lana Payne visits striking CN Autoport worker 2024-03-28 [Unifor]

British Columbia Kelowna employees of GFL Environmental locked out 2024-03-28 [Castanet]

Manitoba Manitoba gov't restores 1:1 apprenticeship ratio to keep workers safe 2024-03-27 [Manitoba gov't]

Alberta Calgary education worker wages frozen for 2.5 years 2024-03-27 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Thousands of Alberta workers lose 0.5% raise 2024-03-27 [Alberta Worker]

Ontario Ontario government provides just enough funding to maintain a perpetual crisis in hospital care 2024-03-27 [CUPE]

Nova Scotia Unifor marks 20th anniversary of Westray Law with renewed call to bring those who grossly violate workplace health and safety to justice 2024-03-27 [Unifor]

Manitoba Griffin Wheel workers strike over pension plans and forced overtime 2024-03-27 [Unifor]

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

Defence contractors are ‘a giant vampire sucking billions of taxpayer dollars’: public service union head 2024-03-27 [The Hill Times]

British Columbia LifeLabs members - A powerful show of solidarity to launch bargaining 2024-03-27 [BCGEU]

Saskatchewan Bingo hall appeals to court in bid to decertify workers' union 2024-03-27 [CTV]

British Columbia How International Students in a Janitors’ Union Won Their Fight 2024-03-27 [Local Journalism Initiative]

Ontario Art Gallery of Ontario closed as hundreds of workers are on strike 2024-03-27 [CP24]

Newfoundland and Labrador NLTA Calls Out Government ‘Inaction’ on Rising Risks of School Violence 2024-03-27 [VOCM]

Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Union ‘Shocked’ by Restriction on Re-Hiring For Public System 2024-03-27 [VOCM]

Alberta #paintABpurple day of action for education support workers 2024-03-27 [CUPE]

Ontario CUPE 966 raises concerns about potential downloading of services in Peel Region 2024-03-27 [CUPE]

Ontario Value-for-money audits are part of plans to gut municipal child care across Ontario 2024-03-27 [CUPE]

CBC/Radio-Canada Collective Agreement Ratified 2024-03-27 [CMG]

British Columbia Change to BC Labour Code draws business class fire 2024-03-26 [rabble]

Ontario Ontario budget sustains previous progress for workers, more needed to bolster quality care and economic growth 2024-03-26 [Unifor]

Saskatchewan Scott Moe is a threat to 2SLGBTQI+ workers in Saskatchewan 2024-03-26 [CUPE]

Ontario Ford’s budget promises cannot be trusted to improve care in the public system 2024-03-26 [ONA]

Ontario More crumbling public services, more cost-of-living crisis, more privatization: 'It’s happening here' 2024-03-26 [CUPE Ontario]

Ontario Ford’s Budget a failure to lead as Ontarians continue to suffer 2024-03-26 [OPSEU]

Ontario Ford's budget sounds death knell for public services in Ontario 2024-03-26 [OFL]

Nova Scotia Unifor auto sector leadership considering escalatory action amid CN’s use of scab labour at Autoport Halifax 2024-03-26 [Unifor]

Ontario Hundreds of AGO workers on picket line Tuesday as strike begins 2024-03-26 [CBC]

Where to find a Day of Mourning ceremony 2024-03-26 [CLC]

China Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical 2024-03-26 [Vancouver Sun]

Ontario Solidarity rally for striking CUPE 1490 Municipal workers 2024-03-26 [OFL]

Yukon 'Incredibly shocking': health premiums for Yukon gov't workers to increase 52.8 per cent 2024-03-26 [CBC]

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

Ontario 'Progress' but no deal as GreenShield workers begin 4th week on picket line 2024-03-26 [CBC]

Ontario More than 400 AGO workers to go on strike Tuesday 2024-03-26 [CBC]

Potential rail strike would cause historic disruption of Canadian supply chains: union 2024-03-26 [iPolitics]

Newfoundland and Labrador NLTA to Highlight Increase in Classroom Violence This Morning 2024-03-26 [VOCM]

Ontario Three weeks on the picket line: Strikes continue in Windsor and Toronto against GreenShield 2024-03-26 [CTV]

Nova Scotia 20th Anniversary of Westray Law 2024-03-26 [USW]

Alberta Alberta had largest real wages cut in Canada 2024-03-25 [Alberta Worker]

Ontario Ford government must increase hospital funding to ease the staffing and capacity crisis 2024-03-25 [CUPE]

Strike vote scheduled with CANSA members after impasse with NAV Canada 2024-03-25 [Unifor]

Manitoba Unifor Indigenous Relations Officer appointed to Manitoba Matriarch Circle 2024-03-25 [Unifor]

Nova Scotia Sobeys workers in Sydney, N.S. move to conciliation as talks stall 2024-03-25 [Unifor]

Manitoba Strike at Ten Ten Sinclair ends with 'significant gains' for workers 2024-03-25 [The Sun]

Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries protests give rise to a new John Efford — but what's next for the unofficial leader? 2024-03-25 [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]