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Union warns workers paying price of Canada-U.S. trade war

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Airport privatization will cost Canadians, warns CLC [CLC] 16-09-2026


CUPE health care workers voted 99% in favour of job action in Saskatchewan’s largest strike vote [CUPE] 16-09-2026


Union warns workers paying price of Canada-U.S. trade war [Global] 16-09-2026


How Amazon Busts Unions, in Its Own Words [Jacobin] 15-09-2026


Truck Drivers Say: “Minister Hajdu: It’s time to take on bad bosses, enforce the Canada Labour Code, and invest in road health and safety.” [Justice for Truck Drivers] 13-09-2026



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Unifor reaches tentative agreements with St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation 2026-09-18 [Unifor]

Canada's Airports: Not for Sale 2026-09-18 [Unifor]

British Columbia Workers win commitment to build ferries in B.C. 2026-09-18 [Build Them Here]

Liberals will not compromise right to strike or bargain, jobs minister vows 2026-09-18 [Courier]

Opening airports to foreign private investment poses significant risks 2026-09-18 [ALPA]

Amazon (AMZN) Raises Wages for Canadian Workers as Union Fight Moves North 2026-09-18 [TipRanks]

Ontario Why Unifor's president wants the sale of Stellantis's Brampton plant stopped 2026-09-18 [CBC]

Ontario Elementary teachers’ union says it will hold strike vote in November as contract talks stall 2026-09-18 [CP24]

Prince Edward Island Health P.E.I.'s use of some travel health-care workers will end starting in March next year 2026-09-18 [CBC]

Quebec Metro and striking Laval, Que., distribution centre workers reach tentative deal 2026-09-18 [CBC]

Ontario 'Don't close, don't sell': Union implores Stellantis to keep Brampton plant as automaker signals sale 2026-09-18 [CBC]

Quebec Blue-collar workers at Jean-Drapeau Park on strike Monday 2026-09-18 [CITY]

British Columbia Walmart Workers Make History: A Union Contract 2026-09-18 [Labour Notes]

New Brunswick Mill laying off hundreds of workers, union says 2026-09-18 [Global]

Ontario Starbucks workers in Hamilton hope to tackle wage, customer harassment issues in negotiating 1st contract 2026-09-18 [CBC]

Saskatchewan Sask. Party increases private school funding while public education remains underfunded 2026-09-18 [CUPE]

New Brunswick CUPE NB response to demands by Lead negotiator to remove informational post for members 2026-09-18 [CUPE]

Global Right to strike key tool in global fightback: Rennick 2026-09-18 [CUPE]

Alberta CUPE Alberta launches referendum website 2026-09-18 [CUPE]

Quebec Bus drivers ratify new contract with major wage increases 2026-09-17 [UFCW]

New Brunswick Closure of AV Nackawic mill devastating blow to workers, Nackawic and New Brunswick 2026-09-17 [Unifor]

British Columbia Workers take transit and forestry campaigns to UBCM 2026-09-17 [Unifor]

Ontario Unifor opposes closure of Enbridge customer service centres 2026-09-17 [Unifor]

Ontario Workers strike at Hamilton’s National Steel Car reaches week six 2026-09-17 [CHCH]

Alberta Safeway workers serve strike notice, warn of holiday disruptions 2026-09-17 [CTV]

Ontario Rally held in support of education workers amid stalled contract negotiations, strike vote announcement by OECTA 2026-09-17 [CTV]

Manitoba Workers at steel recycling plant in Selkirk walk out in wage dispute 2026-09-17 [CBC]

Saskatchewan ‘More flexibility’: Saskatchewan wants ability to move workers in CUPE talks 2026-09-17 [CTV]

Ontario Unifor urges feds to stop Stellantis’ possible sale of Brampton plant 2026-09-17 [Global]

Ontario Global solidarity with striking Saint-Gobain workers in Canada 2026-09-17 [IndustriALL]

Alberta Safeway workers’ union serves strike notice 2026-09-17 [CTV]

Manitoba Union suggested Dynacare strike contingency plans could violate rights, labour board hears 2026-09-17 [CBC]

Amazon raises warehouse wages by $1 an hour across Canada amid union dispute 2026-09-17 [The Globe and Mail]

Tentative agreement reached for Pascan Aviation flight attendants 2026-09-17 [CUPE]

Under pressure from Unifor, Amazon bumps up all Canadian wages 2026-09-17 [Unifor]

British Columbia BC Nurses’ Union honours Kitimat with Health Care Champion Award 2026-09-16 [BCNU]

British Columbia BC Ferries crew rescue 2 from water, 1 ‘dangerously entangled’ in crab trap line 2026-09-16 [CHEK]

British Columbia Victoria teachers call for urgent action on 'epidemic' of violence in schools 2026-09-16 [Times Colonist]

Ontario Unifor urges government to prevent sale of Stellantis' Brampton plant 2026-09-16 [AM800]

Saskatchewan Provincial health care workers vote to strike 2026-09-16 [The Star-Phoenix]

Government’s airport privatization plan will cost air travellers more, weaken public safety 2026-09-16 [PSAC]

‘We’re not even part of the discussion,’ says transport union after Carney opens airports to private investment 2026-09-16 [The Hill Times]

Alberta Safeway workers give union strike mandate amid ongoing talks 2026-09-16 [Now]

Vancouver and Calgary airports ‘not for sale,’ union says in response to Carney plans 2026-09-16 [CTV]

Saskatchewan Health union votes 99% in favour of strike 2026-09-16 [CTV]

Saskatchewan Thousands of CUPE health workers vote in favour of job action 2026-09-16 [CKOM]

Ontario Union Alleges Targeting After Ontario Science Centre Fires Entire Science Unit 2026-09-16 [Press Progress]

IAM Union Responds to Federal Airport Privatization Plans 2026-09-16 [IAM Union]

USA U.S.-Canada trade conflict hurts workers 2026-09-16 [USW]

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