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DHL Requests Permission to Violate Labour Laws 2025-06-21 [The Law of Work]

Admin Support - Member Benefits 2025-06-21 [BCGEU]

UNA donations support emergency medical care in conflict zones 2025-06-21 [UNA]

Migrant Food Workers deserve permanent residency: Demand Pathways Now! 2025-06-21 [UFCW Canada]

Walking in Our Truth Together: Resistance, Resurgence, and Reconciliation 2025-06-21 [PSAC]

The Nova Scotia Federation of Labour is pleased with the passage of Bill C-58 2025-06-21 [NSFL]

Confederation of Canadian Unions Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day 2025-06-21 [CCU]

The Confederation of Canadian Unions Remembers Former CAW Leader Buzz Hargrove (1944-2025) 2025-06-21 [CCU]

Hundreds of experts issue Open Letter on the economic benefits of public health care 2025-06-21 [CFNU]

The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions salutes Dr. Theresa Tam as she concludes her tenure as Chief Public Health Officer of Canada 2025-06-21 [CFNU]

CPC Reveals Its Plans for 2028 Negotiations - Rollbacks and More Rollbacks 2025-06-21 [CUPW]

Directors’ statement for June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day 2025-06-21 [USW]

Anti-scab bill becomes law but vulnerabilities remain 2025-06-21 [rabble]

Opening Canadian market to foreign airlines a 'lose-lose,' pilots union says 2025-06-21 [The Financial Post]

DHL stops deliveries in Canada amid strike, new law banning replacement workers 2025-06-21 [CBC]

VIA Rail reaches new deal after workers vote to strike 2025-06-21 [Alberta Worker]

Statement from CUPE on the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East 2025-06-21 [CUPE]

Unifor celebrates historic win as federal Anti-Scab legislation comes into force 2025-06-20 [Unifor]

Unifor asks feds to reject DHL’s request for strike intervention 2025-06-20 [Global]

DHL Express Canada seeks exemption on use of replacement workers 2025-06-20 [Freight Waves]

NUPGE Awards Life Memberships to Larry Brown and Stephanie Smith 2025-06-20 [NUPGE]

Organizer 2025-06-20 [SEIU]

Digital Organizer 2025-06-20 [SEIU]

Employment Relations Officer 2025-06-20 [PIPSC]

Accountant 2025-06-20 [SGEU]

New Media Departmental Staff 2025-06-20 [AFL]

Office Assistant 2025-06-20 [AFL]

Education and Events Departmental Staff 2025-06-20 [AFL]

Member Representative 2025-06-20 [UFCW 1518]

Finance Officer 2025-06-20 [UNE-PSAC]

Temporary Full Time Executive Administrative Assistant 2025-06-20 [CUPE Ontario]

United Steelworkers celebrate historic victory for workers as federal anti-scab legislation comes into force 2025-06-20 [USW]

Canada Post says it has reached a deal with 2nd-largest union CPAA 2025-06-20 [CBC]

La « Loi sur l’unité de l’économie canadienne » de Mark Carney est une menace pour les travailleuses et travailleurs et les services publics 2025-06-20 [SCFP]

Carney’s “One Canadian Economy” Act is a threat to workers and public services 2025-06-20 [CUPE]

Forcing vote on postal workers is another abuse of power by Liberals 2025-06-20 [CUPE]

Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' 400% raise is a reminder of how little female athletes get paid 2025-06-20 [CBC]

Unifor slams DHL's attempt to evade federal anti-scab law 2025-06-19 [Unifor]

DHL Canada to shut down as workers lockout, strike continues 2025-06-19 [Youtube]

Indigenous activists making change 2025-06-18 [Unifor]

Joint statement from French, British, and Canadian unions: Recognize Palestine 2025-06-18 [CLC]

Migrants Occupy Immigration Building 2025-06-18 [Global Labour Research Centre]

UFCW Canada signs onto Global demands for the protection and advancement of LGBTQIA+ persons across the globe 2025-06-17 [UFCW]

DHL Express to suspend operations countrywide amid strike, lockout 2025-06-17 [Canadian Press]

Former Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove has died 2025-06-17 [MSN]

Labour giant, former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove has died 2025-06-16 [CBC]

New law taking effect this week called 'major win' for Canadian workers 2025-06-16 [BlogTO]

Unifor mourns the loss of Buzz Hargrove, tireless champion of workers' rights 2025-06-15 [Unifor]

10 Reasons to Vote No on Canada Post’s Final Offers 2025-06-14 [CUPW]

National Public Service Week: Public service workers make Canada strong 2025-06-14 [PSAC]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

1-06-1987 In British Columbia, 250,000 workers walk off the job in a one-day general strike against restrictive labour laws introduced by the Social Credit government. The legislation is repealed when the New Democratic Party returns to power in 1992. [more]

1-06-1986 In Edmonton, Alberta meatpacking workers go on strike against wage and pension rollbacks. One of their slogans is "Gainers makes wieners with scabs". There are more than 400 arrests before an agreement is reached in December. [more]

3-06-1935 Hundreds of unemployed men board boxcars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning the historic On-to-Ottawa Trek to protest conditions in the relief camps run by the Department of National Defence. [more]

8-06-2007 The Supreme Court of Canada rules, in a 6 to 1 decision, that collective bargaining rights are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The decision describes collective bargaining rights as "a fundamental aspect of Canadian society." [more]

11-06-1925 Today is Davis Day in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, a memorial day for coal miner William Davis, who was shot and killed by company police in the struggle for control of the Waterford Lake power plant during the historic 1925 strike. [more]

12-06-1934 Immigrant workers go on strike at the Noranda copper and gold mining operations in Québec, led by the Workers' Unity League. Strikebreakers are brought in, and there is no union contract until 1945. [more]

14-06-1912 Union leaders meet at the Lethbridge Labour Temple to establish the Alberta Federation of Labour. This is the beginning of the Federation’s long struggle for workers’ rights in Alberta. [more]

14-06-1872 Royal assent is given the Trade Union Act, legislation promised by the prime minister in April in response to large public protests against the arrest of striking Toronto printers on conspiracy charges. The Act states that unions are legal in Canada. [more]

17-06-1958 In Vancouver, British Columbia the Second Narrows Bridge collapses while under construction, and nineteen lives are lost. It is the city's worst industrial disaster. The bridge is now known as the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing. [more]

18-06-1935 Longshoremen in Vancouver, many of them war veterans, march to protest the use of scabs to unload cargo on the docks. In a three-hour battle, police chase the strikers down on horseback and use tear gas to disperse the protest. [more]

19-06-1914 A coal mine explosion in the Crowsnest Pass at Hillcrest, Alberta takes the lives of 189 men, mostly immigrants. Canada's worst coal mine disaster leaves 90 widows and more than 250 orphans. [more]

19-06-1938 On Bloody Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, hundreds of unemployed workers are violently evicted from government buildings, including the post office and art gallery, after weeks of sit-ins to protest cutbacks in relief projects. [more]

20-06-1959 A sudden violent storm on Miramichi Bay, New Brunswick sweeps away 35 men and boys. The Escuminac Disaster is commemorated at the local wharf by The Fishermen, a monument created by Acadian artist Claude Roussel [more]

20-06-1984 An earthquake kills four workers at the Falconbridge mine near Sudbury, Ontario. The day is remembered in an annual union memorial service and with calls for renewed attention to health, safety and emergency preparedness. [more]

21-06-1919 A silent parade to protest the arrest of leaders of the Winnipeg General Strike is attacked by the Royal Northwest Mounted Police and the city’s special police. Many are wounded on Bloody Saturday, and two men lose their lives. The strike soon ends. [more]

25-06-1999 The Fédération des Infirmières du Québec begins an illegal one-day provincial strike, one of several this summer and one of many across the country during the year over nurses’ workload and wages. [more]

27-06-1991 The Supreme Court of Canada issues its decision in Lavigne v Ontario Public Service Employees Union, affirming the constitutional right of unions to spend money on social and political action to advance the interests of workers. [more]

29-06-1981 The Canadian Union of Postal Workers begins a 42-day strike that succeeds in winning a contract with 17 weeks of maternity leave benefits. This breakthrough agreement sets a standard for other unions. [more]