

Consult front-line workers before reopening schools 2021-01-15 [NUPGE]


‘Union safety effect’ continues on Ontario’s ICI construction sites: IWH study finds 2021-01-14 [The Daily Commercial News]


“No paid sick leave means many more preventable deaths – and an ongoing failure to keep people safe” 2021-01-14 [CUPE]


COVID-19 outbreak at Essex-Windsor EMS facility could lead to an ambulance shortage in the region 2021-01-14 [CUPE]


$1 million payout for vacationing hospital boss but no paid sick days for staff facing COVID “profoundly unfair and disrespectful” 2021-01-14 [CUPE]


Health-care workers battled burnout before COVID-19 — now it's even worse, experts warn 2021-01-13 [CBC]


Unifor removes blockade at FCA's Windsor plant after drivers return to job 2021-01-12 [The News]


With COVID outbreaks in Hamilton surging, hospital unions urge Ford government to immediately vaccinate at local care homes 2021-01-12 [CUPE]


Essential workers from across the country talk about the unique challenges of these strange times 2021-01-11 [Canadaland]


Teacher’s union doesn’t accept public health rejection of school air purifiers 2021-01-11 [The Star]


Union representatives for personal support workers say more needs to be done to educate people about the vaccines 2021-01-11 [FM96]


Furious health-care unions eye trip-taking London hospital boss's ouster 2021-01-11 [The Free Press]


Caesars Windsor and Unifor extend existing collective agreement 2021-01-10 [CTV]


Toronto’s labour movement: Retract Mike Harris' Order of Ontario 2021-01-10 [TYRLC]


Ford government’s failure to contain COVID-19 results in need to extend remote learning 2021-01-10 [ETFO]


Reports on Non-Essential Travel are Disappointing 2021-01-10 [ONA]


OFL calls on Ford to resume Ontario legislature immediately to address record-high COVID-19 cases and deaths 2021-01-10 [OFL]


Transit union president calls on Premier Ford to correct minister Lecce’s oversight, include transit workers in emergency childcare benefit 2021-01-10 [atu]


Chapters-Indigo Woodbridge Workers Join Union 2021-01-09 [UFCW 1006A]


Ripley’s Aquarium workers join Unifor 2021-01-09 [Unifor]


OSBCU responds to government’s extension of virtual learning in Ontario schools 2021-01-09 [CUPE]


Bitter fight by Ontario correctional officers to form own union fizzles 2021-01-08 [CP]


Arbitrator Upholds Mandatory Employee COVID Testing 2021-01-08 [MONDAQ]


Get back to Queen’s Park today: CUPE Ontario 2021-01-08 [CUPE]


Premier Doug Ford says hospital board has to make ‘tough decision’ about CEO’s Caribbean vacation 2021-01-07 [The Standard]


Healthcare Workers File Human Rights Complaint Against Nursing Home Chain and Provincial Government 2021-01-07 [SEIU]


Masse, border workers urge rapid COVID-19 testing at Windsor-Detroit crossings 2021-01-07 [The Star]


Nurse working at Ontario long-term care home dies after contracting COVID-19 2021-01-07 [CTV]


Union president upset after hospital PR executive gets COVID shot before front-line workers 2021-01-07 [CBC]


Employers can require healthcare workers to get COVID vaccine but union wary of mandatory shot 2021-01-06 [CBC]


Military help needed immediately for Ontario long-term care homes in outbreak 2021-01-05 [CUPE]


Teachers with young children worry how they’ll pull off remote schooling 2021-01-04 [The Globe and Mail]


Windsor, Ont., PSW died New Year’s Eve due to COVID-19: union 2021-01-04 [Global]


York Region's paramedics should not have to wait months for vaccine: union 2021-01-03 [Today]


Long-time local personal care worker dies of COVID-19 2021-01-03 [Canada.com]


Unifor mourns Sheila Yakovishin, PSW in Windsor LTC home, lost to COVID-19 2021-01-03 [Unifor]


Unifor mourns Sheila Yakovishin, PSW in Windsor LTC home, lost to COVID-19 2021-01-03 [Unifor]


Education workers left out of child-care provision during Ontario lockdown: union 2021-01-02 [CBC]


Stronger worker safety measures and transparency around workplace outbreaks on the way 2021-01-01 [Toronto Star]


Plans to reopen schools during province-wide lockdown fail to protect elementary students and educators 2020-12-31 [ETFO]


Paramedics anxious about wait for COVID-19 vaccine 2020-12-31 [CITY]


When They Say Jump: The ATU and the TTC 2020-12-30 [The Bullet / Jim Nolan]


What it’s like to work at a grocery store during the second wave 2020-12-30 [Now]


Peel paramedics union seeks clarity on when members will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine 2020-12-30 [Yahoo]


Head of Ontario task force says paramedics will have to wait for vaccine 2020-12-30 [Global]


Unifor president named Toronto Star Wheels newsmaker of year 2020-12-24 [Toronto Star]


Unifor donates $5K to Dryden crisis shelter Hoshizaki House 2020-12-24 [CBC]


Migrant worker who tested positive for COVID-19 heads home for Christmas with help from UFCW 2020-12-24 [CBC]


CUPE Local 191 members ratify new agreement with city of Kenora 2020-12-24 [CBC]

