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Canada New Brunswick Along the shore in Saint John: ILA 273 at 175 [The NB Media Co-op] 02-12-2024

Canada Working for telework [RadioLabour] 01-12-2024

Canada The apocalyptic distractions muddling the Canada Post strike [rabble] 01-12-2024

Canada Media Coverage of the Canada Post Strike is Centering Business Interests, Not the Interests of Workers [Press Progress] 30-11-2024

Canada Canada Post’s Misinformation [CUPW] 29-11-2024

Canada CUPW Show of Strength at Canada Post HQ [CUPW] 29-11-2024

Canada Workers rally on Parliament Hill, urging MPs to address families’ struggles [CLC] 28-11-2024

Canada Nice try AI ... Writers Guild of Canada champions writers not robots! AI tries (and fails) to improve best-written Canadian film/TV lines [WGC] 27-11-2024

Canada Why the Canada Post Strike Matters to All Workers [The Tyee] 27-11-2024

Canada Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work [The Conversation] 26-11-2024


Other news


Quebec Quebec recognizes Donalda Charron as a historic figure 2024-12-03 [QCNA]

Still no deal between Canada Post and its striking staff 2024-12-03 [CBC]

Canada Post, union inch closer to resuming talks as postal strike enters 18th day 2024-12-03 [The Star]

Negotiations update: Union continues to review Canada Post's 'comprehensive framework' 2024-12-02 [CUPW]

2024 CFLPA All-star Team Announced 2024-12-02 [CFLPA]

  JOB   Legal/Advocacy Staff Representative 2024-12-02 [BCGEU]

Ontario Ford’s proposed sick leave won’t allow workers to access EI sick benefits and doesn’t follow urgent recommendations from public health experts 2024-12-02 [WAC]

Ontario United Steelworkers Local 2724 joins Giving Tuesday effort to support Sault Area Hospital Foundation 2024-12-02 [USW]

Alberta UNA supports CUPW fight for respect and job security 2024-12-02 [UNA]

Alberta Apply for a UNA International Solidarity Fund Grant 2024-12-02 [UNA]

UFCW activists demand action on affordability crisis 2024-12-02 [UFCW Canada]

Saskatchewan A Nursing Task Force with teeth 2024-12-02 [SUN]

Federal pension plan: Government plans to pocket $7.4 billion to give itself a contribution holiday 2024-12-02 [PSAC]

Ontario Hospital Professionals hold province-wide public healthcare town halls 2024-12-02 [OPSEU]

Ontario ‘Ontario Workers must be included in strategy to defeat US trade threats’ 2024-12-02 [OFL]

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh Leads Townhall in Ottawa, Uniting Workers to Fight for a Better Future 2024-12-02 [IAM]

Ontario Victory for IAM Local 2332: Maitland Ford Workers Secure Major Contract Win 2024-12-02 [IAM]

VIDEO  Awalou Ouedraogo speaks to CCU on Human Rights and the Workplace 2024-12-02 [CCU]

Ontario Enforcing negotiated rights leads to layoffs at TVO 2024-12-02 [CMG-CWA]

  JOB   Intake Clerk/Administrative Secretary - Two (2) Full-time, Temporary Positions 2024-12-02 [BCTF]

Film & TV Unions and Guilds Launch “FAIR” Coalition to Demand Responsible Industry Policy & Fair Use of Taxpayer Dollars 2024-12-02 [ACTRA]

'This is not an offer': CUPW negotiator 2024-12-02 [Global]

Canada Post strike continues, CUPW response 2024-12-02 [Global]

New Brunswick Along the shore in Saint John: ILA 273 at 175 2024-12-02 [The NB Media Co-op]

Canada Post says it has taken new proposals to union 2024-12-02 [Cabin Radio]

Canada Post presents union with 'framework' to reach deal as strike continues 2024-12-02 [CTV]

Canada Post Presents Framework to Union in Effort to Reach Agreement 2024-12-02 [VOCM]

British Columbia Victoria police union says officers feeling strain of underfunding 2024-12-01 [Times-Colonist]

British Columbia Labour negotiator who says he was fired for doing his job too well sues Metro Vancouver 2024-12-01 [Vancouver Sun]

Negotiations Update: Working Towards Restarting The Mediation Process 2024-12-01 [CUPW]

Canada Post presents union with 'framework' to reach deal as strike continues 2024-12-01 [Canadian Press]

Newfoundland and Labrador False balance: How the Furey Liberals are minimizing workers’ rights 2024-12-01 [The Independent]

Newfoundland and Labrador St. John’s ratifies new collective agreement with firefighters 2024-12-01 [The Independent]

The apocalyptic distractions muddling the Canada Post strike 2024-12-01 [rabble]

Working for telework 2024-12-01 [RadioLabour]

Alberta Nurses reject mediator’s recommendation 2024-12-01 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Oil & gas workers file for unionization 2024-12-01 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Calgary long-term care nurses file for unionization 2024-12-01 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta Central Alberta ed. workers get 10% raise 2024-12-01 [Alberta Worker]

Alberta City of Lethbridge admin staff get 12% raise 2024-12-01 [Alberta Worker]

Can Canada Post “Lay-Off” Strikers? 2024-12-01 [The Law of Work]

Ontario The Two Faces of Government ‘Largesse’ 2024-12-01 [Harry Glasbeek / The Bullet]

New Brunswick Province repeatedly ignored striking postal workers’ offer to deliver social assistance cheques: union 2024-12-01 [The NB Media Co-op]

Ontario Readers roughly split on Canada Post strike 2024-12-01 [Soo Today]

Alberta Local postal workers not laid off, say announcement is Canada Post scare tactic 2024-12-01 [News]

Saskatchewan Postal workers’ fight continues, says union president 2024-12-01 [Sask Today]

Canada Post strike: Union files complaint after some employees receive layoff notice 2024-12-01 [Global]

Newfoundland and Labrador CUPE Accuses Mount Pearl of Wasting Taxpayer Money by Contracting Snow Clearing Services 2024-12-01 [VOCM]

Canada US Postal Service suspends Canada mail delivery amid national workers' strike 2024-11-30 [News Ctr ME]

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This month in labour history


6-12-1917 Wartime miscalculations and naval mismanagement cause unprecedented devastation for working-class neighborhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia. When two ships collide in the harbour, one of them loaded with tons of explosives, almost 2,000 people are killed. [more]

6-12-1921 J. S. Woodsworth, a Methodist minister arrested during the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, is elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre. Re-elected five times, he is a founder, in 1932, of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. [more]

7-12-1970 The Royal Commission on the Status of Women releases its report. Many of the 167 recommendations relate to the status of women in the workplace, including pay equity and access to childcare, education and training. [more]

8-12-2023 A seven-day general strike begins in Québec, led by a common front among union federations and involving more than 500,000 workers. With broad public support, the mobilization wins strong wage increases and other gains. [more]

9-12-1910 Methane gas explodes in the Bellevue, Alberta coal mine in the Crowsnest Pass. The union had warned against gas accumulations more than once that year. There are seventeen survivors and thirty-one casualties, including one rescuer. [more]

11-12-1984 The United Auto Workers Canadian Council decides to separate from the international union and form UAW-Canada, later the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW). [more]

11-12-1995 Workers in London, Ontario mount the first of a series of Days of Action held across the province in response to attacks on labour and social programs initiated by the Progressive Conservative government. [more]

14-12-1965 A small group of women workers at Tilco Plastics in Peterborough, Ontario, go on strike for a union contract, only to face strikebreakers and court injunctions against picketing. The strike is lost but leads to the abolition of ex parte injunctions. [more]

19-12-1945 The historic 99-day strike at Ford in Windsor, Ontario ends with an agreement to have Supreme Court Justice Ivan C. Rand arbitrate a new collective agreement. His decision leads to adoption of the Rand Formula for union security. [more]

20-12-2001 In a union appeal against an Ontario law, the Supreme Court of Canada rules that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects the right of agricultural workers to trade unionism and collective bargaining. [more]

27-12-1913 Protests by members of the Industrial Workers of the World in Edmonton, Alberta, force the city to provide emergency work and housing for 400 unemployed. [more]

29-12-1958 Television screens on the French-language network go blank in Québec with the start of a strike by producers at Radio-Canada that lasts 70 days. With wide public support in the province, the producers win union recognition. [more]

29-12-1876 Grand Trunk Railway workers in eastern Ontario go on strike in support of fired co-workers. The four-day strike is broken by the use of scabs and militia. [more]

31-12-1958 In Newfoundland, members of the International Woodworkers of America go on strike against the Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company. When Premier Joe Smallwood decertifies the union, the struggle draws international attention. [more]

31-12-2011 In Alma, Quebec, Rio Tinto Alcan locks out members of Local 9490, United Steelworkers, in an attempt to replace all retiring workers with non-union contract employees. This is followed by a successful six-month global solidarity campaign. [more]