Aug 26, 2019
CarePartners comes under fire from unions
Zaid Noorsumar
Health and safety is a critical issue for personal support workers who face risks at work, but can't fall back on sick days in the event of an injury.
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May 21, 2014
Justice for Janitors takes on Ottawa's cleaning subcontractors
H.G. Watson
Justice for Janitors is demanding the government clean up its act when it comes to subcontracted cleaning companies and employees working in government buildings.
Aug 31, 2013
Fast food walkouts spread across the U.S. as workers fight for a living wage
Peter Rugh
Fast-food workers walked off the job in about 50 U.S. cities on Thursday, the latest show of force from a unionization campaign that began with a one-day strike involving 200 people in New York City.
Jul 24, 2013
Video and Photos: SEIU locked out funeral home workers park hearse, picket Toronto Stock Exchange
John Bonnar
Funeral home workers parked an antique hearse in front of the Toronto Stock Exchange at noon on Wednesday and set up an information picket.
Mar 24, 2011
Weekly Diaspora: Big Business dictates immigration policy -- at workers' expense
Catherine A. Traywick
Arizona's business leaders, frustrated by the deep financial fallout of increasingly radical immigration proposals, successfully swayed state lawmakers into defeating five anti-immigrant bills.
Sep 20, 2010
Arbitrator calls Ontario wage freeze unfair and unreasonable
A respected Ontario arbitrator says the McGuinty government's demand for a public sector wage freeze is unfair and unreasonable in a precedent-setting SEIU case.
Sep 3, 2010
Third-party delivery of medical services in Saskatchewan
Medicare's hallowed ground, Saskatchewan, has started using a private surgical clinic for orthopedic day surgeries normally provided through the public system.
Jun 29, 2010
Canadians' civil rights trampled at G20 in Toronto
When a government spends $1.1 billion on security infrastructure -- tear gas, rubber bullets, sound cannons -- they're going to use it. And the elastic approach to civil rights is likely here to stay.
Apr 30, 2010
End discriminatory hiring practices, return to the bargaining table now, say hospital workers
John Bonnar
Health care workers said hiring decisions should be based solely on experience and qualifications and urged the Ontario Hospital Association to reach a negotiated settlement with its employees.
Mar 31, 2010
Weekly Pulse: 'Racist' tanning tax and other absurd objections to health care reform
Lindsay Beyerstein
While President Obama signed the final piece of the health care reform bill into law on Tuesday, opponents are not taking the defeat lying down.
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