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“One way or another, we will have to negotiate solutions to our issues,” says CUPW president Mike Palecek. “This is far from over.”

Public service workers scored a victory after years of pressure from PSAC and its membership. The government has finally proposed tax legislation to fix a major part of the Phoenix pay system fallout.

Doug Ford’s PC government has announced an unprecedented round of deep cuts to Ontario Universities, the conversion of student grants to loans, and an attack on student democracy on campuses.

There are major reasons to be concerned about the privatization plans of the Ford government, which are mounting.

A recent paper by academics at the University of Ottawa, suggests that the number of work-related deaths in Canada may be more than 10 times higher than the official figures.

The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) alongside Sistering Shelter hosted a vigil in the Bloorcourt neighbourhood for Crystal Papineau, the latest victim of Toronto’s shelter and housing crisis.

With no sign of U.S. steel tariffs ending anytime soon, the federal government must continue safeguard measures on several categories of foreign steel imports, which surged throughout much of 2018.