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Deteriorating working conditions in long-term care combined with poor wages have led to a severe personal support worker shortage -- making the situation even worse.

The former MP and the first openly gay MP in Canadian history is running again as the NDP candidate for Burnaby North-Seymour.

The only Tim Hortons in the small northern Ontario town of Fort Frances unionized this year.

The NDP's Madeleine Sauvé is one of several candidates carrying a left-leaning platform deep into B.C.'s right-wing heartlands.

Sky-high rents, low vacancy rates and shortages of affordable non-market housing units are all concerns in one of the least affordable residential areas in Canada.

Read what happened last week in the Canadian labour movement in rabble's roundup for September 23, 2019.

Injured workers' groups and advocates say that women workers are often most marginalized by the system as they tend to be over-represented in the uncovered service sector.

Toronto workers discuss the importance of #UniteAgainstRacism and what it means to them.

While the jobs of most Canadians are governed by provincial law, some advocates believe the federal standards could set a new precedent for the provinces to emulate.

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.