Amazon’s efforts to block an organizing drive at its Delta warehouse were so unfair that the union should be automatically certified, Unifor Local 114 told the BC Labour Relations Board …
The Union Scores a Big Win in Starbucks Battle
The union organizing some B.C. Starbucks coffee shops scored a big win at the BC Labour Relations Board, which ruled Thursday that workers at multiple locations could be in one …
Canada plans oversight body to ensure businesses, governments crack down on forced labour
The federal government plans to create an oversight agency as part of a toughening of laws to block foreign goods made with forced labour, measures it says will increase the …
Canadian Uber Drivers At Risk Of Earning Less Due To New AI-based Pay Model Protested By US Drivers
Uber’s new AI-driven pay model is raising concerns among Ontario drivers about potential impacts on their earnings, while consumer advocates warn that it could also lead to higher fares for …
Barrick in Toronto Court over Allegations of Acts of Extreme Violence at North Mara Mine in Tanzania
OTTAWA, ON and TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2024 /CNW/ – Today hearings commence in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on behalf of 32 plaintiffs from Tanzania against Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick). The plaintiffs are Indigenous Kuria from …
Hudbay Minerals settles civil lawsuits regarding former operations in Guatemala
Hudbay Minerals Inc. has reached settlement agreements covering three civil lawsuits in connection with the Fenix nickel project in Guatemala that the company sold in 2011. The company says the …
Replacement worker ban approved for Canada’s federal workplaces
Federally regulated workplaces will soon be banned from bringing in replacement workers during a legal strike, after the Senate passed a government bill Monday that is now set to become …
Overtly racist’: Lawsuit challenges Canada’s migrant farmworker system
Canada’s half-a-century policy of tying migrant workers to their employers denounced as modern-day slavery. Montreal, Canada – “It would be contrary to the whole Canadian belief in freedom of the individual.” …
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Advancing worker-centred trade in the 2026 CUSMA review
“Labour rights, migrant workers and the CUSMA rapid-response labour mechanism The labour chapter of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (Chapter 23) contains a number of significant developments compared to the labour provisions …