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Labor unions win, drug companies lose in new trade deal

The big winners and losers from the Trump administration’s deal with Democrats on its NAFTA replacement, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, are not necessarily the traditional ones. Pharmaceutical companies, which usually see …

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New NAFTA’s Labor Terms Sway AFL-CIO, But Not All Unions on Board

The nation’s largest union umbrella organization is now supporting the new North American trade pact based on recent revisions to labor terms that not all unions are immediately ready to …

Heller v. Uber: Supreme Court Must Guard Access to Class Action Lawsuits

On appeal from a decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal issued earlier this year, the case involved the legality of a mandatory arbitration clause in Uber’s standard form contract with drivers …

Wagner North 2.0: How Canada’s Wagner model of labour relations can be strengthened to ensure greater union density amongst vulnerable workers

Wagner North 2.0: How Canada’s Wagner model of labour relations can be strengthened to ensure greater union density amongst vulnerable workers examines the current state of the very foundation of Canada’s …

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Foodora courier fed up with delivery company’s efforts to put the brakes on unionization

Foodora workers’ push to unionize in the gig economy is “really just the first battle in a much bigger war,” says courier and union organizer Alex Kurth. This week, couriers …

Loblaw won’t face lawsuit over Bangladesh factory collapse after Supreme Court refuses to hear case

One of the country’s largest retailers is finally off the hook for the devastating collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh six years ago. In a decision on Thursday, the …

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Alberta’s Newly Elected Government Looks to the U.S. for Inspiration on Labor Law Reform

“In April, Alberta elected the right-wing United Conservative Party (UCP)to a majority government, ending the one term reign of the left-of-centre New Democratic Party (NDP). The UCP ran on a platform …

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Government attack on workers’ rights will deny fair wages and benefits to contract faculty and already underpaid academic staff

 Ontario faculty are deeply concerned by the Ford government’s attempt to cap public sector compensation increases at one per cent per year. This legislation represents an attack on the right …

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Small Gains & Big Risks: Evaluating the Proposed United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

It is no surprise that calls to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) from some candidates in both US political parties resonated with so many Americans. Numerous studies …

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Cleaner was employee and not independent contractor under Quebec statute, SCC rules

A cleaner who had a franchise agreement with a cleaning company was an employee and not an independent contractor pursuant to Quebec’s Act Respecting Collective Agreement Decrees, the Supreme Court …

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