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 …

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 …

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 …

Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec, 2019 SCC 28 (CanLII)

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled that a cleaner who had a franchise agreement with Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. was an employee, not an independent contractor, under the Quebec Act Respecting …

Foodora Couriers Want to Be Among First Gig Economy Workers to Unionize in Canada

Ivan Ostos, a 23-year-old Foodora bike courier who was injured on the job in Toronto, is encouraging others to demand better protection for themselves, by being part of a union. …

Opinion: Domestic workers fall through cracks in Employment Standards Act

The work migrant caregivers do is difficult, and it is important. And the vast majority of these workers are racialized women. Thousands of British Columbian families rely on migrant workers …

Les employés des foyers de soins ne peuvent toujours pas faire la grève

La Cour d’appel du Nouveau-Brunswick a rendu sa décision : le droit de grève demeure interdit aux employés des foyers de soins du Nouveau-Brunswick, confirme Simon Ouellette, responsable des communications du …

Canada: Threats, crippling debt and lives lost: Human trafficking leaves foreign workers suffering in silence

It was a simple promotion on TV that led to heartbreak for Ajesh Chopra and his family. His brother said Mr. Chopra was at home in India when the ad …

SYNDICALISATION DES CADRES : UNE BATAILLE JURIDIQUE QUI CONTINUE

Une bataille juridique en cours depuis 2009, portée en appel en décembre, pourrait ouvrir une brèche dans la loi qui permettrait aux cadres de se syndiquer. Selon Me Pierre Parent, …

Migrant farm workers victorious in legal battle against recruiter

In a rare decision, a Toronto court has ordered a recruiter to return the fees she charged migrant workers for jobs at a GTA mushroom farm and awarded them damages …

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