On this International Women’s Day, we turn to Peterborough, Ontario in the mid-1960s… Tilco Striker from Matthew Hayes on Vimeo The short film above, created and presented here at ActiveHistory.ca by Matthew Hayes, is the story of women workers in a Peterborough, Ontario plastics factory who unionized and struck in the mid-1960s against management harassment Continue readingThe Tilco Strike
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Supreme Court on right to strike | Quebec municipal pensions | Ontario CCAC strike | Saskatoon transit | Port Metro Vancouver truckers | Paramedics’ mental health | West Van nursing home layoffs | IKEA Richmond | Federal workplace childcare | Tim Hortons A Constitutional Right to Strike Comes to Canada Professor David Doorey, Law of Continue readingR&F’s Labour News Update – February 2, 2015
By Jason Edwards Last Friday the Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in Mounted Police Association of Ontario v Canada (Attorney General) (MPAO). The Court ruled that both the labour relations structure imposed on Mounties and their exclusion from the act governing other federal public-servant labour relations violate Mounties’ freedom of association as per section Continue readingWhat the Supreme Court RCMP union ruling means for labour
By Jason Edwards The Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has handed down another decision concerning Richtree Markets and its workers’ union, UNITE HERE Local 75. Delivered on March 25, the latest decision concerns continuing delays by the employer and an order to provide the union with information it needs to move forward with the bargaining process. Continue readingOngoing Richtree dispute shows labour board process is flawed
By Mary Shortall, President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour Labour Vows to fight back Bill 22, an Act to amend the Labour Relations Act (LRA), was rushed through the Provincial Legislature last week in record time, as Minister of Labour Dan Crummell thumped his chest and declared that government had listened intently Continue readingBill 22 is an attack on Newfoundland and Labrador’s labour movement
Fast food strikes | Turkish mining disaster | BC teachers | Alberta teachers | Canada Post layoffs | Artists’ compensation | Ontario election | Skill shortage myth | Saskatchewan Employment Act Fight for $15: Fast food workers strike in 130 American cities Julia Kann, Labor Notes May 15 2014 Fast food workers struck in 130 Continue readingRankandFile.ca Weekly Labour Update – May 19 2014
Rankandfile.ca‘s Andrew Stevens answers a few questions from fellow Rankandfile.ca editor Doug Nesbitt about how the Harper Tories have introduced new labour legislation, including bills C-377 and C-525. Q: What is the reason why federal anti-union bills C-377 and C-525 have been introduced by Tories as private members’ bills. What exactly is a private members’ Continue readingWorking in the shadows for transparency: Bills C-377 and C-525
By Jason Edwards A video made for employees of Target, titled “Think Hard: Protect Your Signature,” warning employees about the potential perils of signing a union support card, has been shared widely online as of late. Many viewers have greeted it as an entertaining (yet infuriating) example of the condescending, misleading, and “cheesy” way big Continue readingThink Hard or Hardly Thinking? Target’s Anti-Union Propaganda
By Larry Haiven The following is the presentation Larry Haiven gave to Law Amendments Committee, Nova Scotia legislature, on Bill 37 “Essential Health and Community Services Act,” 1 April, 2014. Last July, the opposition Liberals challenged the NDP government’s strike ban against ambulance workers; if anything, this piece of legislation is even more cynical and Continue readingBill 37 – Cutting Nova Scotia’s Unions Off At The Knees
By Kaley Kennedy In early December, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down three laws regulating prostitution in Canada as unconstitutional. Paying or receiving money for sex acts is legal in Canada, but these three laws dealt with specific aspects of sex work: communication for the purpose of paying or receiving money for sex, operating Continue readingSex Work, The Law And The Labour Movement
By Jason Edwards The Ontario Labour Relations Board recently found in favour of workers of Richtree Restaurant and their union, UNITE HERE Local 75. The company was found to have violated the Labour Relations Act when it closed its store, then re-opened at the other end of the Eaton Centre food court, using the move Continue readingJustice Delayed Is Justice Denied – Examining The Richtree Decision
BC teachers win big court victory for education services Roger Annis, Rankandfile.ca January 29, 2014 Ontario raises minimum wage to $11/hour CBC January 30, 2014 CN, union to talk after contract rejected Toronto Star January 31, 2014 Mount Allison strikers get national show of support CBC January 31, 2014 Interview: Kathleen Wynne and Ontario’s minimum Continue readingLabour News Update – February 3 2014